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UAE Polo wins the Julius Baer Gold Cup
Julius Baer Team by Habtoor Polo achieves the Bentley Cup |
| 11th March 2016, DUBAI, UAE: UAE Polo is the champion of the Julius Baer Gold Cup 2016 after defeating Mahra in a great final by 10 goals to 7 at the Dubai Polo & Equestrian Club.
With a superb teamwork performance, patron HH Sheika Maitha´s team achieved a deserved victory to win the most important polo trophy in the Middle East for the first time. The Julius Baer Gold Cup 2016 goes to the UAE Polo Team that now joins Mahra, Abu Dhabi, Habtoor Polo, Ghantoot and Zedan in the winning list of the trophy, after 7 years of great success. UAE Polo showed from the very beginning their intentions to win the final match and started at a great level. With Lucas Monteverde leading his team from the back and teenager Jack Hyde scoring each opportunity they had, UAE achieved a five goal lead with only seven minutes to go.
In the last chukker, Mahra battled hard to get back in the game but HH Sheika Maitha´s team controlled the game for a final victory by 10 goals to 7. Lucas Monteverde was the MVP of the Julius Gold Cup final and Asesora, the mare played by Jack Hyde, was the Best Playing Pony.The Argentine Breeders Polo Ponies Association also awarded Dolfina Divina played by Lucas Monteverde.
Match progression: The Bentley Cup Final had Julius Baer Team by Habtoor Polo as the new winner after defeating Abu Dhabi in the final by 8 goals to 7. It was the first final of a great day at the Dubai Polo & Equestrian Club and Julius Baer had a great performance against a tough Abu Dhabi Polo Team. Match progression:
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. -END- |
