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1 Page 7 The Morning Line Tuesday, June 14, 2011 POLO 2011 Polo Season THEMORNINGLINE Tuesday, June 14, Where s Polo Today? Editor & Publisher: Frederic Roy phone: polo@themorningline.com 2011 Trophy Inc. all rights reserved Queen s Cup: Talandracas Turns Rain Soaked Final into a Triumph Great win for Talandracas Sunday, coming back from a 5-1 deficit from Enigma in the second chukker to win the Harcourt Development Queen s Cup in overtime 9-8 on a penalty #2 conversion by Facundo Sola. Milo Araujo was Most Valuable Player. The day ended a 3-year sponsorship from Harcourt Development. Next year Cartier will be the title sponsor for the Queen s Cup. Next at Guards Polo Club is the Cartier International Day on Sunday, July 24, 2011 celebrating the centenary of the Coronation Cup. This year s event will be one of the highest handicapped matches to be seen on an English polo field this season as Brasil will be fielding a 29-goal team. Equus & Co. will sponsor the Brasil Team. (ph Guards Polo Club/ Centaur Photographic) Story Page 6

2 Page 2 The Morning Line Tuesday, June 14, 2011 Schedule & Results ML POLO UPDATE - Tuesday, June 14, AM Polo at a Glance Harcourt Development Queen s Cup Final today at 3 pm Queen s Cup Subsidiary Final - Sunday June 12 at Guards Polo Club La Bamba de Areco Jean-Francois Decaux 0 Gonzalito Pieres 10 Facundo Pieres 10 Matt Perry 2 def. (11-10) Les Lions Joaquim Gottschalk 0 Sebastian Merlos 9 Agustin Merlos 9 Chris Mackenzie 4 Queen s Cup Final - Sunday June 12 at Guards Polo Club Talandracas Edouard Carmignac 0 Lucas Monteverde 8 Milo Araujo 8 Facundo Sola 6 def. (9-8 OT) Enigma Jerome Wirth 1 Juan Jauretche 3 Juan Martin Nero 10 Matias MacDonough 8 Wins for Faraway and Mt Brilliant yesterday in Nashville in the Susie Fagan Memorial. At Santa Barbara, Cobra won the Vic Graber with a 12-8 victory over Long Beach/Blanco, the game also counting as a regular game for the USPA 12 goal Intra- Circuit. MVP was Memo Gracida; BPP Santiago for Matt Walker. In the second USPA 12 goal Intra- Circuit game yesterday, Mansour defeated Cotterel Vic Graber final - Sunday June 12 Cobra 12 Alvaro Fernandez 0 Isaac Sepulveda 1 Memo Gracida 7 Julio Gracida 4 def. (12-8) Long Beach/ Blanco 12 Tom Sikes 0 Henry Walker 2 Luis Escobar 7 Matt Walker Clubs (alphabetical) Cowdray Park Polo Club - Veuve Clicquot Gold Cup for the British Open June 21 - July 17, 2011 Group A Group B Group C Seed Enigma Richard Mille Seed * La Bamba de Areco Talandracas Zacara Seed # Les Lions Loro Piana Dubai Non Seed + Las Monjitas El Remanso Stella Artois Non Seed * Thai Polo La Golondrina Billingbear Park Non Seed # Salkeld Piaget Sumaya F a M i L Y, i M P L a n T & c o s M e T i c d e n T i s T r Y The Harcourt Development Queen s Cup Guards Polo Club 16 teams - goal - 4 brackets/quaterfinals and Semifinals - May 17 - June 12, 2011 Top Draw Jerome Wirth 1 Juan Jauretche 3 Juan Martin Nero 10 Matias MacDonough 8 Ignatius du Plessis 7 Lyndon Lea 1 Hilario Ulloa 8 Gonzalo Deltour 6 Joaquim Gottschalk 0 Sebastian Merlos 9 Agustin Merlos 9 Chris Mackenzie 4 Adrian Kirby 1 John Paul Clarkin 8 Ruki Baillieu 7 Rob Archibald 6 Bottom Draw Jean-Francois Decaux 0 Gonzalito Pieres 10 Facundo Pieres 10 Matt Perry 2 Prince Jefri 1 Max Routledge 4 Pablo MacDonough 10 Alejandro Muzzio 7 Edouard Carmignac 