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Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014Editor & Publisher: Frederic Roy • phone: 561 315 3111 • [email protected] • © 2014 Trophy Inc. all rights reserved

www.themorningline.com Where’s Polo Today?POLOTHEMORNINGLINE

2014 Po l o Se a S o n

Polo MakeS a Grand entrance in central

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Hawk Hill defeated Smithfield 12-9 on Sunday to win the Interclub 12 goal at Mashomack. From left, Mariano Gracida, Gringo Colombres, Sterling Gi-

annico and Philip Mactaggart. MVP Sterling Giannico. Best Playing Pony was Carla owned and played by Julio Ezcurra.

Kris Kampsen, Wes Finlayson and Marc Ganzi won the U.S. Polo Assn. Central Park Polo Challenge for U.S. Trust defeating the Polo Assoc. team and Flexjet on Sunday in Central Park. The trophy was presented by Steven Nakash, owner of Jordache Jeans/licensee of U.S. Polo Assn. By all partici-pants’ and observers’ accounts, the day was a real success putting a fine touch to a great equestrian weekend in New York City.

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ML Polo Update - Tuesday, September 23, 2014 - AM

Polo at Glance

Aiken Polo Club - Today, game in the USPA Governorʼs Cup 6 Goal. The 8 goal Officer’s Cup started on Sunday for a final on October 19, six teams entered playing cross-bracket.

Houston Polo Club - The sun has returned with games in the 8 goal and the 12 goal today and tomorrow respectively. Today in the 8 goal, Carlucho Arellano will play for Sipsmith, as Jared Sheldon is only arriving in Houston on Wednesday.

Argentina - Tortugas Open kick-off today at Tortugas with the game La Aguada ICBC vs. Magual. Tomorrow Wednesday it will be Alegria vs. La Aguada Las Mon-jitas. Saturday, La Dolfina will play the loser of today’s game, then Sunday Ellerstina will play the loser of tomorrow’s game.

Correction: [from Sunday’s edition] Adolfo Cambiaso’s winning streak is 6 for 6 since winning the Gold Cup at Cowdray with Dubai, followed by the Corona-tion Cup for Argentina, then the Bronze, Silver and Gold Cups in Sotogrande for Valiente, and on Saturday, the Jockey Club Open with La Dolfina. Since February Adolfo is 8 for 10, winning the CV Whitney and the USPA Gold Cup at IPC with Valiente, but then failed to win the US Open (winner Alegria) and the Queen’s Cup (winner Zacara). For the year (12 Months since September 2013), Adolfo Cambiaso is 11 for 13, having won the Triple Crown: Tortugas Open, Hurlingham Open and Argentine Open (Sept-Dec. 2013). The next big winner of the last two years is of course Facundo Pieres, who for the last 12 months also played 13 tournaments but won only 2: the Queen’s Cup 2014 with Zacara and the Coronation Cup for Argentina with Adolfo. Facundo’s big streak was the 12 months prior, from September 2012 to August 2013. In October 2012, Facundo won the Tortugas Open, then the Argentine Open (The Hurlingham went to La Dolfina). At IPC in 2013, Facundo won the US Open with Zacara (for the 2nd consecutive time), followed by the Queen’s Cup and the Gold Cup in England, then won Silver Cup and the Gold Cup in Sotogrande all with Zacara (Adolfo won the Bronze Cup). But the big achievement for Facundo Pieres for that 12-month period of Sept. 1012 to August 2013 was winning the “Tiger Grand Slam” for Polo: Argentine Open (2012), US Open (2013), Gold Cup for the British Open (2013) and Soto-grande Gold Cup (2013).

