Saturday, July 7, 2007 All the Polo News that’s Fit to Runwww.tackeria.com
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Cowdray Park is now completely caught up
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MeRcedeS Benz challenGe dRaw
“A pesky Endeavour team hung around all day, stay-ing within striking distance of White Birch,” said Peter Herman on White Birch’s
Seven teams competed in the very successful first
edition of the Women’s tour-nament at Southampton Polo
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white BiRch winS to adVance to
eaSt coaSt open Final, 3-0
newpoRt winS VeRy SucceSSFul woMen’S
touRney at SouthaMpton
GRayMaR winS MuSic city challenGe in naShVille
Graymar defeated Mt Brilliant 8 to 5 on July
4th to win the Music City
Club presented by Asprey. Because of the rain Thurs-day, the tournament was
Graymar, winner of the 2007 Music City Challenge Cup in
Nashville. Left to right, Del Walton, Wesley Uys , MVP
Stevie Orthwein, Robert Lip-man. (ph Sue Armstrong)
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Bridgehampton Polo Club Manager Jennifer
Poor had the draw yesterday at Two Trees Farm for the
very anticipated Mercedes
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Guy Schwarzenbach 1 Eduardo Astrada 9
Javier Astrada 9Marcus Antinori 3
22Ignatius du Plessis 4
Nachi Heguy 9Eduardo Heguy 9
Joachim Gottschalk 022
Lord Milford Haven 1Pablo MacDonough 9Mathias MacDonough 8Santiago Leborde 4
22Oussama Abu Ghazaleh 0
Hector Guerrero 7Milo Araujo 8
Alejandro Astrada 722
Black BeaRS 1-0
leS lionS 1-0
BRoncoS 0-1
SuMaya 0-1
Def. Sumaya 10-8
Def. Broncos 12-11 OT
Lost to Les Lions
Lost to Black Bears
League 1
Richard Le Poer 3Gonzalito Pieres 9
Carlos Gracida 8James Packer 2
22Juan Ambroggio 5
Santiago Chavanne 8Marcos Heguy 9
Stefano Marsaglia 0 22
Lyndon Lea 0Ruki Baillieu 8
Agustin Merlos 9Lucas James 6
22Jean-François Decaux 1
Nacho Astrada 9Miguel Astrada 9
Ivan Gaona 221
elleRSton white 1-0
azzuRRa 1-0
zacaRa 0-1
BRittany polo cluB 0-1
Def. Brittany PC 14-9
Def. Zacara 13-6
Lost to Azzurra
Lost to Ellerston White
Veuve Clicquot Gold Cup for the British Open 20 Teams - 22-goal - June 30- July 22, 2007 - Cowdray Park Polo Club, UK
Schedule & ResultsCowdray Park Polo Club | Veuve Clicquot Gold Cup Sun 1 Match 3 Ellerston White def. Brittany PC 14-9Mon 2 Match 6 Les Lions def. Broncos 12-11 OT Match 1 Loro Piana def. Geebung 12-6 Match 2 Atlantic def. Talandracas 12-8Wed 4 Match 4 Azzurra def. Zacara 13-6 Match 5 Lechuza def. Les Lions 2 14-9 Match 7 Elysian Fields def. Lovelocks 11-7 Match 8 Dubai def. Cadenza 13-11Thurs 5 Talandracas def. Geebung 13-4 Match 9 Grayshurst def. Apes Hill Club 8-7 Match 10 Black Bears def. Sumaya 10-8Fri 6 Loro Piana def. Atlantic 11-8Sat 7 noon Ellerston White vs. Azzurra noon Brittany PC vs. Zacara 3 pm Elysian Fields vs. Dubai 5 pm Lovelocks vs. CadenzaSun 8 1 pm Sumaya vs. Broncos 1 pm Les lions 2 vs. Apes Hill Club 3 pm Black Bears vs. Les Lions 5 pm Lechuza vs. GrayshurstMon 9 through Thurs 12 3rd round-robin