THE POLO WISDOM ENCYCLOPEDIA BY HORACE LAFFAYE THEMORNINGLINE BY BOB LUBASH FIND IT AT THE TACKERIA FIND IT AT THE TACKERIA (561) 793 2012 - 793 6422 POLO (561) 793 2012 - 793 6422 The Morning Line.com Sunday, April 18, 2004 ¥ 92 All the Polo News that’s Fit to Run Editor & Publisher: Frederic Roy - Ph: 561 753 8882, Fax: 561 793 6835 - email: [email protected] - © 2004 Trophy, Inc. all rights reserved ISLA CARROLL AND WHITE BIRCH VIE FOR THE 100TH U.S. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY TODAY AT 3 PM sla Carroll and White Birch spectively in semifinal I emerged victorious Thursday matches of attrition where over Lechuza and Catamount re- an interpretation of the USPA Rule #7 had all four teams play at least three chukkers three on three, Isla Carroll and Lechuza playing more than five chukkers with three play- ers on a side. Now, the two teams have a chance to win the 100th edition of the United States Open Polo Isla Carroll, from left to right: Pancho White Birch, from left to right: Lucas Criado, Championship this after- Bensadon, Memo Gracida, John Goodman Del Walton, Mariano Aguerre, Peter Brant and noon at International Polo and Sugar Erskine Thursday after the semifi- Carlucho Arellano Thursday after the semifinal Club Palm Beach, with nal win over Lechuza 12-11. (ph: Frederic Roy) win over Catamount 13-12 OT. (ph: Frederic Roy) hopefully everyone on the The U.S. Open Trophy (ph: Frederic Roy) playing field. CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION PARTY Centennial Celebration Party right after the polo match and Awards Presentation at the Grand Marquee with Live Music from the Sultans. Everyone is invited. Come congratulate the teams and celebrate a great finale to the 100th Edition of the U.S. Open Championship at International Polo Club Palm Beach $10.00 per person - Cash bar.

INTERNATIONAL POLO CLUB PALM BEACH

Home of the 2004 Stanford Financial Group - U.S. Open Polo Championship™ 3667 120TH AVE SOUTH, WELLINGTON, FL 33414 WWW.INTERNATIONALPOLOCLUB.COM Diana Tashman FOR INFORMATION ON TICKETS, SPECIAL EVENTS AND Realtor¨ BRUNCH RESERVATIONS, CALL 561.204.5687. KW KELLER WILLIAMS R E A L T Y of the Palm Beaches An Independent Member Broker BOMBARDIER AEROSPACE CUNARD HUMMER OF THE PALM BEACHES RÖDER USA STANFORD GROUP COMPANY

Polo & Equestrian Property Specialist BESSEMER TRUST COWBOYS & INDIANS MAGAZINE GAGGENAU MITCHELL PECK JEWELERS 561 346 7955 - email: [email protected] PIAGET OMAR TREVINO BLOODSTOCK ROEDERER ESTATES Page 2 - The Morning Line - Sunday, April 18, 2004 GREAT U.S. OPEN WINNERS OF LAST THREE YEARS

Last year’s 99th U.S. Open Champion was C Spear, from left to right: daughter Maggie and Tommy Boyle, Jeff Hall, Carlos Gracida and Matias Magrini. In the final, C Spear defeated Lechuza 14-7 with a very strong perfor- mance. Matias Magrini was MVP and Harrah, owned and played by Jeff Hall, was Best Playing BOMBARDIERBOMBARDIER Pony. (ph. Frederic Roy) Experience the Extraordinary

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For information, simply contact Denis Jubinville at 214-435-3917 or Charles Ward at 214-995-5584 at anytime. We look forward to serving the Polo Community’s business aircraft needs with the high- est level of professionalism and personal service for years to come. Adolfo Cambiaso, Fabio Diniz, Chris Gannon and Santiago Chavanne 97th U.S. Open Championship for Outback in 2001, a 3rd consecutive for Adolfo and Tim Gannon’s fifth in seven years. (photo David Lominska, PoloGraphics) Page 3 - The Morning Line - Sunday, April 18, 2004 OUTBACK WINS 16 GOAL OUTBACK WITH STYLE eading 7-2 at halftime, Outback played a very strong Lgame yesterday to defeat Morgan Creek (Julio Gracida, Kris Kampsen, Luis Escobar, Angelo Kleronomos) 13-8 and capture the 16 Goal Outback League. Scoring 8 goal, Guillermo Caset Jr. was MVP and Mambo (Santiago Trotz) was BPP. Outback was undefeated in the round-robin 4-0.