0 Lucas Monteverde 8 Milo Araujo 8 Facundo Sola 6 Rashid Albwardy 2 Lucas Criado 7 Adolfo Cambiaso 10 Ollie Cudmore 3 Designing Healthy & Beautiful Smiles For You! Enigma 3-0 Def. Richard Mille 8-7 OT Def. Piaget 13-9 Def. Emlor 9-8 Zacara 2-1 Def. La Golondrina 12-9 Def. Les Lions 12-8 Lost to Loror Piana Les Lions 2-1 Def. Loro Piana 12-3 Lost to Zacara Def. La Golondrina Def. Aravali 13-9 Def. Mansour 13-6 Lost to la Bamba de Areco La Bamba de Areco 3-0 Def. Mansour 10-9 Def. Aravali 7-6 Def Richard Mille 2-1 Lost to Enigma Def. Emlor 12-9 Def. Piaget 12-9 Talandracas 3-0 Def. El Remanso Def. Sumaya 10-9 Def. Dubai Dubai 2-1 Def. Sumaya 13-9 Def. El Remanso 9-6 Lost to Talandracas Enigma Quarterfinal Sat June 4 Def. Zacara Quarterfinal Sat June 4 Def. Les Lions 12-7 Richard Mille Quarterfinal Sun June 5 Def. La Bamba de Areco 9-7 Talandracas sergio rauchwerger dmd, MMsc Quarterfinal Sun June 5 Def. Dubai Isles View Dr., Suite 202 Wellington, FL Se habla Español! H a r v a r d T r a i n e d P r o s T H o d o n T i s T Practice in Wellington, Fl Enigma Semifinal Wed June 8 Def Talandracas Semifinal Wed June 8 Def. Richard Mille Talandracas Queen s Cup Final Sun June 12 Def,. Enigma 9-8 OT Tues 21 2 pm Enigma vs. La Golondrina 3 pm Dubai vs. Billingbear Park 4 pm Loro Piana vs. El Remanso Wed 2 pm 1870 vs. Salkeld 4 pm Zacara vs. Stella Artois Thurs 23 1 pm Richard Mille vs. Sumaya POLO Casablanca products are available at and at all the top polo retailers.

3 Page 3 The Morning Line Tuesday, June 14, 2011 Veuve Clicquot Gold Cup for the British Open Champioship Cowdray Park Polo Club 18 teams - goal - 3 brackets/quaterfinals and Semifinals - June 21 - 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 La Bamba de Areco Les Lions Las Monjitas Thai Polo Salkeld 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 6 Alfio Marchini 2 Lucas James 7 Agustin Nero 6 Nicolas Espain 7 Charlie Hanbury 3 Pelon Stirling 9 Jaime Huidobro 7 George Hanbury 2 21 Paul Oberschneider 0 Diego Cavanagh 7 Satnam Dillon 7 Tomas del Rio 7 21 Stefano Marsaglia 0 Ignacio Toccalino 7 Joaquin Pittaluga 7 Magoo LaPrida 8 Enigma Talandracas Loro Piana El Remanso La Golondrina Piaget 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 21 Roger Carlsson 0 Guillermo Caset 9 Miguel Astrada 9 George Meyrick 4 Oussama Aboughazale 0 Javier Astrada 8 Carlos Gracida 7 Juan Gris Zavaleta 7 Richard Mille Zacara Dubai Stella Artois Billingbear Park Sumaya 1 pm La Bamba de Areco vs. Las Monjitas Fri 24 2 pm Les Lions vs. Thai Polo Sat 25 3 pm El Remanso vs. La Golondrina For the Smith Ryland Cup 5 pm Talandracas vs. Piaget 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. Billingbear Park 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 3 pm Enigma vs. Talandracas For the Cooch Behar Cup 4 pm Billingbear Park 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. Billingbear Park 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 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 Sun 12 POST. Team TBA vs. Heathcote Wed 15 5 pm Team TBA vs. Heathcote (Greenwich Polo Cup) Thurs 16 5 pm White Birch vs. Airstream Sun 19 3 pm White Birch vs. Team TBA Wed 5 pm Airstream vs. Team TBA Thurs 23 5 pm White Birch vs. Heathcote (Greenwich Polo Cup) Sun am Final for 3rd place 3 pm Final Airstream 20 // 1-0 Peter Orthwein 1 Kris Kampsen 6 Guille Aguero 6 Michael Dorignac 7 Heathcote 17 // 0-2 Steve Lefkowitz 0 Naco Taverna 6 Tommy Biddle 6 Nicolas Manifold 5

