You are so busy watching the riders and the ball you don't notice the horses and the work they do for the riders. The horses have special bits in their mouths with a plastic piece on the outside of their mouths, so when they are reined in it won't hurt their mouths. They have what amounts to an ace bandages on their lower legs to support it and some also have another piece of rubber on top, to protect them should they be hit with the ball or a mallet. Not being a horse person, I don't know all the technical terms. I think the announcer told us, but it didn't stick in my memory.
Some of the horse do not belong to the riders, they in essence rent them for the event. Imagine the challenge to ride a horse in a competition you have never ridden before. During the game riders can change horses. The mallets come in different lengths to suit the rider.
Enjoy the pictures.
Look how hard this horse was reined in.
The scoreboard, updated manually. 
A bunch up going for the ball.
Who can get it first?
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