Welcome to the Ona Polo Blog, where passion meets craftsmanship.
Here you’ll find expert insights, practical guides, and stories that elevate your understanding of high-performance polo equipment. From gear maintenance and innovations to behind-the-scenes knowledge from seasoned players, this is your space to learn, improve, and stay inspired—on and off the field.

End-of-Season kit care: Storing your polo equipment for winter
Kit rarely fails on the field. It fails in a dark corner of a tack room between October and April, while nobody is looking. A

Selknam, Quillah or Howsh: Choosing your Ona base layer
Three garments, one fabric. Ona Polo’s base layer collection is built on a single construction, the same merino blend, the same weight, the same seams,

Arena polo explained: Rules, season and how the kit differs
Arena polo is not a smaller version of grass polo. It is a different game played by the same riders, on the same kind of

Merino Wool base layers for Polo and Riding: The complete guide
There is a moment, familiar to every polo player who has ridden through a British winter, that no amount of talent prepares you for. The

How to play Polo: Rules, positions and basic tactics
Polo is one of the oldest and most misunderstood team sports in the world. To the newcomer it can look like organised chaos: eight riders

Polo vs other Equestrian Sports: A complete comparison guide
Few sports are as instantly recognisable, or as widely misunderstood, as polo. To the newcomer it can look like an exclusive spectacle of galloping horses

The complete Ona Polo 2026 gear guide: Our full equipment lineup
Polo asks more of its equipment than almost any other sport. A player is riding a half-tonne animal at speed, swinging a long mallet with

Polo for Beginners: First Lessons, Costs and Essential Equipment
Polo has a reputation problem. For a sport that anyone can try on a Saturday afternoon for roughly the price of a decent dinner, it

Polo ball guide: Materials, standards and what actually makes a good one
Of all the equipment that defines polo, none is more elemental than the ball. It is the smallest object on the field and yet

Polo Ponies: Everything you need to know about the sport’s star athletes
Watch a chukka of high-goal polo for the first time and your eye follows the ball, the mallet, the players leaning from their saddles. Watch

Ona Polo Named Leading Pioneers in Polo Equipment Innovation at the UK Enterprise Awards 2026
United Kingdom, 14 July 2026 — Ona Polo, the UK-based premium polo equipment specialist, has been named Leading Pioneers in Polo Equipment Innovation 2026 by

The best polo players in the world: Rankings and profiles
Polo has always been a sport of rare distinction, and at its summit stand a handful of players whose command of the game sets them