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Highlight in january –\u00a02018 – Bendura Bank Snow Polo World Cup Kitzb\u00fchel<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

As a polo and sports car fan we had our first highlight already at the beginning of the year. The Kitzpolo. Since 2017 the Italian traditional company Maserati acts as automobile sponsor of the Snow Polo World Cup Kitzb\u00fchel. Our impressions from 2017 you find when scrolling down.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What makes Snow Polo different <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The tournament consists of six teams. The differences in the snow polo to the lawn polo are: a team consists of three and not four players. The playing field is smaller and adapted to local conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The grooms (trainers and carers of the horses) need four to five days to get the horses used to the snow, the temperatures and the red rubber bell. Tito Gaudenzi, player and tournament organizer said: “You cannot force anything and have to bring patience. Riders have to adapt to the horses – and not vice versa.\u201c <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further preparation requires that the horses shall be sheared. With their winter fur they would sweat too much. So they are rubbed off after the game and can dry quickly in the warm horse corner. For the Snow Polo World Cup more than 100 horses travel to Kitzb\u00fchel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let the game begin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Then the ball was thrown in and the game started. Immediately it goes up and down rapidly, the snow swirls up, the snorting of the horses is heard and by the moderator the action of the game is heated even further. Due to the proximity to the event, the tension is always at present and the game transcends pure goosebumps mood. Like this it was all day with some breaks until about 4pm. The tournament was finished for the day and the finalists for the next day were fixed. The guests left the tent by the time the catering crew needed three hours to prepare the Polo Player’s Night. We used the time for some shopping and a stroll through Kitzb\u00fchel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VIP Polo Player\u00b4s Night at Kitzpolo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The three hours were like flying and we were back on the polo grounds at 8pm. Pure romance. It snowed thick flakes, lamps illuminated the different Maserati models, small wood fire blazed in the middle of the snow and with appetizers mulled wine in front of the tent you could stay outside for a while. Of course there were also some celebrities at present, which led to camera\u2019s flashlights in the lounge of the tent, which gave the event a glamorous touch, to be well deserved. After a short speech the dinner was served and after all the guests had dined, the VIP Polo Player’s Night with the live band Uma Galera startet at 11 o clock P.M.<\/p>\n\n\n\n