Mahra and UAE Polo winners of today ́s matches for the Julius Baer Gold Cup
Mahra and UAE Polo achieved two great wins in the second day of action for the Julius Baer Gold Cup at the Dubai Polo & Equestrian Club.
Mahra defeated Wolves by 11 goals to 6 and UAE Polo defeated Ghantoot by 11 goals to 7.
It was another exciting day at the Dubai Polo & Equestrian Club with two great matches. In the first match of the day, Mahra Polo Team with Alejandro Novillo Astrada playing at a great level led his team to a deserved victory against the always tough Wolves team.
Novillo Astrada scored 8 goals for his team to be the mvp and top scorer of the match.
Match progression:
Mahra: 3-1/ 5-1/ 7-4/ 9-6/ 11-6
In the second match of the day, UAE Polo achieved a really important victory against powerfull Ghantoot team by 11 goals to 7.
HH Sheika Maitha team played one of their best matches of the season showing a great team work with Jack Hyde scoring every goal occasion he had. Hyde scored 5 goals while Bautista Bayugar scored all the goals for Ghantoot Polo Team (7) and also was the top scorer of the game.
Match progression:
UAE: 3-1/ 4-4/ 7-4/ 8-6/ 11-7
The Julius Baer Gold Cup will continue next Monday with another double action day at the Dubai Polo & Equestrian Club.
Starting at 2 pm Zedan will play against Edrees Polo followed by Bin Drai Polo vs Abu Dhabi Polo.
Dubai Polo Gold Cup Series (Dubai Open), an 18 Goal Handicap competition, enters its seventh year under the Patronage of HH Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai. The tournament is now the highest handicap in the UAE.
The Dubai Open has been split into two tournaments. Starting with the McLaren Cup 2016, which runs from Friday January 22, 2016 to Friday February 5, 2016. The second tournament, the Julius Baer Gold Cup, commences on Friday, February 19, 2016 to Friday March 11, 2016.
The Dubai Polo Gold Cup Series is the fourth-largest tournament of its kind after Argentina, the US and the UK. First founded by Mohammed Al Habtoor in 2009, the tournament is the premier regional polo competition of the year, and attracts VIPs, society figures, and senior corporate executives from across the GCC. It has grown in tandem with the city of Dubai and since 2012, it is the only tournament in the UAE to be recognized and certified by the World Polo Tour (WPT).
It is played under the banner of the Hurlingham Polo Association (HPA), with the Gold Cup being played according to HPA rules and the provision of umpires is managed under strict international supervision by the HPA.