Left, Chris Gannon yesterday win Anna and Annabella. (ph Frederic Roy) Above, Outback toasting their victory yesterday, the first one for the team since the U.S. Open Championship in 2001, Chris Gannon winning with Adolfo Cambiaso. (ph David Lominska)

P.K Polo Club is wrapped up its 2004 season with a 4 goal tournament this weekend. Four teams played Saturday, the winning teams Outback, 16 Goal Outback League for 2004. From the left, were M.L Farms & Bovaro. This morning at 10am, Ganaraska played Santiago Trotz, MVP Guillermo Caset Jr. Chris Gannon, La Mission Farm , the last game of the season. The Club has had a Tim Gannon and Norman Brinker. (ph David Lominska) great season and is looking forward to an even better one in 2005.

SOUTHAMPTON POLO CLUB New Listing 2004 LEAGUES & TOURNAMENTS Polo Farm and Patron Residence For Sale Goals JUNE May 28 - July 2 Club League 4 May 28 - July 2 Club League 8 10 acres at end of South Shore, JULY July 2 - Aug 1 Club League 4 July 2 - Aug 1 Independence Cup 8 - 10 adjacent to Everglades Polo

AUG. Aug 1 - Aug 29 New York Cup 4 w/ stick & ball field, Aug 1 - Aug 29 Club Championship (USPA) 8 - 10 2 barns - 28 stalls & paddocks SEP. Aug 29 - Sept 6 USPA Northeast Regional 5400 sf, 5 bed/5 bath owner’s house, Championship 8 - 12 Aug 29 - Sept 30 Club League 4 - 6 pool and entertainment area.

Note: Limit of 8 teams per competition. Deadline for entries: 12 days prior to start date. For Information: Ted Oslager. (516) 728-6154; southamptonpolo.com call: Brad Scherer, President Sun, Fun & Polo in the Hamptons ATLANTIC WESTERN REALTY CORP. 561-966-5878 206 Millstone Rd., Water Mill, NY 11976 Page 4 - The Morning Line - Sunday, April 18, 2004 NEW, PERPETUAL TROPHY FOR

PRODUCTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. NEW CLUB BY MITCHELL PECK he studios of Mitchell- EVENT DESIGN AND COORDINATION TPeck have been creat- CONCEPTUAL CONTRACT DESIGN ing museum quality jew- 424 PALM STREET OFFICE: 561 / 835-8455 elry and object d’art since WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33401 FAX: 561 / 835-8458 1991, but all work has been www.sutka.com put on hold since July 2003 for the project of epic pro- portion that has occupied Kathy Moore the attention of Master Broker Associate Goldsmith Philip Peck: A spectacular new trophy for [email protected] the new International Polo Club Palm Beach. 561- 346 7907 Mitchell-Peck has pulled all the stops to cre- THE ELEBASH COMPANY ate a perpetual cup worthy of the mission of the new club: The original, 24” high Trophy Licensed Real Estate Broker, Wellington, Florida “to re-establish the grandeur by Philip Peck, Mitchell-Peck and integrity of Polo in South (photo David Lominska, PoloGraphics) Florida.” B O S T W I C K S T A B L E S Inspired by trophies created heads bowed reverentially, busts of horses in the 19th Century, the cup in full tack, decorated plinths, and a hand Quality Polo Ponies for Sale stands 24 inches tall and boasts raised bowl 14 inches in diameter. a full team of polo players with To create the cup, the studio built its From Beginner to High Goal Professional own sterling silver foundry, and had to We have the Horses to Suit your Needs. bring some raw material from . In Philip’s words, “we have such respect Many New Horses Just Arriving. for the efforts of John Goodman, and have endeavored to embody those ideals in a Call Ricky at 561 767-0673 work of art that will represent the best of both our worlds.”

