Flaunting it: Wealthy Thais and foreigners mingling on the field after the Thai Polo Open 2019 tournament which is the country’s premier annual equestrian sporting event at a polo club in Pattaya. — AFP
CHONBURI (Thailand): It’s polo season in Thailand and teams of jodhpur-clad Argentines and monied Asians gallop onto the flawless field, as spectators spill from a pavilion – glasses of champagne in hand – for the final chukka.
The “Sport of Kings” is undergoing an unlikely renewal in Thailand, one of the world’s most unequal countries, which goes to the polls on March 24 with the widening wealth gap in sharp focus.
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