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Insider’s Guide to the Haute Hamptons
A Day of Diversion…Hamptons Style
Mercedes-Benz Polo Challenge
Bridgehampton Polo
849 Hayground Rd.
Watermill
British Cavalry Captain John Watson, who created the first written rules for polo in 1870, could hardly have imagined the sport’s current incarnation. The pinnacle of the Hamptons summer season is the Mercedes-Benz Polo Challenge at Blue Star Jets Field, hosted by the Bridgehampton Polo Club. For six summer Saturdays starting on July 18, the world’s finest polo players and their superior steeds battle for the trophy. The thrill of excitement is a full sensory experience as these incredible equestrians gallop down the field full tilt while wielding a mallet to hit the ball that can travel to speeds of 110 m.p.h. This is the stomping ground of celebrities and jetsetters who join to stomp the divots on the field at half time of the six-chucker play. The door fee benefits the South Fork Breast Health Coalition, and spectators have the option of bringing a gourmet picnic to enjoy at a field-side tailgate. For sponsors and their invited guests, the VIP tent presents a first class experience with as much excitement under the tent as in the field, including fine food, drinks, luxury shopping, and the only place where drinking Champagne from a straw is correct etiquette. Guests also get to check out the newest Mercedes on display, showing its own impressive horsepower.
Blue
Star Jets
885 Second Ave
New York
212.446.9037
www.BlueStarJets.com
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