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Great World Polo Academy, the World’s Greatest Polo School(tm), is looking for a summer home. Call Tim Mattox for details at 1-800-807-7656. The mini, individual Trophy Philip Peck at work: by Philip Peck meticulous wax carving WEISS FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC CENTER AND MASSAGE THERAPY Northrop and Johnson® “Protect Your Seat!” YACHTS ★ SHIPS Old Injuries Can Haunt You A Poorly Aligned Spine Can Hinder Your Performance Steve Doyle Dr. Cetty M. Weiss YACHT BROKER phone 978-6600 HARBOR PLACE Cell 508-982-0094 Dr. Bradley G. Weiss 15 RANTOUL STREET Fax 978-921-6691 11924 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Suite 13 BEVERLY, MA 01915 email [email protected] Wellington ¥ (561) 753 6077 Page 5 - The Morning Line - Sunday, April 18, 2004 TWO EXPRESSIONS OF EQUINE ART: MELINDA BREWER AND MONA SNELL ecognized as one of Canada’s Antiques ¥ Furniture ¥ Art Rforemost animal painters, Melinda Brewer has been painting 793 1970 professionally since 1992 and in the past ten years he body of work has reflected the first passion Ð the horse. Since 1992, Melinda has completed over one hundred commissioned portraits and as many watercolors featuring her favorite subject Ð the polo pony. Her polo art has been exhibited at the American Academy of Equine POLO STRING BY MELINDA BREWER Art, the Kentucky Derby Museum, Please turn to page 6, 1st col.

ona Snell studied art at Mseveral schools in the U.S. and got a degree from the You can Subscribe to American Academy of Art in The Morning Line and Chicago. get it by email every day Primarily a commission art- ist, her favorite subjects are horses and dogs but she has suc- cessfully dabbled in the concep- tual with the formidable piece For Individual subscriptions she created and donated for the Phone: (561) 753 8882 polo America player series of [email protected] statues entitled “Sport of many WWW.THEMORNINGLINE.COM WILLOW BY MONA SNELL Please turn to page 6, 3rd col. Page 6 - The Morning Line - Sunday, April 18, 2004

watercolor painting. It has For Rent in Aiken, S.C. been said that “the eyes are 1/4 mile to Downtown the reflection of the soul and the reflection in the Exclusive, renovated liquid eyes of Melinda’s 3 Bedroom Cottage horses do indeed seem to on Hitchcock Woods come alive, reaching to the with Maid Service very depth of the inner be- 561 767-0673 ing.” Currently, Melinda is Championship played every four working on a series of por- years, next to be held in Chantilly, traits of Best Playing polo , September 9th to the 19th, ponies as well as artwork 2004. featuring horses from the At the moment, Mona works in other disciplines of dres- pastels. She is currently finishing a sage, jumping and thor- portrait of Sky King, a Grand Prix oughbred racing. She can horse owned by Larry Holohan of Cont. from page 5, Melinda Brewer be reached at: 450 458 Lexington, KY, and will be starting and is currently featured in a group 2804 and in Wellington two dog portraits for the Kaufmans exhibition at the National Museum 561 308 3930. of Wellington. Mona has also been of Polo and Hall of Fame next to commissioned to do the family por- Wellington, in Lake Worth, Florida. trait Ð each member of the family Melinda’s work has been exhib- sitting on a horse Ð for Ian & Lynn ited at several Canadian and U.S. Millar of Canada, Mr. Millar being polo tournaments, and she has been the only athlete in history to repre- acclaimed and recognized by many sent his country in 8 Olympic games. polo players, polo enthusiasts and “Sport of many nations” by Mona Snell Mona Snell lives in Wellington polo art collectors. Cont. from p. 5, Mona Snell and she can be reached at 561 753 Her work is highly regarded by nations”. The statue fetched 6157 or 379 3875. many because of her understanding the highest price in auction, and sensitive portraiture of the $18,000, out of the 25 pieces horse, real-life depiction of the created for the series Ð pur- game of polo and, of course, the in- chased by an anonymous dividual detail captured in each buyer. The statue is covered by the flags of every coun- try in the International Fed- FOR SALE eration of Polo, one of the very active groups that pro- 1948 DeSoto motes international compe- tition and the 14 goal World 58K original miles $20,000 Ð Call George Rawlings Polo School Looking for Relocation 502-664-0851 561 964 6702 cell: 561 252 8507 For Sale - 12-stall Pole Barn Easy to be moved to new location THE TACKERIA IS HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE ADDED TO OUR FINE LINES OF POLO MALLETS WHICH The Wire Road Polo & Equestrian Club 382 Wire Rd. Aiken, SC INCLUDE MERLOS, PIERES, VILLAMIL AND HURLINGHAM, 8-Goal Tournament May 11-22 THE POLO MALLETS OF ZAPPALA, $1500 per Team - Entries must be in by May 3rd, 2004 NOW AVAILABLE AT BOTH STORES. Two Benefit games to be held during the tournament For information contact: 561 793 2012 • 561 793 6422 Lorrie Chadd at 803-979 7656 or [email protected] WWW.TACKERIA.COM • [email protected] or Dave Smith 803-474 5194 Page 7 - The Morning Line - Sunday, April 18, 2004

