Page 7 The Morning Line Thursday, October 16, 2014 POLO 2014 Polo Season THEMORNINGLINE Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014 www.themorningline.com Where s Polo Today? Editor & Publisher: Frederic Roy phone: 561 315 3111 polo@themorningline.com 2014 Trophy Inc. all rights reserved La Dolfina Wins Tortugas La Dolfina has been playing some of the best polo in Argentina since the days of La Espadaña and Indios Chapaleufu in the 80 s and 90 s. The unique quartet of four 10 goalers has added the Tortugas Open back to back and is now 5 for 5 since September 2013 for a 16 games winning streak. In the final Monday, La Dolfina defeated Ellerstina 14-8. Right, Juan Martin Nero, Pablo MacDonough, Pelon Sterling and Adolfo Cambiaso. (ph Melito Cerezo) Next is the Hurlingham Open starting this coming Saturday 18 for a final Saturday, November 1st. BTA Wins Western Challenge BTA defeated Fairplay 12-8 last night to win the USPA 12 Goal Western Challenge presented by Cartier. From left, Kelly Beal, Steve Krueger, Ulysses Escapite and Joe Wayne Barry. (ph Kaylee Scherbinski) Next in Houston are the National 8 goal Cup and the Texas Open. Page 6
Page 2 The Morning Line Thursday, October 16, 2014 Schedule & Results ML Polo Update - Thursday, October 16, 2014 - AM Polo at Glance Grand Champions- See below rosters and schedule for the Kay Colee, starting today at 4pm, Flight Options vs. Newport. All Sunday finals will now be played at 3pm. All games, weekdays and Sundays, are being streamed live on chukker.tv. New Bridge Polo Club - One more game in the USPA Knox Cup tomorrow Friday 5pm 2-0 Kenny Ray Personal Fitness vs. 0-2 Crestview/Karna at Meadow Hill. The final of the USPA Knox Cup will be played Sunday at 4pm: Kenny Ray Personal Fitness vs. Winfield at New Bridge. Polo at the Point - Saturday s final will be between Sonny Hill and Upatoi Green. Houston Polo Club - Yesterday, BTA defeated Fairplay 12-8 to win the 12 goal USPA Western Challenge. MVP was Steve Krueger and Best Playing Pony was Luna, owned and played by Tano Vial. Today is the final of the 8 goal USPA President s Cup 12 goal USPA Western Challenge Final, Wesnesday Oct. 15 BTA 12 // 2-0 Kelly Beal 1 Steve Krueger 3 Ulysses Escapite 4 Joe Wayne Barry 4 def. 12-8 Fairplay 12 // 1-1 Esther Kane -1 Remy Muller 2 Tano Vial 6 Carlucho Arellano 5 8 goal USPA President s Cup Final, Thursday Oct. 16 BTA 8 // 4-0 Chrys Beal 0 KC Krueger 1 Steve Krueger 3 Shane Rice 4 vs. Team Tejas 8 // 3-1 Charles Fridge 0 Chad Bowman 1 Billy Mudra 3 Joe Wayne Barry 4 The Texas Open will kick off this Friday Oct. 17 with 5 teams entered. Two changes on the rosters: Martin Ravina will take Luis Escobar s place on the Whitehall Ranch team and Tommy Collingwood will replace Carlucho Arrellano on Fairplay. See schedule and draw, page 5. Argentina, the Hurlingham Open will start this Saturday, October 18 for a final on Saturday November 1st. 8 teams entered in two brackets, no semifinals. Bracket A: La Dolfina, Alegría, La Aguada Las Monjitas and Mirama Bracket B: Ellerstina, La Aguada. Magual and Chapaleufú. www.tackeria.com 1-800-882-POLO Breakers West Estate Home for rent. 4bd/4bth. 2 car garage. Pool. Furn/unfurnished. Top of the line furniture and LED flat screen TVs throughout. --------------------- --------------------- Clubs - Schedule and Results Grand Champions - Fall Season - Kay Colee - Oct. 16-19, 2014 Thurs 16 4pm Flight Options vs. Newport Fri 17 4pm Casablanca vs. Audi Sun 19 3pm Final 4:30 Consolation final Thursday 16 @ 4:00pm on field 8 Flight Options Melissa Ganzi Jessie Bray Juan bollini Julio Gracida vs. Newport Gene Goldstein Leo Mandlebaum Roberto Gonzalez Brandon Phillips Friday 17 @ 4:00pm on field 8 Casablanca Grant Ganzi Juan Bollini, Jr. Wes Finlayson Guille Aguero vs. Audi Marc Ganzi Scott Swerdlin Carlitos Gracida Nic Roldan Seasonal/annual. On golf course, gated exclusive community. 5 mins to Wellington on 441. Contact 561-707-7074
Page 3 The Morning Line Thursday, October 16, 2014 Portable Stable for Sale - 204 x 24 with 28 stalls and 6 tack/grooming stalls (all 12 x12 ) - Proper swinging doors with latches - Easy to erect, top condition, roof is included - View photos at www.chinookstalls.com (live Link) - $25,000.00 Contact Tuny Page @ 561.371.3511 or Heather @ 561.670.9286 Duck Hill 8 // 2-0 Bob Stanton A Brien Limehouse 1 John Gobin 4 Luis Galvan 3 Foxdale Equine 8 // 2-1 Paul Shealy B Hugh Worsham 1 Tom Uskup 2 Julian Daniels 6 Bracket B (3 teams) Mill-House 8 // 2-1 Glenn Miller A Barry Limehouse A Pelone Escapite 6 Kegan Walsh 2 ------------------- Aiken Polo Club - 2014 USPA Officerʼs Cup 8 Goal Sun 21 Duck Hill def. Skaneateles 12-8 Sat 27 Mill-House def. Foxdale Equine 11-10 OT Tues 30 Bottega def. SD Farm 7-6 in OT Fri 3 Foxdale Equine def. Skaneateles 10-5 Sat 4 Duck Hill def. Mill-House 16-9 Sun 5 Bottega def. Skaneateles 8-7 OT Tues 7 Mill- House def. Bottega 8-7 Sun 12 Foxdale Equine def. SD Farm 13-9 Fri 17 2pm Duck Hill vs SD Farm Sun 19 3pm Final at Whitney field Bracket A (3 teams) Bottega 8 // 2-1 Frank Stitt A Tomas Obregon 4 Felipe Viana 4 Lauren Biddle A Trailer for lease this winter season. Excellent condition holds 9-12 heads. Call for more information 832-600-9666 SD Farm 8 // 0-2 Sayyu Dantata 3 Jason Wates 3 Will Tankard 3 TBA -1 Skaneateles 8 // 0-3 Marty Cregg A Cesar Jiminez 1 Denys Santana 3 Martin Estrada 4 ----- Aiken Polo Club - 2014 USPA Playerʼs Cup 4 Goal Thurs 9 Beverly Equestrian def. Woodlawn 7-5.5 Fri 10 Cedro Azul def. Heritage Farm 7-5 Sat 11 Beverly Equestrian def. Heritage Farm 9-5 Thurs 16 4:30 Woodlawn vs Cedro Azul Sat 18 11am Heritage Farm vs Woodlawn 1pm Beverly Equestrian vs Cedro Azul Sun 19 1pm Final Beverly Equestrian 4 // 2-0 Doug Barnes 2 Bill Ballhaus A Tenzin Tognini B Matt Sekera 3 Cedro Azul 4 // 1-0 Alan Hale A Dave Smith B Gabriel Crespo 3 Diego Ferrera 2 Heritage Farm/Kings Row Coffee 4 // 0-2 Charlie Hutchinson 1 Luis Galvan 3 Charlie Hutchinson 1 Jamal Sabky B
Page 4 The Morning Line Thursday, October 16, 2014 Jan Pamela Farms 16 Stalls for Rent 2 Paddocks - Tackroom - Feed Room Track and Stick and Ball Field Call Red Armour 561-373-9480 Woodlawn 3.5 // 0-1 Phillip Staples A Chilo Cordova 1.5 Omar Cepeda 3 Josh Daniels B ------------------ New Bridge Polo Club - 2014 USPA Northrup Knox Cup presented by Land Rover Columbia Frid 3 Kenny Ray Personal Fitness def. High Ground/SD 14-11 Wed 8 Kenny Ray Personal Fitness def. Winfield 11-10 Fri 10 Winfield def. Crestview/Karna 8-5 Sun 12 High Ground/SD def. Crestview/Karna 9-8 Wed 15 Winfield def. High Ground/SD 11-10 Fri 17 5pm Kenny Ray Personal Fitness vs. Crestview/Karna Meadow Hill Sun 19 *4pm Final of the USPA Knox Cup Kenny Ray Personal Fitness vs. Winfield