4 Page 4 The Morning Line Tuesday, June 14, 2011 Team TBA 19 Larry Austin 1 Brandon Phillips 5 Nic Roldan 8 Agustin Zavaleta 5 White Birch 20 // 1-0 Mariano Gracida 3 Fred Mannix 6 Mariano Aguerre 9 Peter Brant Guards Polo Club The Harcourt Developments Queen s Cup 16 teams May 18 - June 12, 2011 League One League Two League Three League Four Piaget La Bamba de Areco Talandracas Loro Piana Richard Mille Mansour Jaeger Le Coultre El Remanso La Golondrina Emlor Aravali Dubai Zacara Enigma 1870 Sumaya Les Lions Wed def. Aravali 13-9 Enigma def. Richard Mille 8-7 OT Thurs 19 Zacara def. La Golondrina 12-9 Dubai def. Sumaya 13-9 Talandracas def. El Remanso Fri 20 La Bamba de Areco def. Mansour 10-9 Sat 21st Les Lions def. Loro Piana 12-3 Sun Richard Mille def. Emlor 12-9 Enigma def. Piaget 13-9 Tues 24 Talandracas def. Sumaya 10-9 La Bamba De Areco def. Aravali 7-6 Wed 25 Dubai def. El Remanso def. Mansour Jaeger LeCoultre 13-6 Thurs 26 Zacara def. Les Lions 12-8 Loro Piana def. La Golondrina Fri 27 Enigma def. Emlor 9-8 Richard Mille def. Piaget 12-9 Sun 29 La Bamba De Areco def Talandracas def. Dubai Les Lions def. La Golondrina 11-7 Mon 30 Emlor def. Piaget 11-8 Loro Piana def. Zacara 8-5 Sumaya def. El Remanso 11-7 Mansour Jaeger LeCoultre def. Aravali 9-6 Harcourt Development Queen s Cup Quarterfinals 2011 Sat 4 Enigma def. Zacara def. Les Lions 12-7 Sun 5 Talandracas def. Dubai at Zacara Richard Mille def. La Bamba de Areco 9-7 Wed 8 Semifinals Enigma def Talandracas def. Richard Mille Thurs 9 Subsidiary Semifinals Muscular Dystrophy Trophy* La Bamba De Areco def. Dubai Les Lions def. Zacara Sun 12 Final The Harcourt Developments Cup Final La Bamba De Areco def. Les Lions The Harcourt Developments Queen s Cup Talandracas def. Enigma 9-8 OT Nashville Polo Club (615) The Susie Fagan Memorial - 12 goal - 4 teams - June 10-21, 2011 Fri 10 Graymar def. Faraway 12-9 Mt Brilliant def. Riverview Sun 12 Faraway def. Riverview 8-6 Mt Brilliant def. Graymar 9-8 Fri am Riverview vs. Graymar 10 am Mt Brilliant vs. Faraway Sat 18 5 pm Chukkers for Charity Sun 19 tba 6 Goal Mon 20 tba Tues 21 tba Consolation Final Final Riverview 12 // 0-2 Graymar 12 // 1-1 Orrin Ingram 2 Peter von Gontard 2 Fermin Micheo 2 Chris Nevins 4 James Armstrong 5 Whistle Uys 5 Zulu Scott- Barnes 3 Robert Lipman 1 Mt Brilliant 12 // 2-0 Faraway 12 // 1-1 Bo Goodman 1 Buck Schott 1 Carlitos Galindo 3 Adrian Wade 5 Juan Monteverde 5 Julian Daniels 6 Del Walton 3 Hutton Goodman Santa Barbara Polo Club Vic Graber 12 goal (final postponed from Sunday 5) Sun 12 Final Cobra def. Long Beach/ Blanco 12-8 USPA 12 goal Intra- Circuit - 5 team - June 10-19, 2011 Fri 10 Cobra def. Mansour Team KIG def. Long Beach/ Blanco 13-8 Sun 12 Cobra def. Long Beach/Blanco 12-8 Mansour def. Cotterel 10-8 Wed 15 2pm Cotterel vs. Long Beach/Blanco 4pm Team KIG vs. Mansour Fri 17 2pm Semifinal 4pm Semifinal Sun 19 1pm Consolation 3pm Final Bracket I (3 teams) Team KIG 12 // 1-0 Mubashir Kazi 0 Jason Crowder 6 Santiago Trotz 5 Jared Sheldon 1 Cobra 12 // 2-0 Alvaro Fernandez 0 Isaac Sepulveda 1 Memo Gracida 7 Julio Gracida 4 Cotterel 12 // 0-1 Jenny Luttrell 0 Ruben Coscia 5 Luis Saracco 4 Ignacio Saracco 3 Bracket I (2 teams) Long Beach/ Blanco 12 // 0-2 Tom Sikes 0 Henry Walker 2 Luis Escobar 7 Matt Walker 3 Mansour 12 // 1-1 tba 0 Justin Klentner 2 Santiago Wulff 5 Santi von Wernich 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 noon Black Knights vs. Palmer s 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)