52 acres: 52 + acres - Strategically located between Palm Beach Point East, Palm Beach Point and Grand Prix Equestrian Village and adjacent to the current as well as future location of the Littlewood Horseshow grounds, this cleared parcel represents the largest single tract of available equestrian acreage near the famous Palm Beach Polo Equestrian Center.

59 acres: 59 acres strategically located at the “big curve” of South Rd. This track offers superior expo- sure and easy access to the Littlewood Horseshow grounds, and surrounding polo and eques- trian farms. The South Rd. location offers important frontage and access to flying Cow Rd. The Property is cleared, fenced and has been extensively improved to accommodate the existing tree nursery including permitted wetland mitigation, extensive drainage swells and onsite reten- tion, and sophisticated irrigation system; ideal for use as a nursery, or re-engineered for eques- trian use.

CONTACT: Brad Scherer, President, Broker

Information obtained from sources considered reliable, however is subject to errors, omissions, modifications and/or seller’s withdrawal or prior sale Page 8 - The Morning Line - Sunday, April 18, 2004

Beautifully Renovated Patio Home Palm Beach Polo & Country Club on Large Lot, Privately Located, 4 BR 3 1/2 bath (+ office). For Sale at Discount Owners wish to buy other home without owning two. $750,000. Call 561-753-0005 or 610-513-0020.

MELINDA BREWER FINE ART ANIMAL PORTRAITS U.S. OPEN FINAL - SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 2004

561 308 3930 Camilo Bautista 0 Eduardo Astrada 9 LAS MONJITAS 450 458 2804 Javier Astrada 10 1st place Div. I Ignacio Astrada 7 ISLA CARROLL 25 Sugar Erskine 8 Sunday 11 ISLA CARROLL Def. Pancho Bensadon 8 Las Monjitas Memo Gracida 9 4th place 12-11 OT DESTINY John Goodman 1 Div. II/III ISLA CARROLL 26 Semifinal INTERNATIONAL Guillermo Caset Jr. 7 Thurs 15 Alex Agote 8* PONY EXPRESS Def. Lechuza PROPERTIES INC. Bautista Heguy 10 2nd place Div. I Bob Daniels 1 LECHUZA Mary Sue Jacobs LAND LAND LAND *Pablo McDonough 8 26 Victor Vargas 2 Sunday 11 Broker LECHUZA Def. Pony Express Guilli Aguero 7 13-11 787 acres with Sebastian Merlos 10 3rd place Div. II/III magnificent 14,000 sq ft Francisco Menendez 7T 26 log cabin home used like Final Sunday a resort only 57 miles John Hall 1 OLD PUEBLO April 18 from Wellington would Jeff Hall 8 Facundo Pieres 8T 3rd place Div. I 3 pm make an unbelievable Matias Magrini 9 equestrian facility 26 WHITE BIRCH Del Walton 3 Sunday 11 Lucas Criado 9 WHITE BIRCH Def. ¥ 5, 10, 15 , 20 and 30-acre lots for sale in Wellington and Loxahatchee Mariano Aguerre 10 2nd place Div. II/III Old Pueblo ¥ 20 acres with 38 stalls - $1,350,000 10-8 Peter Brant 4* WHITE BIRCH ¥ 10 acres with nice home and 25 stalls- $1,250,000 Carlucho Arellano 4 26 ¥ 4 acres with great home and 25 fabulous stalls next to WEF - Scott Devon 3 Semifinal CATAMOUNT Thurs 15 $3,900,000 Pelon Escapite 4 Def. Catamount 5th place Carlos Gracida 9 13-12 OT ¥ 2 acres large home new barn 8 stalls /w grooms apt $1,600,000 Div. II/III across from WEF Mike Azzaro 10* CATAMOUNT *Adolfo Cambiaso 10 26 Gillian Johnston 1 Sunday 11 BENDABOUT Def. Bendabout 24 hours a day - 7 days a week Adam Snow 10 10-4 Miguel Astrada 10 1st place Div. II/III 561-791 2501 or 758 5212 Alejandro Astrada 5 MARYSUEJACOBS.COM 26 Page 9 - The Morning Line - Sunday, April 18, 2004

