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CONTINENTAL AUTOSPORTS
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Chicago Polo
The Chicago Polo Association (“Chicago Polo”) is an established network of fourteen polo facilities and eight USPA member polo clubs that have formed a strong community to support the growth and sustainability of polo in the Chicagoland area and Western Suburbs. Arranmore Farm & Polo Club, Barrington Hills Polo Club and Oak Brook Polo Club serve as the three clubs that welcome spectators to weekly or select scheduled events during the season, while others offer a venue for safe and competitive tournament and league polo for the community’s 180+ players and students. The Chicago Polo Association is a non-profit corporation currently seeking 501(c)(3) status.
Oak Brook Polo Club
Oak Brook, IL
Founded in 1922 by businessman Paul Butler, the club is one of the oldest polo clubs in the U.S. and was once the epicenter for elite professional polo and other prestigious polo tournaments. For decades, the club has been a popular Sunday tradition and social scene known for entertaining celebrities, dignitaries, royalty, and Chicago’s distinguished. Today, the club plays on the Cecil Smith Field adjacent to the Butler National Golf Club. Located 17 miles straight west from Chicago’s Loop, the club hosts regular Sunday matches and polo lessons at the Oak Brook Polo Academy in Bolingbrook, Illinois.
Windridge Farm
Bolingbrook, IL
Located 30 minutes from downtown Chicago, Windridge Farm is an equestrian hunter jumper facility with polo benefits. The facility has two indoor arenas, two outdoor arenas, and one polo field on a 60-acre property that supports both the equestrian and polo programs. Windridge Farm offers its boarders exceptional, individualized equine care. It provides a goal-oriented lesson program taught by experienced professionals. When it comes time to purchase a horse, the expert sales team at Windridge Farm will match you with the horse that is right for your ability, as well as your budget.
ARRANMORE FARM & POLO CLUB
Oswego, IL
Situated on 300 acres of family-owned and operated land, Arranmore is home to some of the area’s most pristine fields. Each summer, the club hosts players from around the world who are drawn by a shared passion for the sport. Located 40 minutes from downtown Chicago, the club has held private polo matches since 1999 and opened its gates for the club’s first public polo matches in 2015. Its summer calendar also includes a series of outdoor music concerts, festivals, and charity events. Arranmore is also a working polo farm including six stables, large pastures, a clubhouse, and a historic farmhouse.
Font Family Farm
Plano, IL
Font Family Farm was established in 2008 with the purpose of learning, improving, and playing polo, and providing the community with riding, horsemanship, and stabling opportunities. The club’s facility includes an outdoor polo field, an outdoor arena, an indoor polo arena, 40 horse stalls, and turnout paddocks. The Font Family is committed to welcoming newcomers to the exciting family of polo lovers who cherish the game.
BLACKBERRY POLO CLUB Batavia, IL
The Blackberry Polo Club was organized on George and Barb Alexander’s Lake Run Farm in Batavia, Illinois in 1986 as a venue for recreational polo. Practice sessions and matches with visiting teams, followed by a gathering under the trees with a nearby smoking grill and cold keg are the Blackberry tradition. The club hosts numerous league tournament matches, including a USPA National Youth Tournament Series and a Polo Training Foundation Seniors’ Tournament each summer season.
LAS BRISAS FARM AND POLO CLUB Elgin, IL
The Las Brisas Polo Club was founded in 2019. The 60-acre farm hosts 80 stalls, 10 turnouts, exercise track, locker room, 2 regulation polo fields, and an outdoor arena. Las Brisas is home to the G Squared Polo Team and the summer home to the GOPOLO Polo School. G Squared Polo teams have participated globally in 8-20 goal tournaments. The GOPOLO Polo School is run by Certified Polo Instructor, Juan Martin Gutierrez. The polo school caters to new and amateur players. GOPOLO offers a polo school with group lessons, private lessons, horses for lease, and everything you need to get started as a new player. To continue beyond the polo school, GOPOLO hosts club-level 4-chukker tournaments for the -2 to 1 goal players throughout the summer and early fall. When you are ready to step-up, GOPOLO can find the right polo pony for you.
MORGAN CREEK POLO CLUB Yorkville, IL
The Morgan Creek Polo Club was founded in 1995 by Angelo Kleronomos and his son Dean Kleronomos. The 200-acre horse farm in rural Oswego, Illinois, has two polo fields, an indoor arena, a clubhouse, player and groom apartments, 40 stalls, 10 large turnouts, and a galloping track. Morgan Creek teams have participated in 8–22 goal polo in Wellington, Aiken, Oak Brook, and Chicago. Angelo and Dean have played internationally in Canada, France, Germany, and Argentina.
DUE WEST POLO Oswego, IL
The Due West Polo Club was established in 2002 by Clifton Yandale. The 35-acre farm’s polo field serves as a practice field for players and teams in the area. People from the Chicago polo community assemble at Due West on Tuesdays for casual practice chukkers to get some time in on the field and to socialize with others in the polo community. The club also serves as a field for tournament competition. Friends and family dot the hill overlooking the field and players will often stay after the game to grill and take in the incredible sunset before heading home.
Passion For Polo
Barrington Hills, IL
When Frauke and Jan-Dirk Lueders caught the polo bug in 2013, they eagerly sought out a place to develop their skills and their string of horses. Since they purchased the property that is now the Passion for Polo Farm in 2013, their polo string has grown from 4 to 17, and they have completed construction on the only regulation-size indoor polo arena in the Midwest. They have also developed a full-size outdoor grass field where they host friends, develop their Passion for Polo team, and compete in regular tournaments in Chicago and in neighboring states.
Barrington Hills Polo Club
Barrington Hill, IL
Barrington Hills Polo Club offers year-round polo and a polo school. The Barrington Hills Polo Club is dedicated to polo that is accessible, affordable and fun for people who love horses, good times and each other’s company. Our motto is “Polo Among Friends.” The club’s focus in on amateur polo. Membership is open to everyone, regardless of skill level -- from “I’ve never played a game in my life” to professional. Barrington Hills Polo Club is a registered non-profit organization where all club members volunteer to the club’s administration. The club hosts a variety of tournaments and matches including the annual LeCompte Kalaway Cup.