5 Page 5 The Morning Line Tuesday, June 14, 2011 Beach Polo in Germany Audi Wins the Julius Bär Beach Polo World Cup Sylt 2011 New champions have been crowned at The Julius Bär Beach Polo World Cup Sylt after the Audi team of Siegfried Grohs from Germany and Argentina s Gastón Maiquez, overcame Julius Bär in the final to take the title. After two close chukkas, the Julius Bär team of Germany s Sven Schneider and fifteen year old Lukas Sdrenka, opened up a 5-3 lead in the third, but six handicap Gastón Maiquez kept his side in the match scoring three unanswered goals to lead 5-6 going into the fourth chukka. The final chukka saw Maiquez in devastating form, scoring two more goals to take a 5-8 lead and despite a late surge from team Julius Bär, Audi held on, eventually winning 7-8. Maiquez performance saw him named the Julius Bär Leading Scorer, and with Julius Bär contributing 200 for every goal scored by the Leading Scorer, Maiquez s oustanding total of 14 goals over the tournament raised 2,800 towards the event s official charity, Coastal Protection Foundation Sylt. When combined with additional donations made during the weekend, over 15,000 was handed over to the charity by Julius Bär during the prize giving ceremony. In recognition of his outstanding play over the weekend in Sylt, Lukas Sdrenka has been invited to join the Julius Bär International Polo Academy at Polo Park Zurich from 18 - July. Over five days he will be able to develop his polo skills, both on and off the field, and build on what has already been a remarkable career for such a young player. Earlier in the afternoon, team Maus Real Estate defeated team Koenig Pilsner 4-2 in the 3rd / 4th place play-off, and team Lanson beat the all-female team of GOS- CH 5-4 to take 5th place. Played on the beautiful island of Sylt off the coast of northern Germany, and now in its fourth year, The Julius Bär Beach Polo World Cup is Germany s leading polo event with over 10,000 spectators visiting over the weekend. Top, The six teams at the trophy presentation. Above, right, Fifteen year old Lukas Sdrenka for Julius Bär. Right, Action from day 2. Left, Sven Schneider holds off the challenge from Gaston Maiquez. (ph courtesy Julius Bär)

6 Page 6 The Morning Line Tuesday, June 14, 2011 Talandracas turns rain soaked final into a triumph Story by Diana Butler Facundo Sola, the 19-year-old player who has been the talk of the Talandracas team, scored the golden goal in extra time to give his team victory in the 2011 Harcourt Developments Queen s Cup Final. His patron, Edouard Carmignac, who has twice won the subsidiary trophy in 2006 and 2007 received the silver cup from HRH Prince Harry. This popular VIP was accompanied into the presentation arena by Melissa Stisted and Thandi Wooldridge as this day was held in memory of their husbands, the Club s Chief Executive Charlie Stisted and the Club s much respected polo patron Ian Wooldridge, who were killed in a helicopter crash last October. However, what will stand out for the sell out crowd at Guards Polo Club was that this final went to seven chukkas despite the torrential