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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.