We Breed “POLO ARGENTINO” Horses for High Peformance

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Ytacuá GAVIOTA Ytacuá GUACHITA Ytacuá JUSTICIERA Ytacuá LAGUNA BRAVA Ytacuá LLAMARADA Indulto - Galleguita Indulto - Guacha Indulto - La Justicia Indulto - Laguna Pampa Indulto - Chispa Mega / Adam Lindemann B. Yachts / Cali Garcia Outback / Chris Gannon B. Yachts / Cali Garcia B. Yachts / Cali Garcia

NEW Ytacuá LLUVIA Ytacuá LORITA Ytacuá MAZAMORRA Ytacuá MODELO Ytacuá PANTERA Indulto - Tormenta Indulto - Cotorrita Indulto - Pardita Indulto - Doña Chanel Indulto - Pardita B. Yachts / Cali Garcia B. Yachts / Glenn Straub B. Yachts / Glenn Straub owner: Charlie Armstrong Jedi / Eric Koch

Ytacuá PATRIA T/E Ytacuá RANITA Ytacuá RULETA Ytacuá SENADORA T/E Ytacuá SURTIDA Indulto - La Enrico - Rana Enrico - Raspa Indulto - La Argentina Indulto - Surra Outback / Chris Gannon B. Yachts / Glenn Straub Eureka / Marc Ganzi Everglades / Lucas Monteverde Jedi / Lolo Castagnola

Ytacuá VIVORA Ytacuá VIZCACHA Ytacuá ZORRA (Canosa) Indulto - Vidala Enrico - Fleecha 54 Ossiyol - Comadreja Jedi / Lolo Castagnola B. Yachts / Cali Garcia White Birch / Lucas Criado ARGENTINA UNITED STATES San Martin 299 (1004) Buenos Aires Diego Gonzalez Tel: (01154) 11 4321 2225 Cell (561) 632 5479 - home (561) 333 3739 email: [email protected] email: [email protected] www.ytacua.com Page 10 - The Morning Line - Sunday, April 11, 2004

MEADOWBROOK POLO CLUB SEE BOMBARDIER’S EST. 1886 eadowbrook Polo Club is the oldest polo club in the FIELDSIDE LEARJET 40 MUnited States. There, polo first found its roots when James Gordon Bennett brought the game of Polo over from England in 1876. A place where legends such as Tommy Mike Azzaro, Teri and Hitchcock, Phillip Iglehart, Alan Corey, the Bostwicks, Win- Scott Devon sampled ston Guest, Cecil Smith and many more, brought stature and the traveling model of honor to the sport of Polo on what could now be considered the LearJet 40 earlier the most famous fields in the world. this month. See the Under new ownership, The Meadowbrook Polo Club model fieldside on will be hosting two 14-16-goal club tournaments from June Championship 16th to July 10th. These games will be played on the pristine Field #1, North West Whitney Lane and Bethpage State Park Fields. Corner, next to the Grandstand and the May 16 Start Practice (Barbeque) village. (ph Frederic Roy) June 13 Save the Children’s Game June 16 - June 27 14-16 Goal League June 27 Avon Breast Cancer Charity Game June 17 - July 18 6-Goal League June 29 - July 10 14-16 Goal League July 11 Charity Game to Benefit SUNY Old Westbury Charles Ward and July 13 -Aug 22 8 Goal League Louise Null show- Sept. 3 -10 USPA Officers Cup (4-8) casing the very Sept. tba Charity Game to Benefit Ronald McDonald House exciting interior of Sept. 12 - 19 USPA Players Cup (0-4) the new LearJet 40, Sept 21 -26 Hazard Leonard Memorial (4-6) fieldside at Note: Schedule subject to change International Polo For more information please call Dave Rizzo Manager 1-516-626-0010 Club Palm Beach (ph Frederic Roy) AikenAiken PoloPolo -- SpringSpring 20042004 Tournament Schedule Aiken Polo Club: Aiken Triple Crown Polo March 27 4-6 Goal Tournament April 16 - 25 Cup of Aiken 8-12 Goal April 29 -May 9 Benefit Match May 8th he Aiken Polo Club was founded Tin 1882. It is one of the oldest active clubs in America. Playing on 5 top quality bermuda fields, club polo is interspersed with exciting medium goal tournaments.

