Sotogrande – Gold Cup

Equus wins the Aerolíneas Argentinas Medium Goal Gold Cup 

 

The 46th International Polo Tournament proclaimed today its first two Gold Cup winners. Equus win the Aerolíneas Argentinas Medium Goal Gold Cup and La Clarita raises the Isolas 1892 Low Goal Gold Cup. In the Medium Goal, Equus was the best team of the season after winning the Silver and the Gold Cup. In today’s final, for the Aerolíneas Argentinas Gold Cup, patron´s Peter Silling team defeated Royal Salute by 13 goals to 11 after a great polo match.

 

Alejandro Muzzio was named the MVP (Most Valuable Player) and his mare Negrita the BPP (Best Playing Pony) of the final Golden Goose was awarded with the Subsidiary Cup after defeating Twenty 20 by 9 goals to 8.

 

Tommy Beresford- Equus

 

“Equus is a team that is always very competitive. I was lucky to play with them in 2013 where we also won the Silver and Gold Cup. This year we set up a very competitive and effective system with Ale (Muzzio) and Rocho (Torreguitar).  We had a very tough semifinal and today we had another really hard game that we achieved to guide it in our favour in the sixth chukker after battling all the game”.

 

Alejandro Muzzio- Equus

 

“We came from a very difficult semifinal and we knew that today’s match was going to be hard too. It’s a final and they’re never easy. They played very well and battled hard till the very end.

The balance is really positive because the Gold Cup was very even, with many teams with chances to reach the final and that makes us value more the victory”.

 

Isolas 1892 Low Goal Gold Cup 

 

La Clarita won the Isolas 1892 Gold Cup after defeating Sapphire by 9 goals to 8 in overtime. The MVP of the final was Freddie Horne of La Clarita and the BPP was Camina, owned by Horne. La Mangosta achieved the Subsidiary final after defeating Sardañola by 11 goals to 9.

 

 

Santa Maria Polo High Goal Gold Cup

 

Ayala Polo Team and La Indiana will play tomorrow the final of the Santa María Polo Club Gold Cup, the most important trophy of the 46th International Polo Tournament organized by Santa María Polo Club. The final will be held at Los Pinos field 3 from 6 pm.

 

In this 46th edition of the Tournament more than 21 teams are taking part of the competition, with a large number of elite players, including four of the top 10 players in world polo ranking: Facundo Pieres, who will play with Ayala Polo Team; Juan Martín Nero and Pablo Mac Donough, who will stand up for Brunei and Dubai Polo Teams, and the Uruguayan David Stirling. Besides polo matches, attendance, that´s free during almost all the season matches, has many leisure activities available: a varied gastronomy, Shopping Village, children’s area, bars, After Polo night parties.