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2014 Polo Season
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Cartier Queen’s
Cup Final Sunday
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Guards Polo Club - Zacara and Talandracas prepare to go head to head in this
Sunday’s Cartier Queen’s Cup Final.
Zacara def. Enigma 11-8
Lyndon Lea’s Zacara team moved into their second consecutive Cartier Queen’s
Cup Final after beating Jerome Wirth’s Enigma 11-8 on The Queen’s Ground at
Guards Polo Club. They are the only team to remain unbeaten in this competition
and have impressed with every game. Watching some of this match from the Royal
Box was HRH The Princess Royal, who was visiting Guards Polo Club as the guest
of the Riding For The Disabled organisation, for whom she is President.
Although Enigma did not take the lead at any time in this first semi-final, they
were very much in contention throughout the six chukkas. There was some great
play from the team’s two Guillermos - Willington and Caset - while their patron,
Jerome Wirth had a impressive game too, producing some strong and confident
play. However Facundo Pieres was once again dominant for Zacara - he is the highest scoring professional in this tournament - and this match was no exception. He
scored eight of his team’s 11 goals and has some superb horsepower to complement
his great game. Such a combination has proved difficult to beat this year and Zacara
will head into Sunday’s final favourites to retain the trophy in 2014.
Zacara’s Matt Perry was named Most Valuable Player and Pieres received the
Best Playing Pony Prize for his mare Moscow from Arnaud Bamberger, Executive
Chairman of Cartier
Talandracas def. UAE Polo 10-9
Talandracas caused an upset when they knocked the highly fancied Dubai team
out of the quarter-finals. They did the same again in the second semi-final, played
on The Duke’s Ground at Guards Polo Club. Edouard Carmignac’s team kept their
Please turn to page 4
Cartier Queen’s Cup
Guards Polo Club, U.K.
May 20-June 15, 2014 - 15 teams - 22 goal
Quarterfinals
Facundo Pieres 10
Lyndon Lea 1 Zacara 4-0
Gonzalo Deltour 7
Matt Perry 4
22
Max Routledge 5
George Meyrick 6 Fox and Hounds 2-2
Jack Richardson 5
Tom Morley 6
22
Jerome Wirth 1
Chris Mackenzie 5 Enigma 3-1
Sapo Caset 9
Guillermo Willington 7
22
John Muse 0
Lucas James 7 Lucchese 3-1
Nico Pieres 8
Luke Tomlinson 7
22
Rashid Albwardy 2
Alastair Paterson 3 Dubai 4-0
Adolfo Cambiaso 10
Diego Cavanagh 7
22
Edouard Carmignac 0
Juan Martin Nero 10 Talandracas 3-1
Polito Pieres 8
Santiago Stirling 4
22
Maitha Al Maktoum 0
Lucas Monteverde 8 UAE Polo 3-1
Pablo MacDonough 10
Ollie Cudmore 4
22
Scott Luard 0
Charlie Hanbury 4 El Remanso 3-1
Pelon Stirling 10
Guillermo Terrera 8
22
Zacara
Game 1
Sunday May 8
Def. Fox &
Hounds 11-8
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Peter Orthwein 1
Guille Aguero 6
Michel Dorignac 6
Mariano Gonzalez 7
20
Alessandro Bazzoni 1
Nicolas Manifold 5
Joao Paulo Ganon 7
Kris Kampsen 6
19
Glenn Straub 0
Naco Taverna 6
Ezequiel Ferrario 7
Tommy Biddle 6
19
Matias Sosa 0
Hilario Ulloa 9
Mariano Aguerre 9
Peter Brant 2
20
June, 2014 - 4 teams - 20 goal
Airtream 0-1
Lost to CT Energia
Best Record
CT Energia 1-0
Def. Airstream 12-9
Palm Beach Polo/
TLC 0-1
Lost to WBF
Final
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2nd Best
White Birch 1-0
Def. PBP 13-10
Greenwich Polo Club - Tommy Glynn Memorial - 20 goal - June 8-22, 2014
Sun 8
W.B.F. def. Palm Beach Polo/TLC 13-10
C.T - Energia def. Airstream 12-9
Thurs 12 POST. CT Energia vs. White Birch
POST. Airstream vs. Palm Beach Polo/TLC
Sun 15 11am
Airstream vs. White Birch
3pm
CT Energia vs. Palm Beach Polo/TLC
Sun 22 3pm
Final
Zacara
Semifinal
Wed June 11
Def. Enigma 11-8
Enigma
Game 4
Saturday May 7
Def. Lucchese
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Game 2
Sunday May 8
Def. Dubai 16-15
Talandracas
Semifinal
Wed June 11
Def. UAE Polo 10-9
UAE Polo
Game 3
Saturday May 7
Def. El Remanso 11-8
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Schedule & Results
Continued from page 2, Schedule and results
nerve in a close game over Sheikha Maitha’s UAE Polo team to win 10-9 and earn
their place in Sunday’s final.