Long Island , NY - This property includes three sub-dividable single and separate soundfront properties, with a total of almost 60 acres and 1,449' of sandy beachfront. One of the parcels features a sprawling home with a gunite pool, brick patio, new bulkheading and a crystalline lake. New homes Adam Snow, playing must be built behind the present home preserving the striking views. Jeaniene Gass, playing Aiken Polo Club Member Aiken Polo Club Member (ph. Bob Lubash) Suzy Fallon, North Fork Advertising Manager, LSA For information about fees and registration, please email: [email protected] Prudential Douglas Elliman 631.495.4122 Specializing in Equestrian, Waterfront, Historic Fine Homes & Estates or call polo office 803 643 3611 Page 11 - The Morning Line - Sunday, April 18, 2004 WELLINGTON SHOP OWNER/DESIGNER SUSAN RUBIN

usan Rubin, a life ing and exciting business,” says and has hosted and produced her Slong equestrian, Rubin. The store is the hub for own equine design and décor video who competes at Grand Rubin’s exhilarating decorating for Beyond the Barn. Prix dressage and business. Rubin has dabbles in Polo, is a transformed the homes decorator with a vision. and stables of many of When she opened Be- the nation's top equestri- yond the Barn, she ans. “I understand the combined her love of lifestyle,” explains horses with her passion Rubin, “Many of my for decorating. Rubin, clients don’t even opt who is a Certified Inte- for an equestrian theme, rior Decorator and but they know I can de- holds a BFA in Art from liver a casual elegance Penn State, saw a niche that still reflects their in the marketplace and lifestyle.” And when decided she would en- Rubin isn’t riding, deco- joy running a horsey rating, or running her boutique in Wellington. equestrian emporium, “I had no idea it would she is out spreading the turn into such a thriv- gospel on equine de- sign. Rubin writes a decorating column for a national equestrian Scott Devon and his magazine, she has also Catamount team been a guest host on the earned third place in Featured last Fall in Design Showcase Magazine the U.S. Open syndicated TV show, was John Grimes’ Idlewild Stables, a Wellington shop Championship Decorating Made Easy with Antiques, Furniture and Art, call 793 1970. yesterday, in a final where Tim Gannon Mail Boxes Etc. has become the UPS Store. was a professional polo player for a day You’ll Like What’s Changed, showing us the $20 You’ll Like What’s Stayed the Same bill he carried in his pocket, paid by - Packaging and Shipping Services Victor Vargas. - Mailbox Services From the left, - Moving and Packaging Supplies Nicolas Soderblon, - B/W and Color Copying Services 11924 Forest Hill Blvd. Nicolette Sheridan, Wellington, FL 33414 Scott Devon, Phone (561) 791-9020 Town Square at Wellington Adam Butler and Fax (561) 791-3889 (corner of Forest Hill and South Shore) Teri Devon. (ph Frederic Roy)

