Hours before playing the final of the Julius Baer Gold Cup for Habtoor Polo in Dubai, Facundo Sola, runner-up of the 2018 Argentine Open, spoke to Pololine. Born in Coronel Moldes, Córdoba, Sola has been playing polo professionally for 14 years. He let us follow him to the gym and watch him stick and ball,
Hazel Jackson had a fantastic 2018. She closed the year playing the Argentine Open for El Overo Z7 UAE, and made it to 10-goals in Argentina, matching Nina Clarkin’s rating, the only lady player with a perfect handicap. This year, Jackson was successful in Thailand, where she won the Queen’s Cup Pink Polo at Thai
Las Monjitas have qualified for the semifinals of the CV Whitney Cup, their debut tournament in the US this year, after a great start to the Gauntlet of Polo series, with two victories out of two matches. The organisation chose not to participate in IPC’s 20-goal competitions, deciding instead to start the season at the
It’s been an intense month of polo for Carlos Pando. He started the season—his fourteenth with Harald Link—at Thai Polo & Equestrian Club playing the Thai Polo Open, before competing in the B. Grimm Thai Polo Masters. “I have been playing with Thai Polo and Harald for fourteen consecutive years,” shares Pando. “I was
The Dubai Gold Cup Series has kicked off and one team in particular has shown great promise: Ghantoot. Representing the team, whose organisation is based in Abu Dhabi, is Juan Gris Zavaleta. The young Argentine has played in the last three editions of the Argentine Open, and now in Dubai, Zavaleta is leading his team
With the division of the high goal competitions in Wellington, this US season is sure to mark a turning point in the history of the sport in America. On one hand stands the 22-goal Gauntlet of Polo Series, hosted by the USPA; on the other, the 26-goal World Polo League, organised by Grand Champions and