There had been little to choose between these two teams for much of the match the scores were level 6-6 at half-time, and for a while it looked as if it was going to
go to extra time. Unfortunately UAE Polo were forced to substitute Lucas Monteverde, who has been so strong for this team in this year’s high-goal, due to an injury
and his place was taken by Cristian “Magoo” Laprida in the second chukka. Although this did not seem to unsettle the team, Laprida threw himself into the game,
such a change of team at this stage in the competition must have had an effect.
Pablo MacDonough continued to battle through, strongly supported by the young
Englishman Ollie Cudmore, and when you have a 10-goal player of his calibre on
the field one should never predict the final result, especially when the scores are so
close.
However Polito Pieres and his super fast ponies, a combination which has been
instrumental in Talandracas’s success - continued to impress in this game. He produced some great runs down the field - the second half saw plenty of open, running
polo - and by scoring eight of his team’s goals this afternoon has ensured Edourad
Carmignac’s side are through to a final showdown against Zacara this Sunday. Of
course Carmignac is no stranger to Queen’s Cup glory though, as he won the prestigious Cup in 2011.
Polito Pieres was named Most Valuable Player and Electo, a six-year-old stallion
played by Pablo MacDonough was named Best Playing Pony. They received their
prizes from Carrie Perrodo, who also presented the Hubert Perrodo Trophy to winning patron Edouard Carmignac. Hubert Perrodo was the patron of the high-goal
Labegorce polo team, which won the Queen’s Cup in 2004 and this Cup is played
for in his memory. (game report by Diana Butler)
Sunday morning at 11am, Lucchese and El Remanso will play for the Cartier
Trophy (sub final)
Mashomack Polo Club hosts
Improve Your Polo
a USPA Clinic with Henri duToit
July 5th
Pine Plains, NY
Clinic Details
!
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
For players hoping to improve all aspects of their polo- from riding to hitting to
rules comprehension and application. Come dressed to play, all participants will go
through an unmounted portion, mounted drills, and a scrimmage.
!
Cost: $150 includes horse rental and instruction
!
Space is limited so sign-up today!!
!
For more information or to sign-up contact:
!!
Juan Olivera - 561-601-9316 - juanolivera@comcast.net !
Mashomack Polo Club
7435 Route 82 - Pine Plains, NY 12567
ML Polo Update - Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - PM
Guards Polo Club - Cartier Queen’s Cup - Semifinals.
Quarterfinals
Sat 7 UAE Polo def. El Remanso 11-8
Enigma def. Lucchese 16-15
Sun 8 Zacara def. Fox & Hounds 11-8
Talandracas def. Dubai 13-11
Wed 11 Semifinals
Zacara def. Enigma 11-8
Talandracas def. UAE Polo 10-9
Sun 15 11am Lucchese vs. El Remanso for Cartier Trophy (sub final)
3pm
Final Zacara vs. Talandraca
Games are Streamed live on GuardpoloClub.com and pololine.tv
Final for the Cartier Trophy Sun 15 at 11 am
Lucchese 22
John Muse 0
Lucas James 7
Nico Pieres 8
Luke Tomlinson 7
vs.
El Remanso 22
Scott Luard 0
Charlie Hanbury 4
Pelon Stirling 10
Guillermo Terrera 8
22
Cartier Queen’s Cup final, Sunday 15 at 3pm
Zacara 22
Facundo Pieres 10
Lyndon Lea 1
Gonzalo Deltour 7
Matt Perry 4
vs.
