Sarasota Polo Club at Lakewood Ranch

Polo Is A Community Sport Like No Other. The Sarasota Polo Club is one of the largest, most dedicated and enthusiastic polo communities in the world. An estimated 50,000 spectators will be on hand during our 2024 Sarasota Polo Season which will run December 31st, 2023 through April 13th, 2024. Sunday Polo matches are open to the public every Sunday at 1pm, December 31st 2023 through April 7th 2024. Gates open at 10am. Sunset Polo Happy Hour & Community Concert Series is every Thursday, March 14th 2024 through April 11th 2024.

Join thousands of fans each week for exciting polo action, opening parade, live national anthem, theme weeks, half-time entertainment, food, drinks and traditional divot-stomping.

ABOUT THE SARASOTA POLO CLUB

Established in 1991 as the first development in the award-winning, master-planned community of Lakewood Ranch, the Sarasota Polo Club has a remarkable legacy. In 1922 our property was settled as a 28,000-acre timber ranch. Originally the cowboys who worked on our ranch began playing knock-around polo games in their free time. Riding their quarter horses with stock saddles, using make-shift equipment and knowing very little about polo, the cowboys played by their own rules. Rule #1 was the first rider to fall off their horse bought beer for the team, a tradition that remains in place today. Eventually mallets, saddles and a few polo ponies were donated to the “cowboy games” and in 1991, a real polo club was born.

Today our Club spans 170 perfectly manicured acres. Our world-class facilities include: 45 private equestrian estates, 7 Bermuda grass polo fields, a regulation-sized polo arena, a polo school, a half-mile all-weather exercise track, stick & ball fields, riding trails, on-site stabling for up to
300 horses, on-site veterinary care and a midfield polo pavilion.

We look forward to welcoming you as our guests to experience the thrill of Sarasota Polo, “the fastest game on four feet!”