Does Anyone Play Polo at the Golden Gate Park Polo Field Anymore?
Bay Curious
KQED
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🗓️ 2 June 2022
⏱️ 8 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, this is Bay Curious. I'm Olivia Allen Price. |
| 0:08.0 | And if you're just tuning in, welcome to our six-part series on San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. |
| 0:14.4 | Now, if you've been to the park's polo field in recent years, it might have sounded a little like this. |
| 0:26.1 | Yeah. In recent years, it might have sounded a little like this. The 300-foot-long, grassy field is probably best known as the home of music festivals, like outside lands. |
| 0:33.7 | But what about something a little more on-brand? |
| 0:39.8 | With a name like the polo field, you would expect it could be a place where you might catch a match. |
| 0:45.5 | That's what Bay Curious listener Cliff Barger wanted to know. |
| 0:48.9 | Is polo still played in Glemmay Park? |
| 0:51.5 | Barger likes to bike and run on the track around the polo field, but he's never seen any horses. |
| 0:57.2 | If polo was happening, I would probably check it out at least once. |
| 1:01.6 | After this quick break, we'll get the skinny, or should I say, winnie, on the polo field. |
| 1:08.5 | Horse puns, are they funny? |
| 1:10.2 | Yay or nay. |
| 1:16.2 | Support for Bay Curious comes from Sierra Nevada Brewing Company. |
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| 1:28.8 | Sierra Nevada, taste what matters. |
| 1:31.7 | Please drink responsibly. |
| 1:34.3 | We sent reporter Ryan Levy to Golden Gate Park in search of polo at the polo field. |
| 1:40.8 | Well, it smells like there have been horses here at some point. |
| 1:44.7 | The smell is coming from the nearby stables, where Park Police keep their horses. |
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