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1 Page 7 The Morning Line Sunday, June 26, 2011 POLO 2011 Polo Season THEMORNINGLINE Sunday, June 26, Where s Polo Today? Editor & Publisher: Frederic Roy phone: polo@themorningline.com 2011 Trophy Inc. all rights reserved IPC Nudges Field #2 & #3 West Before Crab Orchard east #5 #4 F Old #3 Old #2 Piaget Field Above, Satellite view of the polo fields at International Polo Club Palm Beach shot at some point this winter and currently available from Google. The bottom view has been altered to show the new position of field #2 and #3, and the creation of the longer practice field (in red) which will become the new parking area, greatly improved both in size and proximity, for Sunday matches on Piaget Field. After Crab Orchard #5 #4 F New #3 New #2 Piaget Field Story Page 5

2 Page 2 The Morning Line Sunday, June 26, 2011 Schedule & Results ML POLO UPDATE - Sunday, June 26, AM Polo at a Glance Wins for El Remanso and Piaget yesterday, El Remanso 12-9 over La Golondrina to kick that team out of the main draw, now 0-2, while Piaget defeated the Queen s Cup Champ yesterday in the Veuve Clicquot Gold Cup for the British Open at Cowdray Park. Two games today and again a very important match for first-time losers Richard Mille and Loro Piana respectively playing Zacara and Enigma. Rain postponed the final for the Tommy B. Glynn Memorial Cup in Greenwich today. Yesterday in the Music City Challenge Cup in Nashville Faraway defeated Mt. Brilliant Today, the matches have been postponed due to rain. Three finals today in Santa Barbara first in the Entry level ladies, then the WCT Ladies 2-4 goal and at 3 pm the Centennial Challenge 12 goal final between Long Beach/Blanco and Mansour. This past Friday looking East at the new Air Traffic Tower at Palm Beach International Airport: a typical early afternoon storm cloud rolling in from the West, blanketing Palm Beach County for a good 30 minutes soak. (ph Frederic Roy) Long Beach/Blanco 12 Tom Sikes 0 Henry Walker 2 Luis Escobar 7 Matt Walker 3 vs. Mansour 12 Ben Soleimani 0 Justin Klentner 2 Santiago Wulff 5 Santi von Wernich Clubs (alphabetical) Cowdray Park Polo Club - Veuve Clicquot Gold Cup for the British Open June - July 17, 2011 Tues Enigma def. La Golondrina 13-7 Dubai def. Emlor 11-8 El Remanso def. Loro Piana Wed 1870 def. Salkeld Zacara def. Stella Artois 10-5 Thurs 23 Sumaya def. Richard Mille 10-7 La Bamba de Areco def. Las Monjitas 13-8 Fri 24 Les Lions def. Thai Polo Sat 25 El Remanso def. La Golondrina 12-9 Piaget def. Talandracas Sun 26 3 pm Richard Mille vs. Zacara 5 pm Enigma vs. Loro Piana Mon 27 1 pm Thai Polo vs. Salkeld 4 pm Les Lions vs. Las Monjitas Tues 28 1 pm Stella Artois vs. Sumaya 4 pm 1870 vs. La Bamba de Areco Wed 29 noon Enigma vs. Piaget 3 pm Talandracas vs. El Remanso 3 pm Zacara vs. Dubai Thurs 30 1 pm Richard Mille vs. Emlor Fri 1 noon Las Monjitas vs. Salkeld 3 pm Loro Piana vs. La Golondrina Sat 2 3 pm El Remanso vs. Piaget 3 pm La Bamba de Areco vs. Les Lions 5 pm Dubai vs. Stella Artois Sun 3 noon 1870 vs. Thai Polo POLO Casablanca products are available at and at all the top polo retailers. 