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Although the ancient sport of polo began in Persia and China many centuries ago, the British reinvented the modern game in the nineteenth century. Sir Winston Churchill, one of the greatest proponents of the game, once famously said "a polo handicap is a passport to the world" and polo is still thriving everywhere it is played. Each British Polo Day event features British polo players from some of Britain’s leading institutions such as Eton, Harrow, Oxford, Cambridge and The British Army who compete head to head with local teams. Over 100 top players have played at British Polo Days. The aim of a British Polo Day is to continue the tradition of playing high quality amateur polo against friends in host countries, while also acting as a platform for British businesses in emerging markets, giving them intravenous access to the global elite. This shared love of the sport is used to open doors and build a network of diplomatic and commercial opportunities to showcase great British brands and use British Polo Day as a conduit for projecting craft and heritage in emerging markets.