Single Bracket (4 teams) Crestview/Karna 12 // 0-2 Stan Sandefur A Alan Meeker A Hugo Lloret 4 Matias Magrini 8 High Ground/SD 12 // 1-2 Joe Meyer 1 Sayyu Dantata 3 Alan Martinez 5 Will Tankard 3 Kenny Ray Personal Fitness 12 // 2-0 Barb Uskup A Gabriel Crespo 3 Owen Rinehart 5 Antonio Galvan 4 Winfield 12 // 2-1 Rick Hartnett 1 Wesley Bryan 1 Adam Snow 6 Willie Hartnett 4 ------- New Bridge Polo Club - USPA President s Cup - Oct 9-26, 2014 Thurs 9 Derry Heir def. Rude Boy 11-10 Las Vinas def. LBL Polo 8-6 Tues 14 Las Vinas defeated Rude Boy 12-6 Derry Heir defeated LBL Polo 11-9 Wed 22 Noon Derry Heir vs. Las Vinas 4pm Rude Boys vs. Palm Beach Polo Pony Sale Sat. 26 tba Final of the USPA President s Cup Single Bracket (4 teams) Derry Heir // 2-0 Colleen Donahey Alan Martinez Craig Fraser Bob Donahey Las Vinas // 2-0 Stacie Rodriguez Kegan Walsh Pelon Escapite Cesar Rodriguez LBL Polo // 0-2 Alison Patricelli John Gobin Nate Berube Luis Galvan Rude Boy // 0-2 Matt McGhee Cecelia Cochran Jason Wates Willie Hartnett ------------------ Polo at the Point - October 7-18, 2014 Tues 7 Upatoi def. Hillcroft 13-12 in overtime Sonny Hill def. No Trees 10-6. Thurs 9 Upatoi def. Clearwater 8-7 Sonny Hill def. Hillcroft 10-6 Sat 11 Upatoi Green def. No Trees 13-9 Hillcroft def. Clearwater 8-7 Tues 14 Sonny Hill def. Clearwater 11-9 Hillcroft defeated No Trees 10-9 in OT Thurs 16 10am Sonny Hill vs. Upatoi Green at Sonny Hill 2 3pm Clearwater vs. No Trees at Sonny Hill 2 Sat 18 Consolation Match and final Single Bracket (5 teams) Clearwater 12 // 0-3 Chip Campbell 1 Del Walton 3 Gonzalo Teves 4 Stuart Campbell 4
Page 5 The Morning Line Thursday, October 16, 2014 Sonny Hill 12 // 3-0 Curtis Pilot A Gonzalo de la Fuente 3 Francisco Bilbao 5 Tommy Collingwood 4 No Trees 12 // 0-3 Craig Duke A Carlitos Galindo 3 Hector Galindo 5 Brad Blake 4 Upatoi Green 12 // 3-0 Herndon Radcliff 1 Jake Flournoy 2 Juan Valerdi 5 Eddy Martinez 4 Hillcroft 12 // 2-2 James Miller 1 Tomas Obregon 4 Facundo Obregon 6 Gonzalo Di Ciurcio 1 ------------------- Houston Polo Club - USPA Regional President s Cup 8 goal Fri 10 Bracket 1 Shootout Cinco Canyon wins shootout over Ghurka and 7 Bar W/Pegasus Sat 11 Semifinals BTA def. Cinco Canyon 13-8 Team Tejas def Rocking P 10-8 Tues 14 Final BTA vs. Team Tejas -------- Houston Polo Club - 12 Goal - USPA Western Challenge Sun 5 BTA def. Eureka 16-10 Tonkawa def Fairplay 9-7 Wed 8 BTA defeated Tonkawa 9-8 Eureka defeated Whitehall Ranch 13-9 Fri 10 Fairplay def. Whitehall Ranch 8-7 OT Overtime goal scored by Remy Muller Sun 12 Semifinals BTA def. Tonkawa 9-7 Fairplay def. Eureka 15-9 Wed 15 Final BTA def. Fairplay 12-8 ------ Houston Polo Club - USPA National 8 Goal Cup The USPA National 8 Goal Cup has 10 teams, we will have 2 brackets of 5 teams each. Teams will play within their bracket, top 2 records in each bracket will play a cross bracket semifinal. In the case of rain and time restrictions, the semifinal will be removed and the top records in each bracket will play a cross bracket final. Thurs 16 Propaganda vs Sipsmith 7 Bar W/Pegasus vs Ghurka Cinco Canyon vs Lockton/Chandler Ranch Listo Polo vs Rocking P Sat 18 Cinco Canyon vs 7 Bar W/Pegasus Propaganda vs Rocking P Team Tejas vs Sipsmith BTA vs Lockton/Chandler Ranch Tues 21 Thurs 23 Sat 25 Tues 28 Thurs 30 Sat. Nov 1st Ghurka vs Lockton/Chandler Ranch Team Tejas vs