3 pm Enigma vs. Talandracas For the Cooch Behar Cup 4 pm Emlor vs. Sumaya Tues 5 noon Richard Mille vs. Dubai 3 pm La Bamba de Areco vs. Salkeld Wed 6 noon Zacara vs. Sumaya 2:30 pm Talandracas vs. Loro Piana 4:30 pm Las Monjitas vs. Thai Polo Thurs 7 noon Stella Artois vs. Emlor 2 pm La Golondrina vs. Piaget 4:30 pm 1870 vs. Les Lions Sat 9/ Sun 10 Quarterfinals The top 2 placed teams from each bracket advance and are are ranked 1 to 6: the 3 group winners will be placed in order of merit 1 to 3, and the 2nd placed teams in each group will be placed in each group in order of merit 4 to 6. The remaining 2 places for the quarterfinals will be decided after ranking all the remaining 12 teams in order of merit, points first and then goal difference, to include all games played. The top team will be placed 7th and the second team 8th. All group positions and placing of teams for knock out phases will be in accordance with the HPA Blue book 2011 and any amendments that the HPA have subsequently made. Match 1 1st placed team vs. 8th placed team Match 2 2nd placed team vs. 7th placed team Match 3 3rd placed team vs. 6th placed team Match 4 4th placed team vs. 5th placed team Thurs 14 Semifinals noon Winner Match 1 vs. Winner Match 4 For the Ellerston Cup 4 pm Winner Match 2 vs. Winner Match 3 for the Tramontana Cup Sun 17 3 pm Final Winner Match 5 vs. Winner Match 6

3 Page 3 The Morning Line Sunday, June 26, 2011 Veuve Clicquot Gold Cup for the British Open Champioship Cowdray Park Polo Club 18 teams - goal - 3 brackets/quaterfinals and Semifinals - June - July 17, 2011 Bracket I Adrian Kirby 1 John Paul Clarkin 8 Ruki Baillieu 7 Rob Archibald 6 Jean-Francois Decaux 0 Gonzalito Pieres 10 Facundo Pieres 10 Matt Perry 2 Joaquim Gottschalk 0 Sebastian Merlos 9 Agustin Merlos 9 Chris Mackenzie 4 Camilo Bautista 0 Nachi Heguy 8 Eduardo Astrada 9 Francisco Elizalde 5 Harald Link 0 Lucas Di Paola 6 Pite Merlos 9 Marcos Di Paola 7 Nick Clarke 0 Jose Donoso 7 James Beim 7 Luke Tomlinson Def. Salkeld La Bamba de Areco 1-0 Def. Las Monjitas 13-8 Les Lions 1-0 Def. Thai Polo Las Monjitas 0-1 Lost to La Bamba de Areco Thai Polo 0-1 Lost to Les Lions Salkeld 0-1 Lost to 1870 Bracket II Jerome Wirth 1 Juan Jauretche 3 Juan Martin Nero 10 Matias MacDonough 8 Edouard Carmignac 0 Lucas Monteverde 8 Milo Araujo 8 Facundo Sola 7 23 Alfio Marchini 2 Lucas James 7 Agustin Nero 6 Nicolas Espain 7 Charlie Hanbury 3 Pelon Stirling 9 Jaime Huidobro 7 George Hanbury 2 Paul Oberschneider 0 Diego Cavanagh 7 Satnam Dillon 7 Tomas del Rio 7 Stefano Marsaglia 0 Ignacio Toccalino 7 Joaquin Pittaluga 7 Magoo LaPrida 8 Enigma 1-0 Def. La Golondrina 13-7 Talandracas 0-1 Lost to Piaget Loro Piana 0-1 Lost to El Remanso El Remanso 2-0 Def. Loro Piana Def. La Golondrina 12-9 La Golondrina 0-2 Lost to Enigma Lost to El Remanso Piaget 1-0 Def. Talandracas Bracket III Prince Jefri 