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Clubs - Schedule and Results

Aiken Polo Club - 2014 USPA Governorʼs Cup 6 GoalThurs 18 Airy Hall def. Las Vinas/ Whiskey Victor 9-4.5Fri 19 POST. Casa Azul vs Karna/ Palmetto ParkingSat 20 Karna/Palmetto Parking def. Las Vinas/Whiskey Victor 9-7.5Tues 23 11am Casa Azul vs Las Vinas/ Whiskey VictorWed 24 4:30 Airy Hall/ Blessing Plantation vs Karna/Palmetto ParkingFri 26 11am Airy Hall/ Blessing Plantation vs Casa AzulSun 28 3pm Final at Whitney Field

Single Bracket (4 teams)Airy Hall/ Blessing Plantation 6 // 1-0Barry Limehouse AOmar Cepeda 3Edouard Des Francs ADel Walton 3

Casa Azul 6Grayson Brown BGeoff Cameron 3Brien Limehouse 1Matt Sekera 3

Karna/ Palmetto Parking 6 // 1-0Chip Limehouse AStan Sandefur ABrad Limehouse 3Luis Galvan 3

ScHedule & reSultS Las Vinas/ Whiskey Victor 5 // 0-2Stacie Rodriguez BCesar Rangel 1.5Whitney Vogt A.5Willie Hartnett 4

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Aiken Polo Club - 2014 USPA Copper Cup 12 GoalThurs 18 Indigo Inn def. Kenny Ray Personal Fitness 16-12Fri 19 Duck Hill def. Skaneateles 13-12 OTWed 24 2pm Clearwater vs Kenny Ray Personal FitnessThurs 25 11am Indigo Inn vs High Ground/ SDFri 26 2pm Crestview/Karna vs Skaneateles 5pm Duck Hill vs Heritage FarmSat 27 11am Clearwater vs Indigo Inn 2pm High Ground/SD vs Kenny Ray Personal FitnessSun 28 10am Crestview/Karna vs Duck Hill noon Skaneateles vs Heritage FarmWed 1 11am Clearwater vs High Ground/ SDFri 3 2pm Crestview/ Karna vs Heritage FarmSun 5 3pm Final at Whitney field

Bracket A (4 teams)Clearwater 12Chip Campbell 1Stuart Campbell 4Gonzalo Teves 4Del Walton 3 Indigo Inn 12 // 1-0Brien Limehouse 1Pelon Escapite 6Kegan Walsh 2Brad Limehouse 3 High Ground/ SD 12Joe Meyer 1Sayyu Dantata 3Alan Martinez 5Will Tankard 3 Kenny Ray Personal Fitness 12 // 0-1Barb Uskup AGabriel Crespo 3Owen Rinehart 5Antonio Galvan 4 Bracket B (4 Teams) Crestview/ Karna 12Alan Meeker AStan Sandefur AMatias Magrini 8Marcos Garcia Del Rio 4 Duck Hill 12 // 1-0Bob Stanton AJohn Gobin 4Tommy Biddle 6Weston Gracida 2

Heritage Farm/ Kings Row Coffee 12Charlie Hutchinson 1Luis Galvan 3Marcos Onetto 4Horacio Onetto 4 Skaneateles 11 // 0-1Marty Cregg ACesar Jimenez 1Tomas Obregon 4Julian Daniels 6

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Aiken Polo Club - 2014 USPA Officerʼs Cup 8 GoalSun 21 Duck Hill def. Skaneateles 12-8Sat 27 4:30 Foxdale Equine vs Mill-HouseTues 30 11am Bottega vs SD Farm Fri 3 5pm Skaneateles vs Foxdale Equine Sat 4 11am Duck Hill vs Mill-House Sun 5 11am Skaneateles vs Bottega Tues 7 11am Bottega vs Mill- House Sun 12 3pm Foxdale Equine vs SD FarmFri 17 2pm Duck Hill vs SD Farm Sun 19 3pm Final at Whitney field

Bracket A (3 teams)Bottega 8Frank Stitt ATomas Obregon 4Felipe Viana 4Lauren Biddle A Duck Hill 8Bob Stanton ABrien Limehouse 1John Gobin 4Luis Galvan 3 Foxdale Equine 8Paul Shealy BHugh Worsham 1Tom Uskup 2Julian Daniels 6 Bracket B (3 teams)Mill- House 8Glenn Miller ABarry Limehouse APelone Escapite 6Kegan Walsh 2 SD Farm 8Sayyu Dantata 3Jason Wates 3Will Tankard 3TBA -1

