The Pakistani group Junoon last year released a video for its song "Accountability" that starred a polo pony eating at a posh hotel.

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In contrast to these one may sometimes find, at high tea at the Delhi Polo Club or in the lounge of the Taj hotel, the genuine article.

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And the country house hotel, part of the posh Dorchester Collection, has recently started making polo more than a spectator sport.

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