1 Max Routledge 4 Pablo MacDonough 10 Alejandro Muzzio 7 Ignatius du Plessis 7 Lyndon Lea 1 Hilario Ulloa 8 Gonzalo Deltour 6 Rashid Albwardy 2 Lucas Criado 7 Adolfo Cambiaso 10 Ollie Cudmore 3 Stirling McGregor 2 Nico Pieres 7 Alex Agote 8 Gillion McLachlan 4 Spencer McCarthy 1 GuillermoCuitino 6 Piki Alberdi 8 Nacho Gonzales 6 Oussama Aboughazale 0 Javier Astrada 8 Carlos Gracida 7 Juan Gris Zavaleta 7 Richard Mille 0-1 Lost to Sumaya Zacara 1-0 Def. Stella Artois 10-5 Dubai 1-0 Def. Emlor Stella Artois 0-1 Lost to Zacara Emlor 0-1 Lost to Dubai Sumaya 1-0 Def. Richard Mille 10-7 Continued from page 2, Schedule & Results Greenwich Polo Club Tommy B. Glynn Memorial Cup / 4 teams / June 5-26, 2011 Sun 5 Airstream def. Heathcote 12-9 Fri 10 White Birch def. Heathcote 12-9 Thurs 16 Heathcote def. Endeavour 10-9 OT White Birch def. Airstream OT Tues Airstream def. Endeavour 11-8 Fri 24 Canceled White Birch vs. Endeavour Sun 26 POST. Subsidary Final Endevour vs. Heathcote POST. Final of the Tommy B. Glynn Airstream vs. White Birch Airstream 20 // Peter Orthwein 1 Kris Kampsen 6 Guille Aguero 6 Michael Dorignac 7 Heathcote 17 // Steve Lefkowitz 0 Naco Taverna 6 Tommy Biddle 6 Nicolas Manifold 5 Endeavour 19 // Larry Austin 1 Brandon Phillips 5 Nic Roldan 8 Agustin Zavaleta 5 White Birch 20 // Mariano Gracida 3 Fred Mannix 6 Mariano Aguerre 9 Peter Brant 2 Final, Tommy Glynn Memorial, Postponed White Birch 20 // 2-0 Mariano Gracida 3 Fred Mannix 6 Mariano Aguerre 9 Peter Brant 2 vs. Airstream 20 // 2-1 Peter Orthwein 1 Kris Kampsen 6 Guille Aguero 6 Michael Dorignac 7 East Coast Open & GPC Cup / 4 teams / June 30 - July 17, 2011 Thurs am Airstream vs. Endeavour 5 pm Heathcote vs. White Birch Sun 3 11 am Airstream vs. White Birch 3 pm Heathcote vs. Endeavour Wed 6 tba Airstream vs. Heathcote Thurs 7 5 pm Endeavour vs. White Birch Sun 10 tba Endeavour vs. Heathcote 3 pm Airstream vs. White Birch Thurs 14 tba Heathcote vs. White Birch 5 pm Airstream vs. Endeavour Sun am Third place final 3 pm Final Gulfstream Polo Club June-September Summer Polo Mashomack Polo Club USPA Tracey Mactaggart Challenge - 8 Goal - June 10-July 3, 2011 Single bracket round-robin, top 2 teams go to the final Sun 19 Heathcote def. Hawk Hill 11-8 Shekomeko/Longfield Green def. Smithfield Fm Tues Hawk Hill def. Super Vista 8-5 Fri 24 Heathcote Fm. vs. Smithfield Fm. (3-5 at halftime) Sun 26 tba Shekomeko/Longfield Green vs. Hawk Hill tba Heathcote vs. Super Vista Wed 29 tba Shekomeko/Longfield Green vs. Heathcote tba Super Vista vs. Smithfield Fri 1st tba Shekomeko/Longfield Green vs. Super Vista tba Hawk Hill vs. Smithfield Sun 3 tba Final of the USPA Tracey Mactaggart 8 Goal Single bracket - 5 Teams Shekomeko // 1-0 Smithfield Fm. 8 // 0-1 Longfield Green 8 Super Vista 7 // 0-1 Craig Callen 0 Hannah Buchan 0 Alex Langlois 0 Weston Gracida 2 Juan Olivera 2 Bruce Colley 1 Julio Ezcurra 5 Guille Aguerro 6 Tomas Franco 5 John Klopp 1 Guy Merison 0 Don Langlois 1 Alt Max Langlois 0

