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PQ #89WPT CalendarJuly - AugustUnited States United KingdomCVPacific Coast Open Indian Empire ShieldAugust 31, 2014 July 4, 201420 goal 18 goalSanta Barbara P&RC Guards Polo Club Gold Cup for the British Open July 20, 2014 22 goal Cowdray Park Polo Club Harrison Cup August 2, 2014 15 goal Cowdray Park Polo Club Holden White August 3, 2014 Cowdray Park Polo Club10 WPT Schedule

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issue 2014/3EditorialA new edition of PQ international, in your device, while thehigh-goal season is being held, with just a few games leftand a lot of high-level polo played. After a highly attendedQueen´s Cup and an always attractive Gold Cup for theBritish Open, the season is now expecting the big finalewith the Coronation Cup between Argentina and England.Also this edition of PQinternational features moving tributesto two great polo players and better human beings, CarlosGracida and Javier Novillo Astrada passed away too early,and polo will no longer be the same without them.A lot to read and enjoy in this edition of PQ international.Juan Cruz Díaz de CéspedesEditor



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issue 2014 - 3Tournaments 60 The Laureus POlo Cup22Dubai Gold Cup series Many polo stars joined for fund-raisingGhantoot win Dubai Polo Gold Cup 62 Maserati Metropolitan28 polo ClassicsQueen´s Cup Maserati Champion Team CrownedZacara twice champion in a recordtournament lead 68 Coronation Cup38Best of British polo The Big DuelAn Historic day for polo world 70 caracas polo season38The Aspley Cup Shining Days Over Caracas PoloPainted orange! 74 Stockhom Polo Cup40The Bledisloe Sweden debuts with PoloWarwickshire CupThird Cup for Halcyon Gallery58Charity Polo CupPiaget and Royal Salute Polo teams gohead to head

Conten#8ts8Off the Field Lifestyle44 106120th Anniversary theurbanhunterprojectThe Party of the year Highline ski in the most austral south part of the world54Royal BOx Lunch 112 Piaget Polo FortyFiveOakley Court collect La Martina prizes afterpolo victory Assertively Sport Chic78 114Carlos Gracida Waku GhinA winner in life EXPERIENCE A STUNNING EVENING80 118Javier Novillo Astrada Jaeger-LeCoultreA great Player & better person Jaeger-LeCoultre premieres its seminal Hybris Artistica collection at Masterpiece London84argentine triplecrown line-upsTeams Confirmed for the Argentine Triple Crown88Cirencester Park PCA Short Story of Cirencester Park Polo Club90Maserati & La MartinaLuxury Polo Saddle

Dubai Gold Cup seriesDubai Polo & Equestrian ClubGhantoot win DubBy Gonzalo Etcheverry.Ghantoot ADCB won the Bentley Emirates Gold Cup Series continues growing in theDubai Polo Gold Cup, the most important international polo calendar.tournament of the UAE Polo Season, after Thanks to the Dubai Polo Gold Cup Series,defeating Habtoor Polo in the final by 7-5. Dubai is one of the most attractive spots in the Polo world and next year, with the handicapTeam made by Ali Al Merri, Oscar Colombres, level increasing to 18 goals, the best playersFacundo Sola and Pelayo Berazadi successfully and great Polo is guaranteed.defended 2013 Gold Cup title and also raised Score Ghantoot: 2-0/ 3-0/ 6-1/ 7-3/ 7-5the second trophy in a row at the Dubai PoloGold Cup Series after winning also the Mc Prior to the most important of the season,Laren Silver Cup. Mahra defeated Bin Drai 8-7, in extra chukka,With a full speed start, Ghantoot achieved to with a golden goal by Santiago Cernadas,control the final from the first chukka despite of and took the Subsidiary Power Horse Cup,the great reaction of Habtoor in the last seven following an exciting game.minutes to close the gap to only two goals. Score Mahra: 2-2/ 5-3/ 6-5/ 7-7/ 8-7Pelayo Berazadi was the MVP of the final and Cenicienta,played by Facundo Sola, was the BPP of the game. The Dubai Polo Gold Cup Series 2014 in its Fifth Year of SuccessBefore the most important match of the Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikhseason, Mahra defeated Bin Drai in over time Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Alby 8 goals to 7 to raise the Power Horse Cup. Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai.A great goal scored by Santiago Cernadas This is the fifth year in a row that the muchgave patron Rashid Al Habtoor team the anticipated event was held. It took place atvictory after a tight match full of emotion and the Dubai Polo and Equestrian Club at thegreat polo. Arabian Ranches in Dubai.With the coronation of Ghantoot ADCB as thebest team of the season the Dubai Polo Gold Ten teams competing at this year’sCup Series 2014 came to an end. Dubai Polo Gold Cup SeriesWith a record of 10 teams taking part of theseason, great polo level, amazing matches The tournament kick off was with the McLarenand an excellent organization the Dubai Polo Cup, that began February 1 till February 15,22