Skaneateles 8Marty Cregg ACesar Jiminez 1Denys Santana 3Martin Estrada 4

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Houston Polo Club - 12 Goal - USPA Keleen & Carlton Beal Cup Wed 17 Whitehall Ranch def. Fairplay 13-9Wed 24 Tonkawa vs BTA Whitehall Ranch vs EurekaFri 26 Fairplay vs BTA Eureka vs Tonkawa Sun 28 Semifinals Record 1 vs Record 4 Record 2 vs Record 3Wed 1st Consolation & Final

Single Bracket (5 teams)BTA 12Kelly Beal 1Steve Krueger 3Ulysses Escapite 4Joe Wayne Barry 4

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Eureka 12Rene Campos 0Agustin Arellano 1Jorge Cernadas 4Jeff Hall 7

Fairplay 12 // 0-1Esther Kane -1Remy Muller 2Tano Vial 6Carlucho Arellano 5Tonkawa 12Jeff Hildebrand 0Geronimo Obregon 3Jimmy Seward 3Jeff Blake 6

Whitehall Ranch 12 // 1-0Bill Lane 0Marquitos Alberdi 2Miguel Torres 4Luis Escobar 6

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Houston Polo Club - USPA Regional President’s Cup 8 goal Bracket 1 (5 teams)7 Bar W/PegasusCinco CanyonTeam TejasListo PoloGhurka

Bracket 2 (5 teams)BTASipsmithPropagandaLockton/Chandler RanchRocking P

Thurs 18 POST. 7 Bar W/Pegasus vs Cinco Canyon POST. Listo Polo vs GhurkaSat 20 Ghurka vs Cinco Canyon Team Tejas vs Listo Polo BTA vs Propaganda Rocking P vs SipsmithTues 23 BTA vs SipsmithThurs 25 Listo Polo vs Cinco Canyon 7 Bar W/Pegasus vs Ghurka Propaganda vs Lockton/Chandler RanchSat 27 BTA vs Rocking P Team Tejas vs Cinco Canyon 7 Bar W/Pegasus vs Listo Polo Lockton/Chandler Ranch vs SipsmithTues 30 Ghurka vs Team Tejas Rocking P vs PropagandaThurs 2 7 Bar W/Pegasus vs Team Tejas BTA vs Lockton/Chandler Ranch Propaganda vs SipsmithSat 4 Semifinals Tues 7 Final

Bracket 1 (5 teams play within the bracket))7 Bar W / Pegasus 8Jeff Wood 0David Andras 1Robert Orthwein 3Mason Wroe 4

Cinco Canyon 8David Marks 0 / Brooks Diesel 0Agustin Arellano 1Bryan Middleton 3Nicolai Galindo 4


Argentina - Tortugas Open September 23 - October 11, 2014Hurlingham Open October 14 - November 2, 2014Argentine Open November 16 - December 6, 2014

Tues 23 4pm La Aguada ICBC vs. MagualWed 24 4pm Alegria vs. La Aguada Las MonjitasSat 27 4pm La Dolfina vs. loser Tuesday gameSun 28 4pm Ellerstina vs. loser Wednesday gameSat 4 4pm La Dolfina vs. Winner TuesdaySun 5 4pm Ellerstina vs. Winner WednesdaySat 11 4pm Final

Bracket A (3 teams)La Dolfina 40 (defending Champion)Adolfo Cambiaso 10Pelon Stirling 10Pablo Mac Donough 10 Juan Martin Nero 10

La Aguada ICBC 36Facundo Sola 8Sapo Caset 9Miguel Astrada 10Nacho Astrada 9 Magual 33 Alejandro Muzzio 8Ignacio Toccalino 9Marcos Di Paola 8 Jaime García Huidobro 8

Bracket B (3 teams) Ellerstina 38 Facundo Pieres 10Gonzalito Pieres 10Mariano Aguerre 9 Nicolas Pieres 9 Alegria 36 Polito Pieres 9Hilario Ulloa 9Lucas Monteverde 9 Frederick Mannix 9 La Aguada Las Monjitas 33 Lucas James 8Magoo Laprida 8Eduardo Astrada 9 Alejandro Astrada 8 -------------------

Team Tejas 8Charles Fridge 0Chad Bowman 1Billy Mudra 3Joe Wayne Barry 4

Listo Polo 8Kelly Plato 0George Krabbe 1Ignacio Saenz 3Francisco Rodriguez Mera 4T

