Rule 33 · AAP Reglas de Juego 2026
The AAP's list of dangerous riding: bad ride-offs, zig-zagging, pulling across, pushing an opponent into a cross, intimidating and sandwiching.
Dangerous riding means: a) Riding off an opponent at an angle that is dangerous to a player or a pony, or behind the saddle, or when the difference in speed between the two mounts is a danger. The ride-off must be fair and shoulder to shoulder.
Se entiende por equitación peligrosa: a) Tomar al contrario en un ángulo que resulte peligroso para un jugador o un petiso o detrás de la montura o cuando la diferencia de velocidad entre ambos montados constituya un peligro. La tomada deberá ser franca y de paleta a paleta.
AAP · Argentina · Reglas de Juego 2026
Foul
Foul on White 2: dangerous riding. Riding off at an angle that endangers a player or pony, or with a dangerous difference in speed, is dangerous riding; a ride-off must be fair and shoulder to shoulder.
Rule 33a — Asociación Argentina de Polo
Zigzagging in front of another player who is galloping, in such a way as to force him to check or risk a fall.
Hacer zigzag delante de otro jugador que vaya al galope, de tal manera que lo obligue a sujetar o arriesgar una caída.
AAP · Argentina · Reglas de Juego 2026
Foul
Foul on White 2: dangerous riding. The AAP rules list zig-zagging in front of a player at a gallop, forcing him to check or risk a fall.
Rule 33b — Asociación Argentina de Polo
Turning the pony across or over the fore or hind legs of another pony, at the risk of bringing it down.
Volcar el petiso a través o por sobre las manos o patas de otro petiso, a riesgo de hacerlo caer.
AAP · Argentina · Reglas de Juego 2026
Foul
Foul on White 2: dangerous riding. Turning a pony across or over another pony's legs, at the risk of bringing it down, is dangerous riding.
Rule 33c — Asociación Argentina de Polo
Riding off an opponent so as to force him to commit a cross.
Pechar a un contrario, obligándolo a cometer un cruce.
Riding at an opponent, intimidating him and forcing him to swerve or miss his shot, even if no «foul» or cross actually occurs.
Correr hacia un contrario intimidándolo y obligándolo a desviarse o errar su tiro, aun cuando en realidad no se produzca el «foul» o el cruce.
Two players of the same team may not ride off an opponent at the same time.
Dos jugadores del mismo equipo no pueden pechar a un contrario a un mismo tiempo.
Riding off shall be allowed on the same side on which the ball is being hit, at the moment of hitting, except when the ride-off itself is a foul (rough, or at a different speed, causing danger). It shall be penalised only if the ride-off is a foul.
Se permitirá pechar, del mismo lado en que se esté pegando a la bocha en el momento de pegar, salvo cuando el pechazo en si sea foul (brusco o a distinta velocidad produciendo peligro). Se penará solamente si el pechazo constituye foul.
NOTE: If, at the moment they are about to be ridden off, players pull up sharply to avoid it and the opposing pony then ends up across in front of the one pulled up, in such a way that it looks like a foul, no foul should be given.
NOTA: Si en el momento en que se les va a aplicar una tomada sujetan bruscamente para evitarlo y entonces el petiso contrario se atraviesa por delante del sujetado, en forma tal que parece un foul, no debe cobrarse foul.
Translation for educational purposes. The original Spanish text prevails.