Timmy Dutta, 17, has lived in Wellington,
Florida, most of his life. He is an eleventh-
grader at University of Nebraska High
School. Originally a show jumper, he
started playing polo when he was 13.
He plays at the 20- and 22-goal levels
and won all three 20-goal tournaments
of the 2019 IPC winter season.
I fell in love with polo the first time I
stick-and-balled at Ruben Gracida’s stable
with my dad (Tim Dutta). I just couldn’t
stop! Polo is one of the few sports where you
can have family bonding. My dad plays, and
my mom (international dressage competitor
Susan Dutta) helps me manage my stable.
I’m able to express myself through polo,
almost like an art form. Polo has taken me to
Germany and Argentina. This year’s final of
the Ylvisaker Cup was my most memorable
game. All the hard work over the years paid
off: we played perfectly that day, and our
horses were great. One of my favourite mares
is Chelsea, who we got from Memo Gracida.
She’s ten and has played the US Open. She
has an amazing heart and will always fight
for me – she never tells me ‘no’. I still have
Pava, the horse I learned to play on, who is
one in a million. Pava made it so easy for me
to learn, she gave me confidence and made
me fall in love with polo.
H O O K E D O N P O L O :
T I M M Y D U T T A
G L A D I A T O R P O L O
Team Dublin, sponsored by Horseware Ireland, rallied from a loss at the start of the
season to reign supreme in the Gladiator Polo™ Championship Final after defeating
Team Palm Beach, sponsored by Five Star Builders, with a final score of 17-14.Team
Dublin (above, from left, Mariano Obregon,Juan Martin Obregon, and Tito Ruiz with Tom
MacGuinness) surged back from an early deficit in the first chukkas to overtake the lead
in the fifth chukka to secure the win.Team Palm Beach (Geronimo Obregon,Toro Ruiz,
and Tommy Biddle) almost sent the match into overtime after nearly tying the game in
the sixth chukka with Obregon and Ruiz tallying a combined three points for Team Palm
Beach. However, Mariano Obregon totalled five points in the match and helped lift Team
Dublin to victory, winning the MVP award in the process.‘We just kept shooting and even
when we were down, we kept our cool and kept going through the game and it paid off,’
said Mariano Obregon. Gladiator Polo™will return to Wellington in 2020.
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TONY RAMIREZ/IMAGESOFPOLO.COM, ALEJANDRO MOY
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H A W A I I
W O M E N ’ S P O L O
On 23 March, Cabo Wabo and Hawaii
Polo Life entered the Susan G.
Komen US Open Women’s Polo
Championship Final 3-0 at the
International Polo Club Palm Beach
in Wellington, Florida. An offensive
powerhouse from the start, Hawaii
Polo Life successfully prevented
Cabo Wabo from completing any
of their set plays in the first chukka,
but they really peaked in the fourth,
delivering an explosive series of
four consecutive field goals to
win the championship title 10-5.
Responsible for seven out of Hawaii
Polo Life’s 10 goals, Nina Clarkin
(left) was named MVP.J, Michael
Prince (pictured) presents the prize.
