At the farm of Apremont (Oise), on this sunny Sunday at the end of summer, the kick-off is imminent.
Lined up in front of the small grandstand, the eight polo players freeze.
Under saddle, even their mounts seem impassive.
On the side, the few dozen amateurs who came to watch this quarter-final of the Open de France are silent.
In tribute to the Queen of England Elizabeth II, who died on Thursday September 8 at the age of 96, the first notes of "God Save the Queen", the British national anthem, sound.
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