THE old money elite of Malaysia's Royal Selangor Polo Club were outraged by the behaviour of the big-noting Australian driving the latest model Porsche.

At first they put up with Paul Peters's bragging about his financial deals and his fake English accent. But it was a dead horse and a trashed Canadian ski chalet that made him persona non grata at the Kuala Lumpur club after 18 months of temporary membership.

Members not amused ... the Royal Selangor Polo Club.

The two-time alleged victim of Mr Peters's anger, who asked not to be identified, is a quietly spoken and likeable British-born chief of a British bank operating in Malaysia. The man has no idea why Mr Peters crashed the horse he was riding into his mount during a polo match at the club in 2007. The playing action was at the other end of the field at the time.

A club member who saw the incident told the Herald: ''Peters just T-boned the guy … hammered into him and the guy's horse tumbled over and never recovered and had to be subsequently put down.''