On Friday 11/15, on field 2 in Palermo, of the world’s top event in our sport began: the 131st HSBC Argentine Polo Open.
In a very important match for the 2024 Triple Crown Ranking, La Hache Cría y Polo beat La Aguada Catamarca by 18 to 15, one of the two teams that comes from the qualifying tournament. In this way, Toly Ulloa’s team not only got its second win in the tournament, but also won the Termas de Río Hondo Cup.
In an extremely short match, La Aguada won the first chukker, but then went three periods without converting and their opponent, with a Joaco Pittaluga very accurate in the execution of fouls, scored a 10-0 run to turn the score around and take an important advantage that the Open Door team, despite making a great effort, he could not get up.
It was a triumph for LH Cría y Polo, which with these points is very close to the goal of qualifying for the Triple Crown 2025.
The Hatchet and Polo: Facundo Sola 8 (3 goals), Carlos M. Ulloa 8 (5, one from Penalty 1), Benjamín Panelo 7 (2) and Joaquín Pittaluga 8 (8, six from penalty). Total: 31.
La Aguada Catamarca: Facundo Llosa 7 (6, four penalties), Pedro Zacharias 8 (2, one penalty), Felipe Vercellino 7 (6, five penalties) and Pedro Falabella (h) 7 (1 penalty 1). Total: 29.
La Hache Cría and Polo: 2-3, 7-3, 10-3, 13-3, 14-5, 15-9, 16-13 and 18-15.
Yellow Card: Pedro Zacharias (Chukker 8, 1.41).
Judges: Gastón Lucero and Gonzalo López Vargas. Arbitrator: José I. Araya.