Weston Gracida and Jay Comeaux, Chairman of U.S. Open title sponsor Stanford Financial received their Hitchcock Award yesterday, and (from the left) Gwen Rizzo of Polo Magazine, Mrs. Comeaux and Judy Doyle. (ph Frederic Roy) Page 12 - The Morning Line - Sunday, April 18, 2004 PROFESSIONAL POLO THE VEUVE CLICQUOT GOLD LEAGUE TO START THIS CUP AT COWDRAY, A HIGH SUMMER IN ENGLAND PROFILE BRITISH SUMMER EVENT n the 100th Anniversary of Jason Dixon, chairman of the Brit- he Final of the Veuve Clicquot winner of the 2004 Gold Cup opens Othe U.S. Open Polo Champi- ish Association of Professional Polo TGold Cup for the British Open on Saturday 26th June. Around 40 onship, Polo in Britain might going Players agrees that the aim of the new Polo Championships, the world’s matches take place during the into a new era with the British Polo venture is to “complement the exist- premier polo tournament at 22 goal course of the series, including a Championship reserved to profes- ing, patron-based tournaments: it (High Goal) level, will be held on CLIC Charity polo match in aid of sional polo players, a new tournament shouldn’t be one against the other.” Sunday, 18th July 2004, at Cowdray children with leukaemia on Sunday format which the organizers hope will Four teams of five-goal players or Park, Midhurst, West Sussex. 27th June. also enable more British players to higher will play for the title Ð as well This will be the tenth season that The coveted Veuve Clicquot Gold hone their skills. as substantial prize money Ð with four- the prestigious Champagne House Cup for the British Open title was The new British Polo Champion- chukker semi-finals and finals at Veuve Clicquot has been associated won in 2003 by Hildon Sport, a ship series gets off the ground this Coworth Park, Berkshire, on Friday 9 with Cowdray Park Polo Club in young, predominantly British line- Summer. The series is being run by and Saturday 31 July respectively. sponsoring the Gold Cup and the up including the only female ever British Polo Enterprises (BPE). BPE has asked four English high- event has now become one of the to reach a Gold Cup final, Nina Derrick Chow, a BPE director ex- goalers to captain the teams: Henry most high profile sporting events of Vestey. A high number of entries is plains: “Ultimately, we want this to Brett (8), Will Lucas (7), Roddy Wil- the British summer. anticipated for the 2004 champion- be the event that every British player liams (6) and Andrew Hine (7). Other The tournament to decide the ships. wants to play in the polo season over players will be invited to join the here, though no restriction has been teams at the end of April, and team placed on nationality.”. BPE hopes handicaps will be at least 23 goals. that the scheme will herald the dawn email: [email protected] of a new era for the structure of polo in Britain, which is different to pa- OPEN SEVEN DAYS tron-based polo. Chow continues: “We’ve been hin- All the Best in Equine Chic dered by a feudalistic structure which is dependent on a few very rich pa- trons. We don’t want to jeopardize that in any way, but as many British players can no longer rely on patrons for their livelihood, we want to pro- vide a playing structure that allows them to enhance their game while Above, from left to right, playing professionally.” Nina Vestey, Mark Tomlinson, Attention: Luke Tomlinson and New Aiken Land Owners John-Paul Clarkin Farm equipment liquidation: Beyond the Barn celebrate their first Veuve Rainbird irrigation system, EQUESTRIAN EMPORIUM Clicquot Gold Cup British Mowers, hay equip., horse (561) 333-5255 Championship at Cowdray feeders/id collars, tools & much Park last July. Next to Steamers’ more - 561 767-0673 (Ph: Steven Morris)

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YOUNG DRESSAGE RIDER A POLO CONNECTION FOR YOU DEDICATES HERSELF TO GOAL GO TO E-BAY tacy Gormley, a 20- x specality store Syear rider from type in Grand Rapids, Michigan, polo player’s market has a big dream. Her dream is a large bay horse you might find what you need named Fidelis which she acquired as a 5-year old let me know Steve Crowder - 805 896 4406 from Jo Hinneman in . Fidelis is now 7 years old, he is a Rhinelander gelding out of Fidermark.

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TeamISLA CARROLL Colors

Rating Pos. PLAYER 1 2 3 4 5 6 OT Totals

8 1 Sugar Erskine

8 2 Pancho Bensadon

9 3 Memo Gracida

1 4 John Goodman

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26 Team Rating Totals

By Handicap 0

TOTAL

Team WHITE BIRCH Colors

Rating Pos. PLAYER 1 2 3 4 5 6 OT Totals

3 1 Del Walton

9 2 Lucas Criado

10 3 Mariano Aguerre

4 4 Peter Brant

4 ALT Carlucho Arellano

26 Team Rating Totals

By Handicap 0

TOTAL

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