game in each bracketSat 15 First set of two Gold Cup quarterfinalsSun 16 Second set of two Gold Cup quarterfinalsThurs 19 Gold Cup semifinalsSat 21 Tatham Cup and Ashton Cup finalsSat 22 Jack Gannon Cup and Gold Cup finalsGreenwich Polo Club | East Coast OpenWed 4 Cinque Terre def. Heathcote Farm 10-8Fri 6 White Birch def. Endeavour 11-9Sun 8 3 pm Polo Do vs. Heathcote FarmMon 9 5 pm Cinque Terre vs. White BirchThurs 12 3 pm Polo Do vs. Cinque Terre 5 pm Endeavour vs. Heathcote FarmSun 15 3pm East Coast Open Final (2 Best ranked teams)Mashomack Polo Club | Eddie Moore Memorial Nashville Polo Club | Music City Challenge CupWed 4 Final Graymar def. Mt. Brilliant 8-5Santa Barbara Polo Club | Santa Barbara, CA 20 goal Robert Skeene Trophy to start July 7th
League 3
Tariq Albwardy 1 Lucas Monteverde 8Adolfo Cambiaso 10
George Meyrick 322
Michael King 1James Beim 6Jose Donoso 7
Marcos di Paola 822
Charlie Hanbury 2Matthew Lodder 3Jaime Huidobro 8Lolo Castagnola 9
Robert Skeene Trophy4 Teams - 20 goal - July, 2007
Santa Barbara Polo Club, CA
Gold Cup, the most recent winners (Thursday and Fri-day) being Talandracas, Black Bears, Grayshurst and Loro Piana. The sec-ond round is now underway with interesting match-ups between first-time winners
Cont. from page 1, Cowdray Park Ellerston White and Azzur-ra, Elysian Fields and Dubai, Black Bears vs. Les Lions and Lechuza vs. Grayshurst. In the third round of games in the bracket round-robin, teams play the one of the three other teams they have not played yet.
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June 8 Goal League9 Teams - 8 goal - Final June 8 - July 15, 2007 Southampton Polo Club, NY
Matthew Salvner 0Ralph Giorgio 0Andres Weisz 6
Erza Stevenson 28
Larry Austin 1Naco Taverna 5
tbatba
Randy Aversano 0Omer Karabey 0Tomas Franco 5
Diego Martinez 38
toppinG FaRM 1-1
endeaVouR 1-1
BiRch hill Black kniGhtS
Def. Endeavour OTLost to Endeavour
Lost to Topping PondDef. Topping Pond 14-4
Bracket A
Alec Levien 1Steven Sands 0
Faco Maldonado 4Cristian Vasquez 2
7Ashley Schiff 0
Jim Bianco 1Nicolas Manifold 5Brian Fairclough 2
8David Walentas 0
tbaFacundo Castagnola 6
Alejandro Pienovi 17
coppeR Beech SandS BRoS 0-2
noRthwood 2-0
two tReeS 1-1
Lost to NorthwoodLost to Two Trees
Def. Copper Beech 16-8Def. Two Trees 14-3
Lost to NorthwoodDef. Copper Beech 13-10
Bracket BMark Van Lith 0
Chris Briere 2Francisco Ayala 4
Robert Neis 17
Joe DiMenna 0M. Mazul 3
Hugo Tagliaferro 3L. Fuenas NR
6Michael Borrico 0
T. Usandizaga 3Martin Pepa 4A. Bengolia 1
8
Van lith 1-1 palMeRS
equuleuS 1-1
ceRtiFied 1-1
Lost to EquuleusDef. Certified
Def. Van Lith 15-8Lost to Certified
Def. Equukeus 12-8Lost to Van Lith
Bracket C
GReenwich polo cluBEast Coast Open
5 Teams - 20 goal - Final July 15, 2007 Greenwich Polo Club, CT
Alessandro Bazzoni 0Magoo LaPrida 7
Andres Weisz 6Chino Frayssinet 7
20Larry Austin 1*
Pablo Spinacci 6Pancho Bensadon 8
Naco Taverna 5*Chris Brant 1 20Santiago Torres 2
Miguelito Torres 4Mariano Aguerre 10
Peter Brant 3**Chris Nevins 4 20
Matias Bullrich 0Guillermo Aguero 7