Talandracas 22
Edouard Carmignac 0
Juan Martin Nero 10
Polito Pieres 8
Santiago Stirling 4
------------Greenwich Polo Club - Tommy Glynn Memorial - 20 goal - June 8-22, 2014
Sun 8
W.B.F. def. Palm Beach Polo
C.T - Energia def. Airstream 12-9
Thurs 12 POST. CT Energia vs. White Birch
POST. Airstream vs. Palm Beach Polo
Sun 15 11am
Airstream vs. White Birch
3pm
CT Energia vs. Palm Beach Polo
Sun 22 3pm
Final
Tommy Glynn Memorial - 4 teams
Airstream 20 // 0-1
Peter Orthwein 1
Guille Aguero 6
Michel Dorignac 6
Mariano Gonzalez 7
CT Energia 19 // 1-0
Alessandro Bazzoni 1
Nicolas Manifold 5
Joao Paulo Ganon 7
Kris Kampsen 6
Palm Beach Polo 19 // 0-1
Glenn Straub 0
Naco Taverna 6
Ezequiel Ferrario 7
Tommy Biddle 6
White Birch 20 // 1-0
Matias Sosa 0
Hilario Ulloa 9
Mariano Aguerre 9
Peter Brant 2
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--------------------Mashomack Polo Club - USPA Officers Cup 8 goal - 8 teams
Format: Round Robin within bracket
- Best record in each bracket goes to the Officers Cup final.
- Second team ranked in each bracket goes to the Handicap final.
-in case of 3 way tie ,we use the shoot out (only 1 player per team).
Fri 13
Sat 14
Sun 15
6pm 11am
4pm
10:30 12:30 Smithfield vs Gardenvale
Shekomecko vs Heatcothe
Hawk Hill vs Polo-do
Stone rows vs Smithfield
Buena Vista vs Gardenvale
Bracket A
Gardenvale 8
Shane Finemore 0
Ian Mactaggart 0
Jared Sheldon 3
Agustin Zavaleta 5
Bracket B
Polo-do 8
Matias Bullrich 0
Nick Mcclelland -1
Henry Zavaleta 3
Michel Dorignac 6
Smithfield 8
Craig Callen 0
Mariano Gracida 3
Julio Ezcurra 4
John Klopp 1
Hawk Hill 8
Sam Farahnak -1
Philip Mactaggart 0
Gringo Colombres 6
Sterling Giannico 3
Buena Vista 6
Bruce Colley 1
Maxi Langlois 1
Bauti Crotto 3
Don Langlois 1
Heathcote 8
Bauti Panzillo 0
Wesley Finlayson 2
Tatin Zubiaurre 6
Oak Thorne 0
Stone Rows 4
Kim Foley -1
Drew Fairclough 1
Brian Fairclough 2
Andy Fairclough 2
Shekomecko 8
Parker Gentry/Connor Mahonney 0
Maxi Chenaut 2
Guille Aguero 6
Guy Merison 0
Southampton Hunt & Polo Club - Summer 2014
Independence Cup - 8 Goal - June 7 to July 12, 2014
Sat 7 Equuleus def. Certified 12-7
Sat 14 1pm
“ 101 “ vs. VanLith Ranch
Sat 21 1pm
Black Knights/Aliano vs. Equuleus
3pm
Certified vs. VanLith Ranch
Fri 27 5pm
Black Knights/Aliano vs. “101”
Sat July 5 1pm
Semifinal
3pm
Semifinal
Sat 12 3pm
Final
1st Round ((5 Teams)
Certified 8 // 0-1
Ali Bailey 1
Ricky Marshad 0
Kris Kampsen 6
Michael Borrico 1
Van Lith Ranch 8
Carlos Rohm 0
Equuleus 8 // 1-0
Mark VanLith 1
Joe DiMenna 0
Nicholas Mellan 3
Danny Tagliaferro 1
Francisco Ayela 4
Martin Pepa 5
Hugo Tagliaferro 2
Black Knights/Aliano Realty 8
Omer Karabey 0
TBA 2
Nick Aliano 0
Tommy Biddle 6
101 8
Michael Ashkenazy 0
Rob Neis 1
Hugo Lloret 4
Mikey Matz 3
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Southampton Polo Club
Summer League 4 goal - June 8 to July 13, 2014
Sun 8
Kelpies def. “101” 8-6
Value Holdings def. La Magnolia 7-6
Sun 15 11am
“101” vs. VanLith
1:30
Black Knights/Aliano vs. Equuleus
Sun 22 11:30
Kelpies vs. La Magnolia
1:30
