Defending champion Daily Racing Form and Las Monjitas won their last bracket games and secured the two last spots for the quarterfinals of the US Open Polo Championship, the cumlminating competition of the season at International Polo Club Palm Beach.
With sixteen 22-goal team fighting for the title, this tournament is widely considered to be the most competitive of the year. The US Open will resume on Friday.
DAILY RACING FORM 10-9 OLD HICKORY BOURBON
Daily Racing Form: Gero Obregon 4 (2 goals), Santiago Cernadas 6 (1), Agustin Obregon 6 (1), Jared Zenni 6 (5). Total: 22.
Old Hickory Bourbon: Will Johnston 2 (2 goals), Sugar Erskine 6 (Jason Crowder, 3 goles), Miguel Novillo Astrada 9 (3), Stevie Orthwein 4 (1). Total: 21.
Score Daily Racing Form: 3-0, 4-2, 6-3, 6-4, 9-6, 9-9, 10-9.
LAS MONJITAS 12-9 PARK PLACE
Las Monjitas: Camilo Bautista 0, Francisco Elizalde 8 (4 goals), Hilario Ulloa 10 (3), Matt Coppola 4 (4). Total: 21.
Park Place: Andrey Borodin 0, Lucas Diaz Alberdi 5 (3 goals), Juan Britos 8 (2), Nico Pieres 9 (4). Total: 22.
Score Las Monjitas: 4-1, 5-2, 7-5, 9-6, 10-7, 12-9.
The matchups for the US Open Polo Championship quarterfinals have been set as follows:
Saturday:
10am: Iconica vs. Cessna
4pm: Aspen vs. Tonkawa
Sunday:
10am: Pilot vs. Daily Racing Form
3pm: Las Monjitas vs. Equuleus
US OPEN POLO CHAMPIONSHIP: Fixture & Teams
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