chukkar
chukker

Oh yes, I saw you talking to him before the last chukka, she went on.

Taking a pass from Patrick during the next chukka, she set out once more for goal.

If it had been a girl, Drew wanted to call her Chukka.

The name chukka comes from the game of polo.

Later they watched her playing a chukka with seven other contenders for the scholarship.

A Chukka is a 7-minute period of play in Polo.

"And on what machine does Chukka receive his message on?"

However, Chukka Caribbean takes great care in keeping everyone safe.

A huge cow bell was rung at the end of the chukka, but the boys went on playing.

As an afterthought he pulled off the shabby man's chukka boots and did likewise with them.

I walked around them, past the Chukka Bar and the reception desk, then took the stairs.

I'll take Satan for the next chukka, he shouted in that beery throaty voice.

There are no chukka fees for members and visitors are warmly welcomed.

"We can send a message to Chukka and demand that he send a fleet of warriors to meet us here!"

It's the people that make the experience in every adventure and the guides at Chukka Tours certainly made it an enjoyable day.

You were loose in the first chukka, so were you, Patrick.'

They must be size fourteen in those gleaming hand-made chukka boots, and she smiled again thoughtfully.

Chukka Ramaiah, after retiring in 1983, could not get his pension and other benefits approved by the government.

It was Dubai though who scored first and had a two-goal advantage early in the first chukka.

Spear Chukka- a crude bolt thrower operated by a goblin crew.

At the end of each 7 minute chukka, play continues for an additional 30 seconds or until a stoppage in play, whichever comes first.

Or, more likely, a chukka or two.

The injury happened in the extra chukka and the horse was taken off in the horse ambulance to be treated.

He wrote a famous story "Vintha chukka"

In arena polo ends are changed at the end of each 6-minute period (chukka or chukker) and not after a goal is scored.

Between each chukker, the players change horses, which are ridden at speeds of up to 35 miles an hour.

Virginia caught Yale in the sixth chukker, tying the score at 12-12.

Traditional polo ponies are used with players changing horses following each chukker.

Well, a celeb among the select few who know a stirrup from a chukker.

His polo players were waiting for him, with the better ponies; and ten minutes after the general landed, the first chukker began.

Because all the galloping and bumping make horses tire quickly, players ride a fresh one in each chukker.

When the final chukker is over, we walk our horses, which are breathing heavily, tired and damp from sweat.

'The timer lost count during the last chukker,' he said to the pilot.

Chukker would rather watch the Muppets than visit.

A player changes horses every chukker.

In arena polo ends are changed at the end of each 6-minute period (chukka or chukker) and not after a goal is scored.

After the third chukker, with Yale leading, 8-6, all the spectators were asked to walk out onto the field and stomp the divots.

"In the last few moments of the fourth chukker, he appeared to have lost his balance, and then he fell off the horse.

Teams change goals on ends of the field/arena after each score or chukker for indoor to minimize any wind advantage which may exist.

Game for a chukker?

He was visualizing what might have happened at the polo field, where Chitterton had suffered a fall during the second chukker.

The Yale club costs about $2,000 for the winter season, with extra fees of $10 per chukker; this includes the horse.

There are mandatory four-minute rest periods at the end of each chukker and a nine-minute break at half time.

But they also can be rented for about $25 per per chukker (one of the six seven-minute periods that usually make up a match).

During the fourth chukker, or playing period, hundreds of the spectators took the traditional stroll across the playing field to stomp down the divots.

Last Chukker (1951)

Chukker may refer to:

Bob Lacey, the handsome gink who could shoot a basket from the middle of the floor, with the score tied and the chukker almost over.

But near the end of the first period, or chukker, in polo parlance, both teams showed signs of organization, even fleeting hints of skill.

The horse is not changed with each chukker (chukka) as in western style polo, but each player carries on with the same sturdy pony.