4 Continued from page 3, Schedule & Results Heathcote 8 // 1-0 Hawk Hill 8 // 1-1 Parker Thorne 0 Phillip Mactaggart 0 Martin Gandara 3 Marcos Bignoli 4 Tatin Zubiaurre 5 Henry Zavaleta 4 Oak Thorne 0 Bryan Colley Nashville Polo Club (615) Music City Challenge Cup - 12 goal - 4 teams - June 24-July 3, 2011 Fri 24 Graymar def. Riverview 9-5 Sat 25 Faraway def. Mt Brilliant Sun 26 POST. Graymar vs. Mt Brilliant POST. Riverview vs. Faraway Fri 1st 9 am Riverview vs. Mt Brilliant 5 pm Graymar vs. Faraway Sun 3 tba Consolation Final tba Final Riverview 12 // 0-1 Graymar 12 // 1-0 Cathy Brown 0 Peter von Gontard 2 Adrian Wade 5 Chris Nevins 4 James Armstrong 5 Whistle Uys 5 Orrin Ingram 2 Robert Lipman 1 Mt Brilliant 12 // 0-1 Faraway 12 // 1-0 Bo Goodman 1 Buck Schott 1 Carlitos Galindo 3 Horacio Onetto 5 Juan Monteverde 5 Julian Daniels 6 Del Walton 3 Hutton Goodman 0 Santa Barbara Polo Club 2nd Annual WCT ladies Polo Tournament presented by Terry Ryken Sothebys in support of Girls Inc. WCT 2-4 goal (3 teams) Estancia Ventarron 4 // 2-0 Paige Beard 0 Sunny Hale 3 Natascha Baecher 1 Kate Weber 0 Terry Ryken Sotheby s 4 // 0-2 Megan Judge 0 Karen Reese 1 Cecilia Cochran 1 Kristy Waters 2 Empire Polo 2 // 1-1 Roxy Keyfauver 1 Carolyn Stimmel 1 Cybele Jordan 0 Danielle Travis 0 WCT entry level (4 teams) Holiday Inn Express/Urban Dog -2 Kim Garced 0 Alice Zegers -1 Kendra Clark -1 Katy Connell 0 Def. (8-2) Jaeger Le Coultre -2 Melanja Jones 0 Brinkley Erb -1 Daisy Gabbard -1 Anita Wulff 0 Oldman & Cooley -2 Erin Britton 0 Gabby Questal 0 Emma Stachowisz -1 Susan Cooley/Julie Ronning -1 Def. (7-5) Blanco, TX -2 Claudia Uretz 0 Connell Erb -1 Page 4 The Morning Line Sunday, June 26, 2011 Kerstie Allen 0 Kelly Shaw -1 Centennial Challenge 12 goal 4 teams Single elimination WCT Ladies 2-4 goal and Entry level ladies Fri 24 Empire def. Terry Ryken Sotheby 7-4 Estancia Ventarron def. Terry Ryken Sotheby 4-2 Estancia Ventarron def. Empire 5-4 Long Beach/ Blanco def Team KIG Mansour advances to the final on Sunday June 26 at 3pm with Long Beach/ Blanco, due to a forfeit from Cobra following an injury to Memo Gracida in the 5th chukker. Sat 26 Holiday Inn Express/ Urban Dog def. Jaeger Le Coultre 8-2 Oldman & Cooley def. Blanco 7-5 Sun 26 9am Jaeger LeCoultre vs Blanco- Entry level ladies consolation 10am Holiday Inn vs Oldman & Cooley- Entry level final 1pm WCT Ladies round robin Estancia Ventarron vs. Terry Ryken Sotheby s vs. Empire 3pm 12 goal Centennial Challenge Final Long Beach/ Blanco vs. Mansour Long Beach/Blanco 12 Tom Sikes 0 Henry Walker 2 Luis Escobar 7 Matt Walker 3 def. (12-10) Team KIG 12 Mubashir Kazi 0 Jason Crowder 6 Santiago Trotz 5 Jared Sheldon 1 Julio Gracida 4 Southampton Polo Club 8 goal Independence Cup - June 10 - July 12-7 teams Sun 12 VanLith def. Cowneck 9-8 POST. Equuleus vs. Kelpies Sun 19 Palmer s def. Black Knights 13-9 Fri 24 5 pm Ikepod vs. VanLith Sun 26 noon Black Knights vs. Kelpies 2 pm Cowneck vs. Ikepod Fri 1 5 pm Equuleus vs. Palmer s Sun 3 noon Top 2 Teams in Bracket A Mon 4 noon