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Discover the fascinating World of Polo with the latest Issue of POLO+10

14. June 2023

Welcome to the captivating universe of Polo. The latest issue of POLO+10 is now available for download and it’s packed with riveting stories, thrilling tournaments, and fascinating people from the vibrant world of Polo.

This edition showcases the 23rd Zurich International Ladies Polo Cup, a celebrated tournament that continues to fortify Polo Park Zurich as the nexus for women’s Polo in Europe. Immerse yourself in the breathtaking action of the 129th Argentine Open, where the formidable team of La Dolfina Saudi emerged triumphant.

Take a virtual trip with us to Aspen and experience how Marc and Melissa Ganzi have breathed new life into the local Polo scene since re-establishing the club in 2014. Their commitment has not only popularized Polo in Aspen and the surrounding area but has also significantly enhanced the Polo experience with innovative events and programs.

We also journey to Argentina, where we had the pleasure of meeting two outstanding young Polo players, Mia Cambiaso and Milagros Sanchez. They are an integral part of our Polo universe, and we are thrilled to share our encounters with them.

This issue provides insights into the recent development of Polo in China, thanks to an enlightening report by Cinderella von Dungern. Additionally, you can look forward to exclusive interviews, including a conversation with Pascal Renauldon who shares his enthusiasm for equestrian sports.

We invite you to delve into the spring issue of POLO+10, which offers a comprehensive view of the captivating world of Polo. Enjoy the read and anticipate an eventful and exciting Polo season in 2023.

Thomas Wirth, Founder and Publisher of POLO+10, extends a warm welcome to all readers.

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Tournaments and people, polo science and lifestyle – the new issue of POLO+10 WORLD brings you stories from the whole polo universe.

+++ OUR PARTNERS United by a passion for polo – experience the strength and reach of our global network. +++ ITALIA POLO CHALLENGE CORTINA Cortina and the polo snow – always full throttle ahead! The 2023 edition of the Italia Polo Challenge starts with remarkable results this time as well. +++ ST. REGIS WORLD SNOW POLO CHAMPIONSHIP In a thrilling finish, Blade And Bow won its first St. Regis World Snow Polo Championship at Rio Grande Park, in Aspen Colorado. +++ 129TH ARGENTINE OPEN A returning Juan Martin Nero and the rise of young Poroto Cambiaso meant that La Dolfina Saudi performed like a solid wall and were simply invincible. Not even La Natividad, the defending champion with its two talented brothers Barto and Jeta Castagnola, could stand up to them. +++ POLO IN CHINA‘ 22 Although Polo in China has a very long tradition dating back to the Tang dynasty, its modern development is rather exclusive, with a small circle of a total of only under 100 active players. +++ SLOVAKIA’S SNOW POLO Slovakia’s Snow Polo: Glistening snow magic meets adrenaline-charged polo in the scenic mountain landscape of Oravska Lesna. +++ 23RD ZÜRICH INTERNATIONAL LADIES POLO CUP Polo Park Zürich was topping itself last year and is fast becoming the hub for female polo in Europe. +++ CLUB MAGAZINE POLO PARK ZÜRICH POLO+10 will again produce the big special edition in the 2023/2024 season. Don‘t miss the chance to reach an exclusive top target group with your ad. +++ 20TH BENDURA BANK SNOW POLO WORLD CUP KITZBÜHEL Intocast won the battle of the unbeatens to capture the 20th Bendura Bank Snow Polo World Cup. +++ BERFORMANCE GROUP BEACH POLO WORLD MASTERS BERLIN 2023 This year, the Grünau lido was once again the venue for the Beach Polo Masters. +++ AMERICA’S GREAT HOPE ARELLANO 20-year-old Hope Arellano has taken the world of polo by storm. With a myriad of titles, championships and notable victories on her trophy shelf; Arellano’s dominance and dedication to the sport is an inspiration, especially for other young women. +++ THE BALANCE THE BALANCE launches the world‘s first offshore RehabClinic program on Superyachts. +++ MORITZ KLATTEN: BIOHACKING RETREAT SYLT At the first Biohacking Retreat on the island of Sylt, we can learn in two days how to unleash our full genetic potential. Co-organizer Moritz Klatten reveals in an interview what exactly is behind the biohacking trend. +++ INTERVIEW WITH PASCAL RENAULDON “We are all horsemen, and it is only natural that we want to share this passion with others through the media.” +++ FERENC FLAMM EQUINE FINE ART Ferenc’s passion is horses and to paint horses. He works throughout the international field, often on commissions. His objects are polo, harness racing and dressage. +++

Polo News

Triple Corona 2021

28. October 2022

The ranking of the Triple Corona 2021, some statistics, as well as all dates of the 129th Abierto Argentino de Polo HSBC 2022. Photography Nacho Corbalan. Design Tables: Asociación Argentina de Polo Horacio FernÁndez Chirinos

The ranking of the Triple Corona 2021, some statistics, as well as all dates of the 129th Abierto Argentino de Polo HSBC 2022. Photography Nacho Corbalan. Design Tables: Asociación Argentina…

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The new edition of POLO+10 WORLD is online!