Ghurka 8Fox Benton 0Drew Luplow 1Stewart Armstrong 3Chris Nevins 4

Bracket 2 (5 teams play within the bracket)BTA 8Chrys Beal 0KC Krueger 1Steve Krueger 3Shane Rice 4

Sipsmith 6 (*8)Tom Earl -1Remy Muller 2Peter Blake 2Jared Sheldon 3**Carlucho Arellano 5

Propaganda 8Jenny Vargas 0Paul Hobby 1Nick Cifuni 3Charly Quincoces 4

Lockton / Chandler Ranch 8/7Tim Kelly 0 / Joe Chandler -1Peter Von Gontard 2Hernan Tejera 3Hamish Bray 3

Rocking P 8Grayson Price -1Carl Price 0 Marcos Villanueva 4Juan Martin Obregon 5

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Santa Barbara - Wickenden Cup 8 Goal- September 10-21, 2014http://www.poloscoreboard.com/

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Interclub 12 goal - FInal Sunday, September 21StMaSHoMack Polo club

Runner up Smithfield, from left, Karen and John Klopp, Tommy Biddle, Julio Ezcurra and Craig Callen.Below left, MVP Sterling Giannico. Right, Most Improved Player of the Season Davis Colley, with Dad Bruce.



Tournament winner Hawk Hill. From left, Mariano Gracida, Gringo Colombres, Sterling Giannicoand Philip Mactaggart. Hawk Hill defeated Smithfield 12-9. MVP Sterling Giannico.

Best Playing Pony Carla owned and played by Julio Ezcurra.



Heathcote defeated Gardenvale 9-6 to take third place in the tournament. MVP was Shane finemore and Best Playing Pony was Maria owned by Oak Thorne.


thurSday September 18 through Sunday 21St. central Park HorSeSHow

U.S. Trust 12Marc Ganzi 2Wes Finlayson 3Kris Kampsen 7/FlexJet 12Melissa Ganzi 0Juan Bollini 7Charlie Muldoon 5/U.S. Polo Assn. 12Grant Ganzi 1Juancito Bollini 2Nic Roldan 9

The Central Park Horse Show (CPHS), presented by Rolex and produced by The Chronicle

of the Horse, concluded a fantastic inaugural event on Sunday with matinee performances and an afternoon of polo in Central Park’s Trump Rink in New York City. The U.S. Polo Assn. Central Park Polo Challenge served as the week-end’s finale competition with a win for the U.S. Trust Team made up of players Kris Kampsen, Marc Ganzi and Wesley Finlayson. Capping off four days of world-class equestrian competition, the U.S. Polo Assn. Central Park Polo Challenge featured match-ups of three teams each made up of three highly talented Ameri-can polo players. The winning team for U.S. Trust celebrated victory with Kampsen, Ganzi, and Finlayson. The FlexJet team of Melissa Ganzi, Charlie Muldoon, and Juan Bollini finished sec-ond, and the U.S. Polo Assn.’s team of Nic Roldan, Juancito Bollini, and Grant Ganzi earned a third place finish. All of the players rode horses pro-vided by the Ganzi Family and Grand Champions Polo Club. Kampsen was named MVP, and Open Corchos was Best Playing Pony. “This has been an extremely exciting event for us to have polo here in Central Park,” stated Jackie Harrigan, Vice President of Marketing for the U.S. Polo Assn. “All of our money goes back to funding the sport of polo, to growing it, and developing intercollegiate and interscholastic programs. This is a really special event for us, and we hope to be a part of it next year.” Leading his U.S. Trust team to vic-tory, top player Kris Kampsen had fun competing in the wonderful location with close friends. “It was incredible. It was a great experience to be in New York playing polo, and playing with your friends was unbelievable. The event, the venue, the

