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In March, 2000 the new grass polo ground in Jodhpur, created and maintained by the Maharaja Gaj Singh Sports Foundation hosted two Jodhpur teams, a team from Delhi, the Kashmir Team and a team from Kenya. It was the first serious polo in Jodhpur in nearly half a century and it was a happy event. Jodhpur Polo 2001 was also a grand success with five teams in the fray. Jodhpur can now once again boast of a first class grass polo ground that will doubtless produce the next generation of international Jodhpur players and play host to potential Indian, and the best in the country and world. |
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Despite
his many social, cultural and business commitments, His Highness The Maharaja Gaj Singh
II has always taken a keen
interest in equestrian sports and nurtured an ambition to
re-establish Jodhpur as a premier center of equitation and
polo. In pursuance of this goal in 1993 he re-launched
the Jodhpur team, which has since made its mark on the Indian polo
scene. The young heir apparent, the twenty five year old Yuvraj Shivraj Singh is
himself a keen player of great promise and today leads the
Jodhpur Team. At present playing off a handicap of +2 he has played in England,
Australia,
South Africa, Egypt, Switzerland and Singapore, besides leading the
Jodhpur Team to France, Kenya and Brazil. In 1997/98 the team had a highly successful season
on the domestic Indian circuit.