Michel Dorignac 7Carlos Avendaño 6
20Steve Lefkowitz 0
Carlucho Arellano 5Matias Magrini 10
Nicolas Manifold 520
cinque teRRe 2-0
endeaVouR 1-2
white BiRch 3-0
Def. Endeavour 12-11Def. Heathcote 10-8
Lost to Cinque TerreDef. Polo Do 13-12Lost to White Birch
Def. Heathcote 15-11Def. Polo Do 14-9Def. Endeavour 11-9
Southampton Polo Club | 516-729-6154 | The 8 goal June League POST. Endeavour vs. Birch Hill/Black KnightsSun 17 Topping Pond def. Endeavour in OTFri 22 Northwood def. Two Trees 14-3Sun 24 Certified def. Equuleus 12-8Fri 29 Endeavour def. Topping Pond 14-4Sun July 1 Two Trees def. Copper Beech/Sands 13-10Wed 4 Palmers/VanLith def. CertifiedFri 6 5pm Semi-FinalSun 8 11am Semi-FinalSun 15 11am Final
FinalSun 15 3pm
Best record
Runner-up
polo do 0-2
heathcote 0-2
Lost to White BirchLost to Endeavour
Lost to White BirchLost to Cinque Terre
Bo Goodman 0Joseph Sturt 3
Sylvestre Donovan 7Chris Nevins 4
14John Goodman 1
P. Laulhe 4Sugar Erskine 7
J. Obregon 214
Mt. BRilliant 1-1
iSla caRRoll 2-0
Arturo Camacho 3Orrin Ingram 2
James Armstrong 5Armando Huerta 4
14Del Walton 4
Stevie Orthwein 4Wesley Uys 5
Robert Lipman 114
RiVeRView 1-1
GRayMaR 0-2
Music City Challenge Cup 5 Teams - 14 goal - Final July 4th, 2007
Nashville Polo Club
Lost to RiverviewDef. Graymar 9-6
Def. Graymar 11-9Def. Riverview 4-3
Def. Mt. Brilliant 8-7 OTLost to Isla Carroll
Lost to Isla CarrollLost to Mt. Brilliant
iSla caRRoll
Bracket A
Bracket B
GRayMaR
RiVeRView
Mt. BRilliant
GRayMaR
Mt. BRilliant
GRayMaR
1st Team
4th Team
2nd Team
3rd Team
SemifinalDef. Isla Car-roll 14-12
SemifinalDef. Riverview 7-6 OT
FinalJuly 4thDef. Mt. Bril-liant 8-5
naShVille polo cluB
11-9 win over Endeavour yesterday, which qualified White Birch to the final of the 2007 East Coast Open at Greenwich. “When it was over,” Peter Herman contin-ued, “White Birch had pre-vailed, 11-9.” Endeavour was hurt by a bad second chukker, in which they were outscored 4-1, for a 6-4 White Birch lead. Scoring for White Birch in the second chukker were Mariano Aguerre on a field goal and then a penalty shot, and Santiago Torres with two field goals. At halftime White Birch was up 7-4. The second half belonged to Pancho Bensadon, when he scored five of his game high seven goals. Aguerre led White Birch with six goals, four on pen-
Cont. from page 1, Greenwich
Challenge Cup, Stevie Orthwein was awarded MVP for his outstand-ing, solid play making. Stevie scored 6 out of the 8 goals for Graymar with 3 field goals and 2
penalty #4s and a penalty #2 conversion. Joseph Stuart was the highest scorer for Mt Brilliant with 3 field goals.
Silvestre Donovan’s Argen-tine chestnut mare played in the 6th was awarded Best Playing Pony. See picture by James Armstrong’s Mom.
Continued from cover, Nashville
Single Bracket, Two best records advance to final
alty conversions. Wed. 4th, Cinque Terre had prevailed over Endeav-our to win 10-8 in a closely fought match, which saw the lead switch a couple of times. Andres Weisz had a very good performance with eight goals.
