More on Pato-Horseball
400 Years Ago
A duck would be thrown in the air and two teams on horseback would fight to grab the duck and place it in a net/basket that was some distance away.
Now
The Sport is no longer played with a duck, rather with a ball with 6 handles.
The Argentine Pato Federation was created in 1941.
In 1953 it was declared the national sport.
In 2006 the first Pato-Horseball tournament took place in Buenos Aires' Fair grounds, Portugal Won, Argentina was 2nd, Canada was a participant.