Kelpies vs. Palmer s 2 pm Equuleus vs. Black Knights Sun 10 2 pm Final Bracket A (3 teams) Cowneck 8 // 0-1 VL Ranch 8 // 1-0 Ikepod 8 Dillon Bacon 1 Mark VanLith 1 Guillermo Obregon 1 Ezra Stevenson 2 Chris Briere 1 Adam Lindemann 2 Marcos Del Rio 4 Naco Taverna 6 Juan Martin Obregon 4 TBA 1 Marcelo Dorea 0 Tomas Alberdi 1 Bracket B (4 teams) Kelpies 8 Equuleus 6 M. Alberdi 0 Joe DiMenna 0 Ignacio Lopez-Gaffney 0 Danny Tagliaferro 1 Martin Pepa 5 Hugo Tagliaferro 2 Juan Redlich 3 Hugo Lloret 3 Black Knights 8 // 0-1 Palmers 8 // 1-0 Haken Karabey 0 Stefano Natella 0 Omar Karabey 0 Robert Neis 1 Esteban Scott 4 Francisco Ayala 4 TBA 4 Mikey Matz 3 Mansour 12 Ben Soleimani 0 Justin Klentner 2 Santiago Wulff 5 Santi von Wernich 5 def. (forfeit in the 5th chukker) Cobra 12 Alvaro Fernandez 0 Isaac Sepulveda 1 Memo Gracida 7 4 goal Summer League - June 4 - July 9-8 teams Sat 4 Ikepod def. Catalina Hotel 8-6 VanLith def. Black Knights 8-5 Sat 11 Palmer s def. Value Holdings 9-5 Fri 17 Sand s Bros def. FNY 7-4 Sat 18 POST. Catalina Hotel vs. Sands Bros. POST. Palmer s vs. VanLith Sat am FNY vs. Ikepod

5 IPC Page 5 The Morning Line Sunday, June 26, 2011 New, Greatly Improved Parking Area Top left, the new field #3 with its West boards sharing a large hedge with the Isla Carroll West field (formerly Outback field which is also being redone for 2012), Left, grading field #3, the southern portion has been filed to cover the area of pond/canal needed for full field. Above, trees lining old field #2 have been stored for re-planting. Below, South East view of the Tennis House and Spa from the area between endlines of field #2 and #3. Continued from page 4, Schedule & Results 11:30 Black Knights vs. Value Holdings Sat 2 10 am Catalina Hotel vs. FNY 11:30 Black Knights vs. Palmer s Mon 4 10 am VanLith vs. Value Holdings 11:30 Ikepod vs. Sands Bros. Sat 9 11am Final Bracket A Ikepod 4 // 1-0 Catalina Hotel 4 // 0-1 Marcus Alberdi 0 Al Lieberman -1 Tomas Alberdi 1 O. Manjalgi -1 Adam Lindemann 2 Mikey Matz 3 Guillermo Obregon 1 Horton Schwartz 3 FNY 4 // 1-0 Sands Bros. 4 // 1-0 M. DiLima 0 G. Coman -1 Debby Feldstein -1 S. Sands 0 Brian Fairclough 2 John Bianco 1 Matias Majul 3 Juan Martin Obregon 4 Below, the new, longer practice field now located in front of the Tennis House. It will serve as the new parking area, greatly improved both in size and proximity to the Stadium, for Sunday matches on Piaget Field. This area of roughly 10 acres will also be used for additional activities with its ideal position next to the heart of the polo club. (ph Frederic Roy) Bracket B Van Lith Ranch 4 // 1-0 Black Knights 4 // 0-1 Mark VanLith 1 Haken Karabey 0 Jessica Sailer -1 Omer Karabey 0 Chris Briere 1 Esteban Scott 4 Juan Redlich 3 B. Broady 0 Palmer s 4 // 1-0 Value Holdings 4 // 0-1 Stefano Natella 0 Laura Newcomb 0 Robert Neis 1 Danny Tagliaferro 1 Francisco Ayala 4 Hugo Lloret 3 TBA -1 S. Stansfield 0 - Virginia International Polo Club Upperville VA June September 4, 6, 8, 12 Goal / Polo School