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Silvestre Donovan’s Argentine chestnut mare played in the 6th was awarded Best Playing Pony. (ph Sue Armstrong)
naShVille
Benz Challenge Cup which will be starting on Satur-day, July 21st for a final on Saturday August 4th. The 2006 Champion was Black Watch. The Mercedes Benz Challenge Cup is followed by the Hampton Cup for a final on Saturday September 1st. Eight teams are entered in the Hampton Cup. The 2006 Hampton Cup
BRidGehaMptonMercedes Benz Challenge Cup
6 Teams - 20 goal - Final Aug 4, 2007 Bridgehampton Polo Club, NY
Larry Austin 1Pablo Spinacci 6
Pancho Bensadon 8Naco Taverna 5
20Joe DiMenna 0
Magoo Laprida 7Cristian LaPrida 7
Francisco Lanusse 620
David Walentas 0Martin Valent 4
Adolfo Cambiaso 10Facundo Castagnola 6
20
endeaVouR
equuleuS
two tReeS
Cross Bracket format (3 games each), the two best records of the 6 teams advance to the final on Saturday August 4th, 2007
Bracket IAshley Schiff 0Andres Weisz 6
Lucas Monteverde 9Nicolas Manifold 5
20Neil Hirsch 0
Nacho Figueras 6Facundo Pieres 10
Gustavo Usandizaga 420
Santiago Torres 2Miguelito Torres 4
Mariano Aguerre 10Peter Brant 3*
*Chris Nevins 4 20
noRthwood
Black watch
white BiRch
Bracket II
final between Black Watch and White Birch was post-poned due to weather last August. It was not played. With 6 teams entered in this 2007 edition of the Mercedes Benz Challenge Cup will be played cross-bracket, each team playing 3 games, the top two teams out of all 6 teams to advance to the final. Frederic Roy
Cont. from page 1, Bridgehampton
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SouthaMpton
played all day Friday, Newport the winner on net goals scored in its round-robin with Arilon and Ronald McDonald Team. Asprey finished second with a good win over Meadowbrook, Kelly Wells (ph. left with Ali Bailey of Tempesta) winning the MVP award and the Asprey
Saddle. Tempesta won the last game over Las Vacaras, edged for second place by Asprey by a goal. Ashley Schiff had an especially good game for Tempesta. Below, Ed Guinan for Asprey presented trophies to runner-up team Asprey and 2007 Champ Newport. (ph Frederic Roy)
Continued from cover, Southampton
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experience.” Some of the well-known influencers and celebri-ties that have attended the Mercedes-Benz Polo Chal-lenge include Ralph Lauren, Brooke Shields, Heather Graham, Christy Brinkley, Steven Spielberg, Harvey Weinstein, and Russell Sim-mons. The Bridgehampton Polo Club hosts the Mer-cedes-Benz Polo Challenge at Two Trees Farm, 849 Hayground Road, Water Mill, NY 11976. Other recent announce-ments from JetOne include the launch of the exclusive
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Increased prize money in both of its Grandprix
events highlight the Lake Placid and I Love New York Horse Shows at the North Elba Showgrounds in the beautiful Adirondack Moun-tains, through July 8. Annually, the horse shows serve as the official start of summer for top riders from across the country. Not many horse shows can com-bine a world-class event with small town charms and continually bring together families, celebrities, Olym-pians, and an array of cham-pions like the Lake Placid
Horse Shows. What sets the horse shows apart from all others is not only the shows and show grounds, but also the incredible beauty of the village of Lake Placid and the surrounding Adirondack Region. Lake Placid attracts Amer-ica’s best show jumping riders, like Olympic vet-eran and ten-time Ameri-can Grandprix Association Rider of the Year Margie Goldstein Engle and 2004 Athens Olympic team Gold Medalists Chris Kappler and McLain Ward. The 2007 Lake Placid
Horse Shows include two American Grandprix As-sociation (AGA) Grandprix Series events—the $75,000 Budweiser Grandprix of Lake Placid CSI 3* Present-ed by RV Sales of Broward on Sunday, July 1 and the $75,000 Hermès Grandprix CSI 3* on Saturday, July 7. Both Grandprix events are FEI sanctioned, offer-ing riders the opportunity to earn valuable points on the international rider rankings. “The Grandprix events we host always attract a world-class line-up of show jump-ing’s best horses and riders,”
said Lake Placid Horse Show Association Executive Di-rector Lori Martin. “These Grandprix are the highlights of our horse shows and we feel this increased prize money is fitting, given the prominence and prestige of the events.” After the Hermès Grand-prix, the Richard and Diana Feldman Perpetual Chal-lenge Trophy for Excellence will be awarded to the rider who has won the most prize money in Lake Placid’s two Grandprix combined.
