SPOKANE, WA, September 01, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Polo is possibly the oldest sport, period. The first experience with a mallet, pony and a round object were recorded nearly two thousand years ago. Polo is the sport known to royalty around the world.

On Sunday, September 11th over twelve-hundred guests will celebrate the seventh annual Cobra Polo Classic benefiting Ronald McDonald House Charities of Spokane. "It is the most prestigious event in the Inland Northwest," reports Mike Forness, RMHC of Spokane Executive Director. Sky divers, gourmet food and wine, cigar and Dry Fly whiskey tent, safari escape women's tent, aerial performance artists similar to the Cirque du Soleil performances spreading across the United States and Europe, silent auction, four chukkars of polo and of course the infamous Champagne Divot Stomp in Julia Roberts style.

Go to www.spokanepoloclassic.com for information and to register.

Ronald McDonald House Charities Spokane provides a sanctuary for families with children facing treatment for life threatening diseases.

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