Valiente wins second straight 26-goal event
Butler Handicap Subsidiary goes to Daily Racing Form.
Va lien te WELLINGTON — won its second consecutive 26- goal tournament Sunday in the Butler Handicap at International Polo Club Palm Beach.
And, for the second consecutive week, it was a family afair with Valiente defeating Colorado 11-8 to win the fourteam high goal tournament. Last week Valiente won the C.V. Whitney Cup with a 9-4 victory over Colorado.
The game pitted father and son and teams in the same polo organization against each other but with different interchangeable lineups and unlimited horsepower.
This week’ s Va lien te team featured Bob Jornayvaz, Tommy Beresford and 10-goalers Facundo Pieres
and Adolfo Cambiaso. Last week’s winning Valiente team was his son Rob Jornayvaz, Beresford, Pieres and Cambiaso.
This week’s runner-up Colorado team was Rob Jornayvaz, Juan Britos, Magoo Laprida and Diego Cavanagh. Last week’s Colorado team was Bob Jornayvaz, Santi Torres, Magoo Laprida and
Diego Cavanagh. Cambiaso, the top-ranked player in the world, was named Most Valuable Player. Tanita, played by Cambiaso and owned by J5 Equestrian, was Best Playing Pony.
Pie res scored a gamehigh six goals and Cambiaso added fifififififive goals. Laprida led Colorado with four goals, Cavanagh had two and Britos added one. The team also received one goal on handicap as a 25-goal rated team.
At least this week’s game was more competitive. Colorado held Valiente scoreless in the third chukker for a 6-4 halftime lead. Then Pieres got hot, scoring fifive unanswered goals for a 9-6 lead with 4:10 left in the fififth chukker. Cavanagh, hit hard with a mallet in the fififth chukker, tried to rally his team but ran out of time.
Valiente converted 10 of 14 shots from the fifield and Colorado was 6 of 10. Both teams were 1 for 1 in penalty conversions. Colorado led in fouls, 5-3, and throwins won, 10-9.
In the Butler Han dicap Subsidiary, Daily Racing Form defeated Grand
Champions Polo Club, 16- 10. Jared Zenni was named Most Valuable Player. LaVina Candileja, ridden and owned by 10-goaler Hilario Ulloa, was Best Playing Pony.
Daily Racing form got balanced scoring. Agustin Obregon led with fifififififive goals, Zenni had four and Ulloa and Nino Obregon each had three. Alejandro Novillo Astrada led Grand Champions with fifive goals, including two on penalty conversions.
Daily Racing Form converted 13 of 19 shots from the field and 3 of 3 at the penalty line. Grand Champions was 4 of 7 from the
fifield and 3 of 5 in penalty conversions. Daily Racing Form led in fouls, 11-6, and throw-ins won, 13-10.
Grand Champions Polo Club
Defending champion Travieso will be joined by Audi, Tonkawa and Valiente in
Tuesday’s semififinals of the prestigious 20-goal Sterling Cup. Audi advanced with a 13-5 rout of Dutta Corp. Nic Roldan scored a game-high six goals and was named Most Valuable Player in the featured game. Ecuador-based Travieso advanced with a 10-8 win over Flexjet
and Tonkawa defeated U.S. Polo Assn., 16-12, to remain the tournament’ s only undefeated team. Valiente advanced with a 2-1 record despite losing its last bracket game to SD Farm, 10-9.
Carlucho Arellano scored the winning goal in overtime to give Beverly Equestrian a 10-9 victory over Wildcat Sunday to advance into the semifinals of the $ 50,000 National 12-Goal Tournament. It is the only 12-goal tournament in the nation to offffffffffffer prize money. Beverly Equestrian will play the winners of today’s GSA-Team USPA game.
Defending champion Travieso will be joined by Audi, Tonkawa and Valiente in Tuesday’s semifinals of the prestigious 20-goal Sterling Cup. Tonkawa is the tournament’s only undefeated team.