Competitive Polo has been played at Cowdray since 1910, when the Club was founded as small country Club by the Pearson family. In 1912, Major Frederick ‘Rattle’ Barrett became the first British 10-goaler and regularly played at the Club.

In 1953, Cowdray Park played host to the first Coronation Cup. Teams from the UK, USA, Argentina and Chile competed and the finals drew a crowd of more than 10,000 people, including HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh.

The Cowdray Gold Cup was inaugurated 1956 and remains Europe’s premier high-goal tournament which welcomed its Golden Jubilee in 2006.