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Spokane Polo Club

The Spokane Polo Club will holds it annual fundraiser for the Ronald McDonald House Sunday, Sept. 9 at their field in Airway Heights. Area players and others who travel to Spokane for practice, are tuning up their game in preparation. Here are some photos from a recent practice.

Players ride off the field at the end of a “chukker”, a period of play, at the Spokane Polo Club Thursday, Aug. 31, 2012 in Airway Heights. Chukkers, which are period of play, are usually seven and a half minutes, followed by a rest period and change of mounts.

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Weston Rogers of the Spokane Polo Club watches as he directs the ball backwards on the field at the Spokane Polo Club.

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Players battle for position on the ball on the field at the Spokane Polo Club Thursday, Aug. 31, 2012 in Airway Heights.

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Peter Dix, center, of the Spokane Polo Club jockeys for position on the field at the Spokane Polo Club.

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Peter Dix of the Spokane Polo Club keeps his eye on the ball while accelerating on the field at the Spokane Polo Club Thursday, Aug. 31, 2012 in Airway Heights.

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Jason Larvik, left, and Weston Rogers play a ball on the field at the Spokane Polo Club in Airway Heights. It was a regular practice session for polo players, some of whom, like Jason Larvik, come from out of town. Larvik is from La Grande, Oregon.

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Weston Rogers, right, of Coeur d’Alene leans out to smack a ball while Carlos Zamora, left, and Janelle Ward, center, follow up Thursday, Aug. 31, 2012 at the Spokane Polo Club.

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