Editing Polo (section)

=== Played on vehicles or other animals ===
Polo is not played exclusively on horseback. Such polo variants are mostly played for recreational or tourism purposes.

Non-equine variations include:

====On other animals====
* [[Camel polo]] is played in Mongolia<ref>{{cite news |last1=McKechnie |first1=Steve |title=Camel Polo in Mongolia |url=https://archive.newsport.com.au/latest-news/daily-stories/2013/march/18-march-22-march-2012/camel-polo-in-mongolianewsport/ |access-date=27 November 2022 |work=Newsport: Port Douglas News |date=19 March 2013 |via=Port Douglas News Archive |archive-date=27 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127140254/https://archive.newsport.com.au/latest-news/daily-stories/2013/march/18-march-22-march-2012/camel-polo-in-mongolianewsport/ |url-status=live }} [https://www.newsport.com.au/ Newsport] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127140253/https://www.newsport.com.au/ |date=27 November 2022 }}</ref>
* [[Elephant polo]] is played in South Asia.
* [[Yak polo]] is played in Mongolia and western China.

====On vehicles====
* [[Auto polo]] was a motorsport invented in the United States in the early 1900s. Its rules and equipment were similar to polo but automobiles were used instead of horses.<ref name=carlebach>{{cite book|last=Carlebach|first=Michael|title=Bain's New York: The City in News Pictures 1900–1925|year=2011|publisher=Courier|location=New York|page=143|isbn=9780486478586|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Rr2lvoFsAQC&q=Pappy%20Hankinson%20polo&pg=PA143}}</ref>
* [[Canoe polo]] is played around the world in kayaks and governed by the [[International Canoe Federation]].
* [[Cycle polo]] is a similar game played on [[bicycles]] instead of horses. A variant of cycle polo is also played on [[penny-farthing]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://pennyfarthingclub.com/ |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=Penny Farthing Club |language=en-US |archive-date=3 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903201755/https://pennyfarthingclub.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Golfcart polo
* [[Motoball]] (motorcycle polo) was invented in the United States.
* [[Segway polo]] originated in the United States.

A lighthearted variant, [[hobby horse polo]]  ({{langx|de|Steckenpferdpolo}}), was devised in 1998 in south western Germany. The {{lang|de|Erster Kurfürstlich-Kurpfälzisch}} Polo-Club in [[Mannheim]] was founded in 2002 to organise matches and promote the game. Since then, the variant has gained further interest in other German cities.<ref name="spiegel">{{cite news |url=http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/steckenpferdpolo-trendsportart-in-duesseldorf-im-rheinpark-a-994129.html |title=Steckenpferdpolo: Trendsportart in Düsseldorf im Rheinpark – Trendsportart Steckenpferdpolo: Ich glaub', mein Gaul holzt, Spiegel September 2014 |work=Der Spiegel |date=27 September 2014 |access-date=28 July 2016 |language=de |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065536/http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/steckenpferdpolo-trendsportart-in-duesseldorf-im-rheinpark-a-994129.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Was fehlt ...: ... lebende Poloponys |url=https://taz.de/was-fehlt-/!5032238/ |work=Die Tageszeitung: taz |date=28 September 2014 |language=de |access-date=27 November 2022 |archive-date=27 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127140250/https://taz.de/was-fehlt-/!5032238/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It is played on [[hobby horse (toy)|hobby horses]], the toy, instead of polo ponies. While following standard polo rules in part, it has some more unusual rules: Goals, for example, are the height and width of bar stools; and any departure from accepted gameplay standards will attract "penalty sherries" to be consumed by the offending player.<ref>{{cite web |title=Spielfeld, Regeln und so – Polo ist unser Steckenpferd, Steckenpferdpolo unser Leben! |url=https://www.steckenpferdpolo.de/spielfeld-regeln/ |website=Kurfürstlich-Kurpfälzischer Polo-Club Mannheim |language=de-DE |quote=Fouls of any kind will be punished with a penalty sherry ... If you don't like to drink alcohol, you will face a delicious {{lang|de|Brottrunk. ['Brottrunk für Antialkoholiker']}} |access-date=27 November 2022 |archive-date=27 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127140251/https://www.steckenpferdpolo.de/spielfeld-regeln/ |url-status=live }}</ref>