romero20140706IN decades past, polo players in the Philippines were generally “born into the game,” which their fathers, grand fathers or great grand fathers took on after American Governor General William Cameron Forbes first introduced his favorite equestrian sport to the country in the early 1900s.

The outdoors exercise, whose object is to move a polo ball downfield to score a goal—all while on horseback—mostly drew a following from the country’s elite.

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