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Based on the Academy Awards and the Oscars in the US, the Audi Polo Awards salute the greats of the game, both past and present.

The 2009 Audi Polo Awards was an evening that allowed the most outstanding individuals, teams, patrons and ponies to be acknowledged. It was also the only occasion where the 2008 season was formally reviewed with big screen polo action.

The evening celebrated all that is great and good in polo and the guest list read like the 'Who's Who' of polo. The highlight of the evening was the presentation of the Caballus lifetime achievement awards to HRH Prince Philip, The Hon. Mark Vestey and Mr Arnaud Bamberger – three icons of English and World Polo.

Winners of the Julius Baer Victor Ludorum awards were honoured on the evening, as were the winners of the individual prizes for the best teams, professional players and for the second time the Kerry Packer Best Pony of 2008.

Some of the feature wins on the evening included, James Beim as the Polo Magazine Most Outstanding Medium Handicapped player as well as the Audi Most Outstanding British Professional. Ellerston as winners of the Turtle Island Most Outstanding High Goal Team. The Kerry Packer Best High Goal Pony went to Noche from Loro Piana, with The Polistas Most Outsanding High Handicapped Player award going to Gonzalito Pieres.

The voting committee included former England Captain Andrew Hine; HPA international committee chairman John Tinsley; the Hon Mark Vestey, representing the HPA; Malcolm Borwick, representing the British Association of Professional Polo Players and medium and low-goal player; chief umpire Robert Graham and Jose Donoso, representing high-goal players.
Over 360 players and enthusiasts attended the fourth annual Audi Polo Awards and enjoyed the Pommery Champagne reception, black-tie dinner, and the all important presentations, as giant screens showed footage of the best of 2008.
The Audi Polo Awards was an opportunity for London to officially welcome the new 2009 polo season and celebrate what is great about this game, whilst supporting the Heaton-Ellis Trust. It was with huge sadness that we all learnt of the death of David Heaton-Ellis, a week prior to the Awards. The Polo community in the audience responded as was expected raising £80,000 for the Heaton-Ellis Trust, on the evening.