rain, which marred much of the day. In fact, all four games, which were played at Guards on this day the final and sub final of The Queen s Cup plus two Al Habtoor Royal Windsor games all went into extra time. Jerome Wirth s Enigma had the upper hand in the early stages of the final and were 5-1 up at the end of the second chukka. Then it was the turn of Talandracas to dominate, thanks to some great goals from Milo Fernandez-Araujo and Lucas Monteverde, to close the gap. Al- though Enigma failed to score in the third, they still had a 5-3 lead going into half-time. However failure to find the flags again in the fourth allowed Talandracas to get back in the game and level the score at 5-5. The score was tied at 6-all in the fifth, but late chukker Enigma then found their form and the lead once more (8-6), thanks to goals from Matias MacDonough and Juan Jauretche. The crowd could not believe that they were witness to such a great game in such appall- Please turn to page 7 Above, A member of the Honorable Artillery Company (ph Guards Polo Club/ Centaur Photographic) 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 Juam Martin Obergon 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 Juna Redlich 3 H.Lloret 3 Black Knights 8 Palmers 8 Haken Karabey 0 Stefano Natella 0 Omar Karabey 0 Robert Neis 1 Esteban Scott 4 Francisco Ayala 4 TBA 4 Mikey Matz 3 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 POST. FNY Sand s Bros Sat am Catalina Hotel vs. Sands Bros. 11:30 Palmer s vs. VanLith Sat am FNY vs. Ikepod 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 Sands Bros. 4 M. DiLima 0 G. Coman -1 Debby Feldstein -1 S. Sands 0 Brian Fairclough 2 John Bianco 1 Matias Majul 3 Juan Martin Obergon 4 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 Virginia International Polo Club Upperville VA June September 4, 6, 8, 12 Goal / Polo School

7 Page 7 The Morning Line Tuesday, June 14, 2011 Continued from page 6 ing conditions and nobody dared to leave their seats in case they missed something. Incredibly, Enigma again failed to score in the sixth, leaving Araujo to find the flags twice and level the score, thus ensuring an extra, seventh chukka. On the first play from the throw-in by the boards, Tlandracas Milo Araujo deflected the ball nicely as a pass to teammate Facundo Sola: the young Sola ran it and shot to goal on the soaked ground. Unsure if the ball would reach the goal line, Facundo try to come back to hit it, but fouled the group of players coming in on the line from the throw-in. A penalty #5 was exacted from the spot, but Enigma failed to dispatch the ball away from danger, Talandracas back on the attack, an open goal penalty #2 called on the subsequent play 10 yards from goal when Enigma defenders were called crossing. This was Sola s opportunity to score, giving Talandracas their first Queen s Cup win. His teammate, Araujo, was named DeWitt Most Valuable Player and stepped up to receive a watch from the company s founder, Jerome De Witt. DeWitt, the official timekeepers of The Queen s Cup, also sponsored the Best Playing Pony prize, which was received by Enigma s Juan Martin Nero for his seven-year-old Argentine bay mare Chica. Nero played this pony in the second and sixth chukka. Nero also received another best playing pony award the Retrained Racehorse Award for Autour Du Monde, a seven-year-old