29. May 2020

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Oliver Winter, President | German Polo Association DPV
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Dear friends of POLO+10, dear Polo friends,

the Covid-19 pandemic and its consequences influence our everyday life during these weeks. The first concern of course is for our families and friends. Protecting their health and limiting the spread of the virus still is our greatest common obligation.

We are all asked to adapt to the current circumstances, follow the restrictions in our sport and the advice for personal distancing where necessary.

And we can see that in following official advice we are successfully fighting Covid-19. As a result in more and more countries the strict measures will be eased in the upcoming weeks, a return to limited training slowly is possible. Polo clubs and stables affected from the restrictions have mastered the special challenges very well. Despite the sometimes limiting possibilities, the care for the horses was and is always upheld. And fortunately the good and close cooperation with the authorities has made it possible to quickly implement individual training plans.

Our Polo clubs and all their staff have made the best of the situation so far, for which I thank them on behalf of all Polo players!

But despite these positive experiences, the Corona virus has also affected our sport noticeably. Especially those of us who live from and with Polo, the coaches, referees, grooms, but also professional players and tournament organizers, have been hit economically by the effects of the pandemic.

We see that individual training in many clubs is possible again, that many of us can continue their work with the horses. Many clubs are currently preparing for a reduced season, so unfortunately we will not see every tournament originally scheduled for this year. Main events such as the European Polo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan and various big national tournaments are already postponed to 2021. And the training of young people will probably only be possible to a very limited extent in this 2020 season.

Still we should be optimistic for the second half of this year. As soon as possible we will see small tournaments being considered in many places and later in the year we all hope for further liftings of the sanctions and maybe some High Goal events. Polo is a mesmerizing and dynamic team sport. It is our passion to live it and to share it with our family, friends and the many fans and spectators.

We are experiencing strong solidarity in the Polo family and I am very happy to see the support and help offered everywhere. I hope you enjoy this edition of POLO+10 and that we will meet again soon at a Polo ground. Please stay healthy and take care!

Let‘s enjoy Polo!

Oliver Winter, President | German Polo Association DPV

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La Dolfina Sancor Seguros unbeatable

19. December 2019

Team La Dolfina Sancor Seguros remains undefeated this year as well. With the victory over Ellerstina Johor, La Dolfina has continued its winning streak at the 126th HSBC Argentine Open and has been at the top of the podium for seven consecutive years.

After 32 undefeated matches, La Dolfina Sancor Seguros have also taken the lead in Saturday’s 126th Argentine Open final with a clear 16-12 against Ellerstina, winning the world’s most important polo tournament for the seventh year running, with ten teams with team handicaps between 28 and 40 goals and the most important players from Argentina, South Africa and Uruguay.

In a highly competitive match, Team La Dolfina, who had already won the Hurlingham Open, defeated Ellerstina Johor (winner of the Tortugas Open).

The outstanding performances of Adolfo Cambiaso, who scored 6 goals, and Pablo MacDonough, who scored another 5, earned La Dolfina the trophy, although her team-mate Juan M. Nero had to leave his place to Rodrigo Ribeiro de Andrade after a fall in the seventh Chukker.

Ellerstina could do little to withstand the attacks of La Dolfina. Facundo Pieres, scorer of 8 goals in the final, also failed to turn three penalties into goals.

In this way, La Dolfina’s Cañuelas won their 13th title in 19 appearances at the Palermo Open since the team’s inception in 2000. For Ellerstina it was the twelfth final in fifteen years. Since 2005, the team has only missed the final in 2006, 2013 and 2018 and won the Argentine Open three times in total.

Looking at the individual players, the balance is as follows: the four La Dolfina players have won a total of 44 Argentine Open titles to date – 16 Cambiaso, 10 Mac Donough and Nero, 8 Stirling. On Ellerstina’s side, Gonzalo and Facundo Pieres each won 3 titles, while his brother Nicolas won 1. “Polito” Pieres is the only one of the 8 finalists who has not yet made it onto the trophy.

After a speech by Eduardo Novillo Astrada, President of the AAP, the award ceremony began. Carlos Menéndez Behety, Rafael Cúneo Libarona, Federico Virasoro, Juan Lastra, Gonzalo Delger and Guilllermo Mones Ruiz, Global Markets Director at HSBC, as well as Martín Pérez Ibañez and Bob Jornayvaz presented the awards.

After Maxi Funes, Relations Manager of AAP, was awarded for 25 years of AAP work, Pablo Mac Donough received the Gonzalo Heguy Trophy from Jesús Heguy as the best player of the final. The Javier Novillo Astrada Trophy was presented to the tournament’s record scorer, Adolfo Cambiaso, who scored a total of 39 goals at the 126th Palermo Open.