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and followed by the Bentley Emirates Dubai being played according to HPA rules and thePolo Gold Cup February 24th till March 14th. provision of umpires will be managed underThe Dubai Polo Gold Cup Series is the fourth- strict international supervision by the HPA.largest tournament of its kind after Argentina, For this season we have the 16 goal handicap.the US and the UK. Each year the eventreaches new heights growing in tandem with This means the Dubai Polo Gold Cupthe city of Dubai which has quickly gained Series (Dubai Open) is now the highestpopularity and found its place on the Polo handicapped tournament in the Middleworld stage. East, Africa and Asia.In 2012, the Dubai Gold Cup Series wasrecognized by the World Polo Tour (WPT) Withitsexcitingmixoftop-classsportsmanshipand this year at the WPT annual meeting and glamour, it has earned a reputation ascommittee, decided that Dubai Polo Gold Cup one of the most prestigious events on theTournament gets the highest tournament in international polo calendar. This year it lookspoints inside the Challenge Cup Category. set to be more popular than ever and some ofPlayed under the banner of the Hurlingham the most respected names from the world ofPolo Association (HPA), the Gold Cup is polo have confirmed their participation.24

“I am proud to say the Dubai Polo Gold tournament in the Middle East – with a 16 high goalCup is well established and now running handicap. But that’s not all… we are currently studyinginto its sixth year”, message by Mohammed upping the stakes even further – to an 18 goal handicap next year! This will without a doubt increase competitionAl Habtoor, the Chairman of the Dubai Polo even further.Gold Cup Series. This year, we not only welcome new teams into the Dubai Open, but we are pleased to welcome Her“The ‘Dubai Open’ has earned itself a worldwide Highness Shaikha Maitha Bint Mohammad Bin Rashidreputation thanks to the commitment from the patrons Al Maktoum as patron of her own team. We alsoand teams that have participated over the years. This welcome His Highness Sheikh Falah Bin Zayed Alyear we had a record number of ten teams – with Nahyan as Patron of Ghantoot, two Desert Palm teamssome very well-known polo names participating yet from the Al Barwardi family and we welcome Sultanagain! It has been an honor to Chair such a prestigious Edrees patron of Edrees Polo Team.tournament over the years and to watch it grow to what I am very proud of our achievements so far, and I promiseit is today. you one thing, we will not let our guard down. Dubai isThe Dubai Polo Gold Cup has achieved so much in such now well and truly on the world map of polo and we willa short space of time. What started out as a 10-12 continue to raise its profile even further”.handicap game in 2010 is now the highest handicap 25

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Ph. Gonzalo EtcheverryMohammed Al Habtoor, who isthe organizer of the Dubai PoloGold Cup Series, confirmed thatthe drawings and the licenses tobuild a new club were authorized.It is going to be located in Dubai,behind the Global Village, andwill have 3 official fields and onepractice field, apart from boxesand several amenities of a firstrate polo club. The first field will beavailable for season 2016. This hasbeen necessary for a long time as,although the level and the numberof teams increase every year,what is missing is more and betterfields, so as the evolution can beconsistent through the years.So now it’s time for Dubai to startdreaming with its own season. 27

Queen´s Cup Guards PCZacara twice champrecord tournameIn 2014 the Queen’s Cup had 15 teams, with rarely more teams enrolledthan in the Gold Cup. This tournament also stood out as it was the firsttime in history that, with a great effort of PoloLine, the organizing club,Guards, and of the production company PoloCam, a tournament witha high handicap was entirely live broadcasted on internet. It means agreat progress in the promotion of polo.By Sebastian Amaya and Juan Cruz Diaz Cespedes. Ph. Ana Clara Cozzi.It was the second time that Glen it was amazing, but for the peopleGilmore organized the competition that work for the tournament it wasof the Queen’s Cup, as the polo a bit tiring.manager of the Guards Polo Club, There were some complaints due toand no complaints were received. the state of the grounds. It rainedIn the middle of the competition every day during the first week;he announced that unfortunately however the grounds were notthis was his last year as manager in that bad. The tournaments of theGuards since Ellerston had offered area with mid and low handicaphim a job in Australia that he could were suspended, whereas thenot reject. tournament with high handicap was still standing without any changes,Besides, this was the first time that neither in time nor in ground.during the qualifying round, before Most of the matches were played inthe quarter finals, matches were Coword Park (another headquarterplayed every day, some days with of Guards Polo), in Guards Polo2 matches and some with 1 match, Club and some matches werebut without any free day. For the played in private grounds (only alocals that are looking forward a few) of Zacara, Dubai, Les Lionshigh handicap during the whole year and Black Bears.28

mpion in aent lead The trophy was first presented to the Club by HM The Queen in 1960. Her Majesty historically attends Finals Day, to present the Cup to the winning patron. The Queen’s Cup is always 22-goal polo at its best - with players and ponies at the top of their game. 29

