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The business of polo马球业Cloney ponies克隆赛马How technology could transform an ancient sport技术如何改变一项古老运动Jan 5th 2013 | BUENOS AIRES | from the print editionIMAGINE a football match pitting 11 clones of Wayne Rooney against 11 more clones of the same spud-faced Manchester United striker. Even avid Wayne-watchers might find it a bit dull. But polo fans may one day be treated to something similar. No one is proposing to clone the stallions who wield the mallets, of course. But the stallions they sit on are another matter. Outstanding polo horses are hard to find and horribly expensive. Each world-class rider may have dozens, the best of which may cost more than $200,000 each.设想一场足球比赛，11位韦恩?鲁尼（Wayne Rooney）的克隆人对阵另外11位与这位曼联前锋长着同一张土豆脸的克隆人，就算韦恩的狂热观众也会觉得有点无趣。但有朝一日，马球迷会遇到类似的事。当然，无人建议克隆那些挥动长柄球棍、像种马一般健美的男子。不过，他们胯下的种马则另当别论了。出色的马球赛马很难找到，价格也贵得吓人。每位世界级骑手或许都有十几匹赛马，其中的佼佼者，每匹花费或许超过20万美元。So breeding great mounts is big business. It used to be hit-and-miss, but new technology is making it less so. In 2010 the world’s first cloned polo pony was born. The technique has since caught fire in Argentina, the global capital of professional polo. Adolfo Cambiaso, probably the world’s best player, has teamed up with Alan Meeker of Crestview Genetics, a Texan firm, to clone eight of his mounts.于是，繁殖优良坐骑就成了一桩大买卖。这事以前靠“碰运气”，但新技术让成功率高了些。2010年，第一匹克隆马球赛马降生到这世间。自此，这一技术在全球专业马球之都——阿根廷推广。阿道夫?坎比亚索（Adolfo Cambiaso）或许是世界最佳马球骑手，他与美国德州克里斯由基因公司（Crestview Genetics）的艾伦?米克（Alan Meeker）合作，克隆了8匹坐骑。The clones look and act like their “parents”. Dolfina Lapa, one of Mr Cambiaso’s star mares, is “meaner than mean”, says Mr Meeker. Her clones? “They’ll kick you, they’ll bite you…just like Lapa. It’s uncanny.”这些克隆马外表与行动肖似其“父母”。米克先生称，坎比亚索先生有匹明星母马多菲娜?拉帕（Dolfina Lapa），“极难驯服”。她的克隆后代呢？“它们踢你、咬你，就跟拉帕一样。不可思议。”Polo’s various governing bodies have approved clones for competition, but since polo horses seldom compete until they are five years old, no clone has yet been tested in a match. Buyers are undeterred. A thre