Equuleus vs. Value Holdings
Sun 29 11:30
Black Knights/Aliano vs. “101”
1:30
La Magnolia vs. VanLith
Fri July 4 11:30
Value Holdings vs. VanLith
1:30
Equuleus vs. Kelpies
Sun 13 3pm
Final
Round-Robin (7 teams)
Equuleus 4
Joe DiMenna 0
M. Bordeaux Groult 1
Hugo Tagliaferro 2
Danny Tagliaferro 1
Value Holdings 4 // 1-0
Laura Newcomb 0
Rob Neis 1
Hugo Lloret* 4
Alan Mitchell -1
“ 1O1 ” 4 // 0-1
N. Lieberman -1
Mike Ashkenazy 0
Mikey Matz 3
Horton Schwartz 2
Black Knights/Aliano Realty 4
Nick Aliano 0
Omer Karabey * 0
Marcos DelRio 4
TBA
La Magnolia 4 // 0-1
Ali Bailey 1
Stefano Natella 0
Francisco Ayala 4
TBA -1
Kelpies 4 // 1-0
I. Lopez Gaffney Jr -1
I. Lopez Gaffney 0
Martin Pepa* 5
Alberto Bengolia 0
Van Lith Ranch 4
Keith Hart -1
Mark VanLith 1
Nicholas Mallan 3
Chris Briere 1
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New Bridge Polo
Hitchcock Memorial - Final June 8 - Photos by Katie Roth
Dahlwood 12-10 winner of Kenny Ray Personal Fitness to claim the Tommy Hitchcock Memorial 12 Goal Final at
New Bridge Polo Club last Sunday June 8th, 2014. From left, David Wigdahl, Tomas Obregon, Horacio Onetto, Jake
Stimmel, Stacie Rodriguez presenting. (ph Katie Roth)
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New Bridge Polo
Hitchcock Memorial - Final June 8 - Photos by Katie Roth
Above left, Stacie Rodriguez presenting MVP award to Horacio Onetto
Below, Best Playing Pony Isinya’s Mad Dog for Owen Rinehart. (ph Katie Roth)
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Aiken Polo Club
USPA Dogwood Cup - Final June 8 - Photos by George Buggs
Above, Woodlawn Winner of the USPA Dogwood Cup: Whitney Vogt, Chilo Cordova, Cot Campbell presenting for Dogwood Stables, Lito Salatino and Phillip Staples. Woodlawn defeated Mullins/Casa Azul 7-5 in the final.
Below, Best Playing Pony Isbetta for Whitney Vogt. (ph George Buggs)
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Aiken Polo Club
USPA Dogwood Cup - Final June 8 - Photos by George Buggs
Above, MVP Whitney Vogt with Cot Campbell Below, Runner-up Mullins/Casa
Azul: Matt Sekera, Todd Martineau, Grayson Brown, Cot Campbell, Frank Mullins,
Tara Gail and Charlie Bostwick. (ph George Buggs)
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Prestonwood, TX
T
Prestonwood USPA National Youth Tournament Series Qualifier - Final June 7-8
he Prestonwood USPA National Youth Tournament Series
Qualifier was held Saturday &
Sunday June 7-8th with a record
16 kids from Dallas, Midland, El Paso,
and Pennsylvania playing. Round one was
the feature match for Polo for the Planet
Saturday evening June 7.
With a record crowd in attendance,
spectators watched the Belmont stakes live
followed by two exciting NYTS games.
In the first game Eagles Landing defeated
Paloma Creek 7-3 and pitted 2 former
NYTS All-Stars Jack McLean VS Vaughn
Miller Jr. The scorers for Eagles Landing
were Vaughn Miller Jr (4 goals) Johan
Felhaber (2 goals) and Vance Miller III (1
goal). For Paloma Creek the scorers were
Jack McLean (1 goal) Cindy Faulkenhausen (1 goal) and Jeff Ortiz (1 goal).