chestnut mare that he owns jointly with teammate Matias Mac- Donough. Sixteen teams entered the Harcourt Developments Queen s Cup in 2011 two more teams than last year. In fact, the subsidiary final was a good example of the high standard of play which has characterised this year s competition. La Bamba De Areco and Les Lions faced each other on finals morning in the rain. Due to the conditions, and the fact that this was a subsidiary, no-one would have been surprised if the players had not been the most passionate of players. However, this match went to seven chukkas and the golden goal was scored in the last 30secs of extra time. Passion and determination have been the hallmarks of this year s tournament and every game has been superb. Above, Early action in Sunday s Sunday, before the rain got heavy. Below, Edouard Carmignac, owner of Talandracas. Talandracas: Facunda Sola (6); Lucas Monteverde (8); Milo Fernandez-Araujo (8); Edouard Carmignac (0). Enigma: Jerome Wirth (1); Juan Jauretche (3); Juan Martin Nero (10); Matias MacDonough (8). La Bamba De Areco: Jean-Francois Decaux (0); Gonzalito Pieres (10); Facundo Pieres (10); Matt Perry (2). Les Lions: Chris Mackenzie (4); Agustin Merlos (9); Sebastian Merlos (9); Joachim Gottschalk (0).

8 Page 8 The Morning Line Tuesday, June 14, 2011 Above, Juan Jauretche leading Milo Araujo. Below, Lucas Monteverde. Above, Juan Martin Nero Backing the ball on Facundo Sola. Below, Grandstands stayed packed despite the weather. Above and below, Tireless Lucas Monteverde.

9 Page 9 The Morning Line Tuesday, June 14, 2011 Above, One of the key moments in the match was in the second chukker when Juan Martin Nero ran the ball down the nearside for Enigma to potentially get a 6-1 lead. The play was turned and Talandracas was able to bring the ball back to the scoreboard goal eventually scoring for 5-2 and leaving for halftime with only a 2 goal deficit, 5-3. Talandracas would tie the game at 5-all in the fourth. After the failed 6-1 chance in the second, Enigma would not score again until early fifth chukker. Below left, Juan Martin Nero. Below right, Matias MacDonough by the boards.

10 Page 10 The Morning Line Tuesday, June 14, 2011 Above and top right, HRH Prince Harry is accompanied by Thandi Wooldridge and Melissa Stisted to the presentation arena. Below, HRH Prince Harry and Talandracas patron Edouard Carmignac study the Queen s Cup. Bottom, Jerome De Witt presents the Most Valuable Player prize to Milo Araujo. Right, HRH Prince Harry helps Rhett Wooldridge, the son of Ian and Thandi, to make a presentation to Lucas Monteverde of Talandracas. Below right, Juan Martin Nero with the De Witt Best Playing Pony Chica. Bottom right, Matias MacDonough and Juan Martin Nero with the Best Retrained Racehorse Autour Du Monde they jointly own.

11 Page 11 The Morning Line Tuesday, June 14, 2011 Top, from left, Winners Sunday Talandracas and La Bamba de Areco, runners-up Les Lions and Enigma. Left, HRH Prince Harry, Melissa Stisted, Thandi Wooldridge Pat Doherty, Jerome De Witt and the Talandracas team (from left) Milo Araujo, Edouard Carmignac, Lucas Monteverde and Facundo Sola. Below, The Harcourt Developments Trophy winners - La Bamba De Areco (from left) Matt Perry, Facundo Pieres, Gonzalito Pieres, Jean Francois Decaux, with HRH Prince Harry, Melissa Stisted, Thandi Wooldridge and Pat Doherty.