In the final of the 3rd Abierto Argentino de Polo Femenino Team Overo Z7 UAE defeated the opponents of La Dolfina Brava and won the Women’s Open presented by La Roche Posay. Team Overo Z7 UAE with Clara Cassino (7), Millie Hine (4), Hazel Jackson-Gaona (10) and Lía Salvo (9) defeated the defending champions La Dolfina Brava with 10 to 5 and won the coveted title for the first time since the founding of Abierto Femenino in 2017. Led by Lía Salvo, who became the tournament’s best player and scorer for the third year running, El Overo Z7 UAE scored the victory they had hoped for.

Current Ranking of the 126. HSBC Argentine Open

1)      La Dolfina                  900 (5 PJ) (5 PG) (0 PP)
2)      Ellerstina                    750 (5 PJ) (4 PG) (1 PP)
3) La Dolfina PR 450 (4 PJ) (3 PG) (1 PP)
4)      Las Monjitas              450 (4 PJ) (3 PG) (1 PP)
5)      La Natividad              300 (4 PJ) (2 PG) (2 PP)
6)      La Albertina 150 (4 PJ) (1 PG) (3 PP)
7)      La Aguada 150 (4 PJ) (1 PG) (3 PP)
8)      La Ensenada 150 (4 PJ) (1 PG) (3 PP)
9)      La Irenita 150 (4 PJ) (1 PG) (3 PP)
10)   Cría Yatay 0 (4 PJ) (0 PG) (4PP)

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Team La Dolfina Sancor Seguros remains undefeated this year as well. With the victory over Ellerstina Johor, La Dolfina has continued its winning streak at the 126th HSBC Argentine Open…

Polo News, South America

126. HSBC Argentine Open

9. December 2019

La Dolfina has qualified for the final of the 126th HSBC Argentine Open in the 100th game with the current team line-up in the Triple Crown on Saturday, December 14th. Yesterday, Ellerstina Johor was the second finalist in the coveted final round at the world-famous Campo Argentino de Polo field 1 in Palermo after winning against Las Monjitas.

The Campo Argentino de Polo, the “cathedral” of international polo, hosted the twelfth matchday of the 126th HSBC Argentine Polo Open yesterday. The two teams, who will compete against each other again in the final on 14 December, have been determined. The Argentine Polo Open is the world’s most important polo tournament. 10 teams with a team handicap of 28 to 40 goals take part in the competition. Polo fans from all over the world take part in the games every year.

In a fiercely contested match Ellerstina Johor yesterday returned the favour with 11 – 10 goals to last year’s winner of her own group, Las Monjitas, and thus secured her place in this year’s Volkswagen Cup finale. For Ellerstina Johor it is the 12th final of the Argentine Open in the last fifteen years (since 2005 the team only missed the final in 2006, 2013 and 2018). As in the previous 11 final entries (3 victories and 8 defeats), their opponent in 2019 will again be La Dolfina Sancor Seguros. The eagerly awaited final against the tournament’s six-time defending champion, La Dolfina Sancor Seguros, will take place next Saturday, 14 December.

La Dolfina Sancor Seguros had already secured his place in the final on Saturday, 7 December, with a superior 15 – 6 win against La Dolfina Polo Ranch. Besides the place in the final, the team of La Dolfina Sancor Seguros, which played all 31 games in Palermo so far unbeaten, won the Imperial Cup, which was presented by Diego Gonzalez Puig, Brand Manager of the Imperial Brewery. La Dolfina is now preparing to play the 19th final since the team was founded in 2000 (12 victories and 6 defeats at the Argentine Open so far).

TEAMS:

Ellerstina Johor (+39)
Facundo Pieres (+10)
Gonzalo Pieres (+9)
Pablo Pieres (+10)
Nicolás Pieres (+10)

La Dolfina Sancor Seguros (+40)
Adolfo Cambiaso (+10)
David Stirling (+10)
Pablo Mac Donough (+10)
Juan M. Nero (+10)

Current Ranking of the 126. HSBC Argentine Open

1)      La Dolfina                  750 (4 PJ) (70 GF)
2)      Ellerstina                    750 (4 PJ) (53 GF)
3)      LD Polo Ranch          450 (4 PJ) (55 GF)
4)      Las Monjitas              450 (4 PJ) (54 GF)
5)      La Natividad              300 (4 PJ) (44 GF)
6)      La Albertina               150 (4 PJ) (44 GF)
7)      La Aguada 150 (4 PJ) (43 GF)
8)      La Ensenada              150 (4 PJ) (39 GF)
9)      La Irenita 150 (4 PJ) (36 GF)
10)   Cría Yatay 0 (4 PJ) (42 GF)