In the second game after the popular
halftime champagne divot stomp, Cross
Oaks defeated Providence 10-1, scorers
for Cross Oaks were Ronnie Puente (5
goals) Mailicia Faulkenhausen (3 goals)
and Fritz Felhaber (2 goals). A nice rain
came through Dallas and cooled off the
hot Texas weather for the finals on Sunday
June 8. Cross Oaks defeated Eagles Landing 5-3 to win the tournament.
Great team effort was given by all players and the games were fast and exciting to
watch. In the final, scorers for Cross Oaks
were Ronnie Puente (3 goals) John Hand
(1 goal) and Fritz Felhaber (1 goal) and for
Eagles Landing Vaughn Miller Jr (3 goals).
All stars, left to right, Ameer Sardar, Vaughn Miller Jr, Vance Miller III, Jack McLean, Ronnie Puente, Jared Muncy.
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Santa Barbara
Vic Graber Memorial - Final June 8 - Photos by David Lominska
A
Story by Hayley Heatley
ntelope/Film Finance made their
third twelve goal final appearance
Sunday against Cotterel/Long Beach.
The first chukker was fast and furious setting the tone for the rest of the match.
Patrick Uretz was on fire scoring 3 goals in the
first.
The fast polo proved to be favorable to Ruben
Coscia and Marcos Llambias who quickly
answered each goal by the opposing team.
Antelope/Film Finance maintained a 1 goal lead
going into half time 8-7.
The fast pace continued throughout the 4th
and 5th chukkers. Antelope/Film Finance pulled
ahead in the 5th to lead 12-9. Early in the 6th
chukker Marcos Llambias took control of the
game scoring 3 goals in addition to a goal scored
by Ruben Coscia.
The game was down to the wire, but Jesse
Bray broke the tie, scoring on a fast breakaway.
Santi Trotz’ horse Centella won Best Playing
Pony. Patrick Uretz won MVP.
Right, Jesse Bray Below left, Ruben Coscia and Patrick Uretz. Below right,
Santi Trotz and Marcos Llambias (ph David Lominska, Polographics.com)
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Santa Barbara
Vic Graber Memorial - Final June 8 - Photos by David Lominska
Above left, Leigh Brecheen and Jennie Lutrell. Right, Jennie Lutrell
Below, Ruben Coscia (ph David Lominska, Polographics.com)
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Santa Barbara
Vic Graber Memorial - Final June 8 - Photos by David Lominska
Above left, Patrick Uretz. Right, Danny Walker. Below left, Jesse Bray. Right, MVP Patrick Uretz with Rebecca Grossman,
Publisher of Westlake Magazine and Mary Michaels, Managing Editor. (ph David Lominska, Polographics.com)
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Santa Barbara
Vic Graber Memorial - Final June 8 - Photos by David Lominska
Above, Antelope/Film Finance winner of the Vic Graber Memorial 12 goal at Santa Barbara last Sunday. From left, Santi Trotz, Jesse Bray, Patrick Uretz and Leigh
Brecheen. Below, Centella was Best Playing Pony for Santi Trotz, standing with Mary Michaels and Rebecca Grossman. (ph David Lominska, Polographics.com)
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Greenwich Polo
Tommy Glynn Memorial - Photos by Bob Lubash
Last Sunday June 8 in Greenwich on Season Opening Day, above, Naco Taverna on the break-away for Palm Beach
Polo/TLC with Matias Sosa in hot pursuit. Below, Tommy Biddle. (ph Bob Lubash)
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Greenwich Polo
Tommy Glynn Memorial - Photos by Bob Lubash
Above, left and right, 2014 U.S. Open Champions Hilario Ulloa and Mariano Aguerre.
Below left, JP Ganon for CT Energia. Right, Peter Orthwein. (ph Bob Lubash)
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Greenwich Polo
Tommy Glynn Memorial - Photos by Bob Lubash
Right, JP Ganon with the cut-away. Below, Kris Kampsen
and Guille Aguero. (ph Bob Lubash)