Henry Brett
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Henry Brett, born 20 October 1974, attended Dragon SchoolDragon School
The Dragon School is a British coeducational, preparatory school in the city of Oxford, founded in 1877 as the Oxford Preparatory School, or OPS. It is primarily known as a boarding school, although it also takes day pupils...
for young dragons and the European School in Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
, but left school at age of 16 to start his career as a polo player.
Since then, he has played for and captained the England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
polo team and has won every major tournament in England and many more around the world. He has reached a handicap of 8 and is one of only four English players to have reached this level since the Second World War. Currently, he has a handicap of 7 in Argentina. He was the first English player to captain his side to victory against Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
in Argentina.
Henry co-founded The Polo Agency, a full-service brand sponsorship agency linked directly to the prestigious sport of Polo.