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The champion and the restZacara was a surprise, even though it shouldn’tbe a surprise… But it was, because accordingto the records, the team was weaker than lastyear’s team as Rodrigo Andrade’s handicapwas higher than Gonzalo del Tour’s handicap.They were still seen as candidates. However,nobody thought that they could play as goodas last year, as if they wouldn’t have changedthe team.¿What was the key for this?Facundo Pieres was lethal and the wholeteam played comfortably. Gonzalo del Tourplayed good enough, Lyndon Lea was notoutstanding although he is the amateur goalscorer of the tournament, but he is a goodshadow not only for the patrons but also forthe professionals. He played very comfortably.Matt Perry raised his handicap; however it isnot equivalent to the level he is playing today.Undoubtedly, Dubai was a disappointment asit is the leader team of the world. It lost in thequarter finals of the tournament.Talandracas was another surprise thatit wasn´t a real surprise. They started thetournament loosing against Lucchese, a teamthat wasn´t seen as candidates althoughJuanma Nero and the star of the moment,Polito Pieres, played in it. However, as thematches went on, they improved theirperformance and became candidates for thecup, but when they played the final they founda lethal Facundo Pieres that beat them.Enigma didn’t show a good performance.Chris MacKenzie entered into the groundand showed the difference with the lastyear’s team. They lost against Zacara in thequalifying round, but they moved forward toquarter finals and to semi finals; there they 31

were beaten again by Zacara. Anyway, theygot a place among the big teams which leftthem in a good position in the tournament.UAE is still an enigmatic team, as Sheika wasstill unnoticeable; the substitute was a boyfrom Cowdray who plays very good althoughhe hasn’t scored yet. They play comfortablyand it is a good team; that is why they reachedthe semi finals but lost against Talandracas ina tight match.El Remanso could have offered a lot more,they won the subsidiary cup but they can dobetter, mainly because they are the sameteam that has been playing for the last twoyears, or at least, the same basis of the team,Pelón Stirling and Terrera, both determined,but who have managed to go further in thistournament during previous years.One great surprise was the team of the 4Englishmen: Fox and Hounds, which couldreach quarter finals, though on penalties,but played really good and everybody,supported them.King Power could only look at the doorof quarter finals, after being defeated onpenalties by Fox and Hounds. They did not playgood against Enigma, they lost with Zacaraas well, and had not a good performance ingeneral, though it is possible that being theirfirst year in high handicap may surely havehad an influence on these results. The teamhas potential and plenty of enthusiasm; theyhave already confirmed their presence inSotogrande, and some rumors assure thatFacundo Pieres could be playing for this teamafter finishing with Zacara this year, since thisis Lyndon´s last season.32

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Best of British poloTidworth Polo ClubAn Historic dayfor polo worldEight of the UK’s top under 25 players and four wounded heroes took to themain polo field at Tidworth Polo Club to play in two inspirational matches.Tidworth Polo Club has returned to normal conflicts, saw Pubs on Wheels secure victoryfollowing the hugely successful Best of British over Hattingley Valley Wines to win the 2014Polo event on 1 June. A crowd of over 4000 Hattingley Valley Trophy 4½ -4.enjoyed an historic day of polo in glorioussunshine which saw the inaugural Heroe’s Cup, Phil Meadows, whose dedicated team atthe world’s first para polo match, being played Cool Hooves Polo taught and coached thein support of Help for Heroes whose Tedworth para players in their new sport, sums it up:House Recovery Centre overlooks the ground. ”There is such a buzz about the event goingAs Hampshire based organisers Best of British around among the players and the polo worldPolo pulled up over 200 white posts, wound with lots and lots of people talking aboutup over a mile of blue rope and took down 50 it. I think Best of British Polo has createdplus signs the event continued to leave a lasting something special. All the guys at Coolimpression on the polo world. Hooves have really enjoyed the experience of helping to make it possible, especially EddieFollowing The Duke of York’s Cup, won by Kennedy who worked with the para playersthe Royal Navy against the Royal Air Force come rain or shine, week in week out. I hopeby a four goal margin, Wilsons Warriors faced this is the start of something even bigger.”Winterflood Troopers in the Heroe’s Cup,a historic first for polo. The teams made up David Cowley of Best of British Polo addedof injured service men and women playing “It was an extraordinary and moving day. Therealongside Army players, played an inspirational are so many to thank, chiefly our sponsors andmatch with para player Clifford O’Farrell the teams, without whom the day could notscoring the winning goal for his team, Wilsons happen. Phil Meadows did a remarkable thingWarriors, taking them to an 2-1 victory. The in encouraging our pioneering para playersfinal eponymous match of the day, the Best to achieve so much. Alan Kent as alwaysof British Under 25, the polo world’s tribute produced eight top under 25 players whoto all those serving and injured in recent played an outstanding match, four chukkas36