Kris Kampsen, Steven Nakash, Owner, Jordache Jeans/licensee of U.S. Polo Assn., Wesley Finlayson, Marc Ganzi. (ph © Kit Hough-

ton/Rolex and David Handschuh)

organization that it took to get this done was bar none. It was phenomenal,” Kampsen stated. “When you are out there playing you zone everything out and then all of a sudden there is a stop-page of play and you look up and you are like, ‘Wow, look at the venue that we are in!’ It is unbelievable.” “This is a one-of-a-kind experience to be in the center of Manhattan doing this,” Kampsen added. “I could not have asked for a better outcome and better friends and teammates to play with and against. It was great.” Melissa Ganzi enjoyed her experi-ence playing in the momentous game and thanked the organizers for their vision in making everything happen. “I want to thank Mark and Katherine Bellissimo for having the dream and making all of this possible and setting up this amazing venue,” Ganzi ac-knowledged. “It was quite complicated, the logistics of getting horses into Cen-tral Park, but with Michael Stone and Bobby Murphy, we were able to get all of that accomplished. I look forward to next year, and I am really honored and privileged to have been a part of it.” “The atmosphere was energizing,” Ganzi noted. “I think the crowd really enjoyed the game. The spectator’s level of interest and attention was pretty exceptional for a lot of people that pos-

sibly have never seen polo before. I was impressed, and I could feel their energy while we were playing.” Nic Roldan saw his help and support of the event pay off with the great suc-cess of Sunday’s competition. “There was a lot of work that went into making this all happen. Obviously Marc and Melissa Ganzi had a very big part, and if it weren’t for Mark Bellissimo, we would not be here,” Roldan stated. “We looked at the setting and just couldn’t imagine a better place to play polo. Our

first experience here was better than any experience that I have had. The ring was amazing, the setting and the weather were great, and the fans were great. I think we had a great turnout. I think all in all the event was a huge success, and we look forward to coming back next year.” CEO of the U.S. Polo Assn., Peter Rizzo, attended all of the weekend’s fun exhibitions and great competition and was thrilled to expose the sport of polo

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Wesley Finlayson and Melissa Ganzi. (ph © Kit Houghton/Rolex and David Handschuh)


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to a broad range of spectators in this historic event. “The last time polo like this was played in New York was in 1876, so bringing it back to Manhattan and bringing it back to this kind of audience is remarkable,” Rizzo stated. “It was a pleasure being here with other horses and all of the other disciplines to be able to show our game to a wider audience, so we are very happy.” As part of the United States Polo As-sociation’s ongoing program to expose sports fans nationwide to the sport of polo, the match will be telecast on the NBC Sports Network (NBC SN) on October 4 at 3:30 p.m. EST. It will be the first ever nationwide telecast of an arena polo match. U.S. Polo Assocation President Joe Meyer looks forward to seeing the Central Park Polo Challenge broadcast to help promote the sport across the

country. “We have 250 polo clubs in the United States, and I think that what happened here is probably the most historic event in a long time,” Meyer said. “The Bellis-simos did a spectacular job of organiz-ing this and figuring out how to pull it together, and the U.S. Polo Association is excited about working with them to continue to share the sport with the rest of the world through New York City.” “One of the things that we are try-ing to do is to get polo to become well known throughout the United States, and doing that through TV has helped us significantly,” Meyer stated. “For the last couple of years we have been working with NBC Sports and showing some of our best and what I would call highest grade of polo in the United States. We are all players, we love the game, we love the horses, and the chance that people get to see this happen at this historic event

equestrian sport, including 4 exhibition chukkers by young polo players, two on Saturday morning at 9 and 12, two other on Sunday morning at 9 and 12. The United States Pony Club Games highlighted New York’s top young Pony Club riders in a series of entertaining and competitive games. The inaugural Central Park Grand National Shetland Pony Steeplechase races, part of the WIHS Shetland Pony Steeplechase Series presented by Charles Owen, saw jockeys age seven to 16 riding atop one of the world’s most adorable pony breeds. Young dressage phenom Barbara “Bebe” Davis represented the next gen-eration of dressage stars. Polo’s rising stars took to the ring thanks to support from Wellington’s Grand Champions Polo Club. One-of-a-kind inspirational equestrian entertainment concluded the matinees as Australian Horseman Guy McLean and his equine partners demon-strated the strong bond between horses and humans. McLean then returned for an encore performance following the polo match as fans could not get enough of his incredible horses. Sunday’s competition concluded the Central Park Horse Show’s momentous first event. For more information, please visitwww.centralparkhorseshow.com.

here in Central Park in the middle of New York City has been fantastic.” Sunday also featured two matinee performances with various exhibitions representing different disciplines of

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