Listo Polo Cinco Canyon vs Ghurka BTA vs 7 Bar W/Pegasus Rocking P vs Sipsmith Listo Polo vs Sipsmith BTA vs Ghurka Team Tejas vs Propaganda 7 Bar W/Pegasus vs Lockton/Chandler Ranch BTA vs Cinco Canyon Listo Polo vs Propaganda Team Tejas vs Rocking P Semifinals Final Bracket 1 (5 teams play within the bracket) Team Tejas 8 // Charles Fridge 0 Chad Bowman 1 Billy Mudra 3 Joe Wayne Barry 4 Listo Polo 8 // Kelly Plato 0 George Krabbe 1 Ignacio Saenz 3 Francisco Rodriguez Mera 4T Propaganda 8 // Jenny Vargas 0 Paul Hobby 1 Nick Cifuni 3 Charly Quincoces 4 Rocking P 8 // 1-1 Grayson Price -1 Carl Price 0 Marcos Villanueva 4 Juan Martin Obregon 5 Sipsmith 6 // Tom Earl -1 Remy Muller 2 Peter Blake 2 Jared Sheldon 3 -------- Houston Polo Club - Texas Open 5 teams entered in a single bracket, everyone plays each other with crossbracket semifinals. In the case of time restrictions and rain, the semifinals will be removed and the top 2 records overall will go to the final. Single Bracket A) BTA B) Fairplay C) Eureka D) Tonkawa E) Whitehall Ranch Friday October 17 Eureka vs Whitehall Ranch Sun 19 Fairplay vs Tonkawa BTA vs Whitehall Ranch Wed 22 Fairplay vs Eureka Fri 24 Tonkawa vs Whitehall Ranch BTA vs Eureka Sun 26 BTA vs Tonkawa Fairplay vs Whitehall Ranch Wed 29 Eureka vs Tonkawa BTA vs Fairplay Fri 31 Semifinals / Rain day Sun Nov 2 Final ----------------- Bracket 2 (5 teams play within the bracket) BTA 8 // Chrys Beal 0 KC Krueger 1 Steve Krueger 3 Shane Rice 4 Cinco Canyon 8 // David Marks 0 / Brooks Diesel 0 Agustin Arellano 1 Bryan Middleton 3 Nicolai Galindo 4 7 Bar W / Pegasus 8 // Jeff Wood 0 David Andras 1 Robert Orthwein 3 Mason Wroe 4 Ghurka 8 // Fox Benton 0 Drew Luplow 1 Stewart Armstrong 3 Chris Nevins 4 Lockton / Chandler Ranch 8/7 // Tim Kelly 0 / Joe Chandler -1 Peter Von Gontard 2 Hernan Tejera 3 Hamish Bray 3 Argentina - Hurlingham Open - Octoner 18 - November 1st, 2014 Argentine Open November 16 - December 6, 2014 Sat 18 2pm La Dolfina vs. Miramar A (Match 1) 4:30 Alegria vs. La Aguada Las Monjitas A (Match 2) Sun 18 2pm Ellerstina vs. Chapaleufu B (Match 3) 4:30 La Aguada vs. Magual B (Match 4) TBA 2nd round A Winner 1 vs. Loser 2 Winner 2 vs. Loser 1 TBA 2nd round B Winner 3 vs. loser 4 Winner 4 vs. Loser 3 TBA 3rd round A Winner 1 vs. Winner 2 Loser 1 vs. Loser 2 3rd round B Winner 1 vs. Winner 2 Loser 1 vs. Loser 2 Sat Nov 1 Final Winner A vs. Winner B
Page 6 The Morning Line Thursday, October 16, 2014 Houston Polo Club USPA Western Challenge 12 goal - Final Wed. Oct. 15 - Ph Kaylee Scherbinski Above, Joe Wayne Barry. Below left, Tano Vial. Right, Remy Muller. (ph Kaylee Scherbinski)
Page 7 The Morning Line Thursday, October 16, 2014 Houston Polo Club USPA Western Challenge 12 goal - Final Wed. Oct. 15 - Ph Kaylee Scherbinski Above, MVP Steve Krueger. Below left, Ulysses Escapite going for the hook on Tano Vial, Carlucho Arellano and Kelly Beal following. Right, Kelly Beal followed by Esther Kane. (ph Kaylee Scherbinski)
Page 8 The Morning Line Thursday, October 16, 2014 Houston Polo Club USPA Western Challenge 12 goal - Final Wed. Oct. 15 - Ph Kaylee Scherbinski BTA winner of the USPA 12 Goal Western Challenge presented by Cartier Yesterday. From left, Kelly Beal, MVP Steve Krueger, Ulysses Escapite and Joe Wayne Barry. Below, Best Playing Pony Luna, owned and played by Tano Vial. (ph Kaylee Scherbinski)