Andrew Jelinekwith hardly a whistle blown. SimonLedger’s superlative commentarytopped it off, the voice of Best ofBritish Polo. Our thanks also goes toTidworth Polo Club for being suchaccommodating hosts. There areplans for a Heroe’s Cup and Best ofBritish Under 25 match in 2015.”Heroe’s Cup player Andrew Jelinek,who sustained a serious spinal injurywhilst chasing a suspected insurgentvehicle in Afghanistan, resulting insignificant loss of his lower body motorcontrol and muscle strength, perhapsputs it best: “Polo is immenselyexciting and it is a great honour to playin the first para polo match.  Whenyou get injured you completely loseyour confidence, you think your activelife and sport is something you’velost. On a horse you don’t feel limitedin anyway, it’s hard to describe whatrecapturing the speed and aggressionof sport has given me. There’s no senseof restriction when you’re thunderingdown a field on a polo pony”.

The Aspley CupCirencester Park PCPainted orange!Four Quarters Orange took Apsley Cup.England’s oldest polo club, Cirencester That’s when Tom Morley scored the winningPark Polo Club, founded in 1894, is currently goal for Simon Arber’s team.celebrating its 120th. anniversary. And a As a detail, the winners had Jack Richardsonpreview of what’s coming up in the next and Tom Morley in the lineup, who playedweeks regarding the celebrations was their quarter final game earlier in the morningseen today with the finals of the 18-goal with Fox & Hounds, against Zacara. Both TomApsley Cup. and Jack put a very good performance in the two games.Four Quarters Orange and Altamira played The Subsidiary Mansion Cup went to Trewsburythe championship match of the Apsley Cup. who beat Dell Park 7-6, in another tight contest,The Oranges dominated most of the game, with a neckshot goal by Satnam Dhillon in thebut Altamira was there to make things very last minute of play. Trewsbury had Anthonydifficult for them. Adriano Agosti’s foursome Fanshaw filling in for Andrea Viannini. The matchtook the lead, and tied at 7-all in regulation had to be delayed for a while, due to heavy rainstime, to send the match to extra chukka. and resumed minutes later.38

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The Bledisloe Warwickshire Cup Cirencester Park PCThird Cup forHalcyon GalleryFour Quarters Orange took Apsley Cup.Same final as in 2013, and same winners, Cirencester Park Polo Club greeted moreHalcyon Gallery, who defeated Guy than 2000 people on a fabulous sunny andSchwarzenbach’s foursome 10-8, and hot Sunday, who not only went to watchcaptured the Warwickshire Cup for the polo, but also had a great time, that includedthird consecutive year, following the the fantastic vintage cars, lunch, picnics, andfinal that took place at Cirencester Park even samba.Polo Club.Ph. Ana Clara Cozzi Tournament info40

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The game featured a very even first part, anda dominating man, Facundo Sola, who scoredall three goals for the Bears. Meanwhile,James Harper scored twice for HalcyonGallery. By half time, the scoreboard read a3-2 lead for the black shirts.Things started to change in the fourth chukka.A very different Halcyon Gallery foursome rodeonto the field. In an impressive comeback,they retained Black Bears almost scoreless,while George Hanbury and Co. found the flagsseven times in two chukkas, four of themcourtesy of Mark Tomlinson’s mallets whoscored four goals. With only seven minutes toplay, Halcyon Gallery was leading 9-6, whileBlack Bears tried to regroup their attack.However, the Bears never gave up; John-PaulClarkin scored at the start of the sixth chukka,but came the quick reply for Halcyon Gallerythrough James Harper. Black Bears kept thepressure, and Clarkin scored again, but therewas no more time. By the final whistle, it was10-8 and hat trick for Halcyon Gallery.The Subsidiary Bathurst Cup went to King Power,who defeated Altamira 13-8.Score Halcyon Gallery: 1-1, 1-3, 2-3, 6-4, 9-6, 10-8 43

