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Rising star Lucas Monteverde Jr delivered an impressive
Royal Windsor glory, reports Diana Butler
The talented young player Lucas Monteverde
Jr played with a maturity that belied his
13 years to deliver the Out-Sourcing! Inc.
Royal Windsor Cup to his UAE Polo Team
patron HH Sheikha Maitha bint Mohammed
bin Rashid al Maktoum. His poise and
courage, reminiscent of his father and
namesake, impressed everyone watching
the final of the UK’s leading 15-goal
tournament at Guards Polo Club.
This included the Most Valuable Player
judges, as Monteverde Jr later received this
coveted prize fromHM the Queen, who was
accompanied by Haruhiko Doi and David
Matsumoto of the sponsors.
This win was particularly important for
Monteverde Jr’s patron, HH Sheikha Maitha,
as she was making a welcome return to polo
after injury left her sidelined since the start
of the UK season. In addition, UAE Polo
added their name to the Out-Sourcing! Inc.
Royal Windsor Cup for the first time with this
10-7 win over Alan Fall’s Mad Dogs.
That said, Fall’s team, who were also
looking to win this trophy for the first time,
had kept themselves in contention until the
final chukka, producing some fast flowing
polo on The Queen’s Ground. UAE Polo pulled
away in the fifth and final chukka to win this
match. Mad Dogs’ James Harper, who had
received the Best Playing Pony prize in the
previous week’s Cartier Queen’s Cup final,
did the double here, stepping forward with
his grooms, Charlotte Waddy, Lucy Taylor
and Ellie O’Malley to collect the prizes
for the gelding Skiff, an Australian-bred
11-year-old gelding.
In total, 21 teams had entered this
tournament and so the sub final, for the
