TEN-year-old Sofia Cupper (left) is challenging the traditional stereotypes of polo only being for the rich and famous.

Cupper, who attends The Downs School in Colwall, does not have her own pony but first got a taste for the sport at a charity match with her grandparents last summer.

She took the opportunity to try out polo for herself and appeared to be a natural.

Cupper is being coached by former England captain and Gloucester Polo Academy founder Jason Dixon.

She has been training over the winter in the allweather facilities of Wiltshire’s Lynt club and is looking forward to the start of the grass season.