Courtesy of the Cirencester Park Polo Club Yearbook

1 2 0 Y E A R S 1894-2014 of Cirencester Park Polo Club1869The first polo match wasplayed in England onHounslow Heath betweenThe 10th Hussars andThe 9th Lancers1874 COTSWOLD DISTRICT COUNCILThe first polo matchwas played atHurlingham in London1 8 7 5Hurlingham became Cirencester Polo Club Lord Bathurst agreed to one ofthe headquarters of adopted its original its two groundspolo and the Hurlingham colours of crimson being boarded and yellow hoops 19091 8 9 5the first English rules 1 8 9 8 The colours were changed to violetPolo Committee drew up and white, which they still are today 1894 1897 1904Cirencester Horse Show in Cirencester There were 17 Cirencester won the County Park, including ‘Polo Match’ playing members Cup at Hurlingham with a team comprised ofJune 9 According to an account in the at Cirencester J.Adamthwaite, R. Barker Wilts & Gloucestershire Standard “it (pictured top right), was resolved unanimously on the J.S. Mason (pictured bottom motion of Colonel Chester Master, right) and the Hon.Aubreyseconded by Mr. Digby Master, to start Hastings a polo club to be known as the PICTORIAL PRESS LTD/ALAMY Cirencester Polo Club”. The same afternoon a game was played where civilians beat officers First membership fee set at 10 shillings and 6 pence. Polo was played as part ofThe Odd Fellows Fete.The fete also featured horse and donkey races,athletics andChevalier Blondin performed a high wire act (same person who was famed for crossing Niagara Falls on a tightrope) Polo Club inaugurated under seventh Earl Bathurst 137

1England adopted the COTSWOLD DISTRICT COUNCILAmerican handicappingsystem, which gave the Earl Bathurst1904 County Cup-winning resurrected poloteam an aggregate of 20 at Cirencester Parkgoals; the Club’s first soon after Armisticehigh-goal team 19191910 1914 1922 Open tournament. The pavilion was installed (still there Seats erected as so today and is the oldest in England) – much public interest originally a chicken shed! July The Committee met to make final arrangements for Prince of Wales visited to mark the their August tournament. But 25th annual August tournament then the following entry appears in the minutes book: “Four days after the above meeting, viz Aug 4, 1914, England declared war on Germany and the Great European War began in real earnest.The members of the polo club of military age rushed to join their various Regiments – the Tournament being immediately abandoned and military duties at once entered upon.” ARCHIVE IMAGES/ALAMY 13846

1911 1894-2014 Winners of the County and Junior County Cups with many of the club’s most prominent early players. J.S Mason, R. Barker and the Hon.Aubrey Hastings were part of Cirencester’s first high-goal team in 1910. Hastings was a leading amateur rider who rode Ascetic’s Silver to victory in the Grand National 47

Doubts over the 1939Club’s future – itclosed down for Second World Warthe season Ivy Lodge was ploughed to grow food crops as the1932 whole estate was put to work towards the war effort 1933 The Club was closed ‘permanently’, with assets sold off to settle debts IMAGE ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD/ALAMY EVERETT COLLECTION/REX 14048

1894-20141952 Eddie Moore was first brought Mr J Williams becomes Col M.C Watson to Cirencester Park in 1961 to Polo Manager becomes ChairmanCurrent Earl Bathurst’s uncle, The Hon provide ponies and train playersGeorge Bathurst, becomes Chairman 1964 1967– the park’s first Chairman since – the original ‘Academy’reopening after WWII Mr J MacDonald-Buchanan becomes Chairman and Lt Col A H McConnel becomes Polo Manager 1961Henry, the 8th Earl, and 1963 1965his younger brother, theHon. George Bathurst, Lord Vestey first played polo at CPPC Mr H M Sinclairre-established polo (later to become Chairman for 11 years becomes Chairmanat Cirencester Park from 1975-1985)1951 Lt Col J H Gibson becomes Polo Manager ASSOCIATED NEWSPAPERS/REX 1960s The famous Hipwood brothers (arguably the best British players and the closest we have got to achieving 10-goal status). Julian, right, and Howard beside him, early in their Pony Club polo days at Cirencester; both went on to become top international high-goal players. 49

1894-2014JOHN WALTERS/ASSOCIATED NEWS/REX Mr D Brown The Hon. Mark Vestey becomes Chairman becomes Chairman 1984 Urs Schwarzenbach’s Black Bears team entered high goal 1988 1973 1975 1981 Maj R Scott becomes Lord Vestey Alexander Ebeid’s Falcons team Polo Manager becomes Chairman won the Gold Cup for the first time 14350