International Polo Club Palm Beach

Laurence-Wallace /Paladin Rally

Crab Orchard

Elizabeth Iorio

George Rawlings

Agustin Merlos

Matias Magrini

Mike Azzaro

Adolfo Cambiaso Jr.

Luis Escobar

David Stirling, Jr.

103rd Stanford Financial Group US Open Championship - 26 Goal...

Tournament Dates: March 22 - April 22, 2007

First played in 1904 at Van Courtland Park, the U.S. Open Championship celebrated its centennial in 2004. One of the three great polo tournaments, along with the British and Argentine fixtures, the tournament attracts the finest players in the world for a month long competition. During the first half of the 20th century it was hosted in the Northeast, principally at Meadowbrook, moving in 1954 to Oakbrook, outside Chicago, where it stayed until 1978. The next eight tournaments were hosted by Retama, in San Antonio, where Memo Gracida recorded his first of a record 16 wins. Not the first in his family to do so, his father and three other Gracida's won the event for Mexico in 1946 at Meadowbrook. Set for 1987 at El Ddorado in Palm Springs, the next four Opens were played at the Horsepark, home to the USPA in Lexington. Since 1996, The U.S. Open Championship has called South Florida its home. It was here at International Polo Club Palm Beach in 2004 that Memo Gracida added to the Gracida family's combined record of 34 U.S. Open wins.

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The Schedule

Date Time Teams Field

Fri. Mar. 30 12:00 pm Orchard Hil def. White Birch vs. (II)
10-9

0-2, 1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-9.
Lucas Monteverde scored 6 goals (2 field, 4 penalties). Jeff Hall scored 4 field goals.

3:00 pm San Saba def. Laurence-Wallace/Paladin Rally (I)

12-9

2-0, 4-2, 6-5, 8-7, 8-9, 12-9.
Paco de Narvaez scored 6 goals (2 field, 4 penalties). Tincho Merlos scored 6 goals (1 field, 5 penalties)

Sat. Mar. 31 3:00 pm Jedi def. Pony Express (IV)
13-12 OT

5-1, 6-1, 7-3, 8-6, 10-9, 12-12, 13-12.
Pablo MacDonough scored 8 goals including the OT goal (7 field, 1 penalty). Bautista Heguy scored 6 goals (2 field, 4 penalties). Pancho Bensadon scored 5 field goals.

Sun. Apr. 1 12:00 pm Skeeterville def. Catamount (III)
12-11

2-1, 2-4, 5-6, 6-9, 8-1,, 11-11, 12-11.
Julio Arellano scored 8 goals (3 field, 5 penalties) including the overtime goal
Nick Roldan scored 5 goals (4 field, 1 Penalty)

12:00 pm Crab Orchard def. Black Watch (IV)
17-12

2-3, 4-4, 7-6, 9-8, 14-9, 17-12.
Adolfito Cambiaso scored 13 goals (9 field, 4 penalties). Facundo Pieres scored 5 goals (4 field,. 1 penalty)
Nacho Figueras scored 5 field goals.

3:00 pm Las Monjitas def. Lechuza Caracas (III)
14-13

1-2, 3-3, 6-7, 10-8, 13-11, 14-13.
Sapo Caset scored 7 goals (4 field, 3 penalties). Sebi Merlos scored 6 goals (2 field, 4 penalties)

Wed. Apr. 4 12:00 pm Laurence-Wallace/Paladin Rally def. Millarville
13-12 OT

3:00 pm White Birch def. Bendabout
14-6

Thu. Apr. 5 12:00 pm Pony Express def. Black Watch
14-10

3:00 pm Jedi def. Crab Orchard
10-8

Fri. Apr. 6 12:00 pm Lechuza Caracas def. Catamount
14-12

Sun. Apr. 8 10:00 am Las Monjitas def. Skeeterville
9-8

3-1, 3-3, 4-4, 5-4, 7-8, 9-8

12:00 pm Bendabout def. Orchard Hill
10-6

2-0, 2-2, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3, 10-6

3:00 pm Millarville def. San Saba
10-9

0-1, 3-2, 4-3, 7-4, 9-7, 10-9

Tue. Apr. 10 3rd Round III & IV

3:00 pm Lechuza def. Pony Express
13-8

1-1 4-2, 5-4, 8-5, 10-6, 13-8

Wed. Apr. 11 3:00 pm Crab Orchard def. Skeeterville
15-6

3-2, 6-2, 9-4, 11-5, 13-5, 15-6

Fri. Apr. 13 Hall of Fame Cup

3:00 pm Black Watch def. Bendabout
12-11 OT

5:00 pm
Laurence-Wallace/Paladin Rally def. Catamount

10-9

Sat. Apr. 14 President's Cup

10:00 am Almendares def. Escue
12-6

12:00 pm Algarrobo def. Audi
11-10

U.S. Open Quarterfinals

3:00 pm White Birch def. Millarville
10-9

5:00 pm Jedi def. Lechuza Caracas
15-10

Sun. Apr. 15 U.S. Open Quarterfinals

12:00 pm Crab Orchard def. Las Monjitas
13-9

Mon. Apr. 16 U.S. Open Quarterfinals

11:00 am Orchard Hill def. San Saba
11-10

Tue. April 17 President's Cup

10:00 am Almendares def. Algarrobo
11-8

Hall of Fame Cup Semifinals

11:00 am Laurence-Wallace/Paladin Rally def. Pony Express
13-12

3:00 pm Black Watch def. Skeeterville
12-14

Wed. Apr. 18 U.S. Open Semifinals

3:00 pm Jedi def. White Birch
10-7

Pablo MacDonough led all scorers with 5 goals. Score was 6-5 going into halftime, then Pablo MacDonough scored three unanswered goals in the 4th chukker. Click here for more...

Thu. Apr. 19 U.S. Open Semifinals

11:00 am Crab Orchard def. Orchard Hill
17-8

Sat. Apr. 21 President's Cup Final

1:00 pm Almendares def. Parot Heads
10-9

Hall of Fame Cup Final

3:00 pm Black Watch def. Laurence-Wallace/Paladin Rally
13-12

Sun. Apr. 22 Stanford US Open Finals

3:00 pm Crab Orchard def. Jedi
15-14

2007 Stanford Financial U.S. Open Championship Winners: Crab Orchard
Left to Right: Matias Magrini, David Stirling, Adolfo Cambiaso & George Rawlings

2007 Stanford Financial U.S. Open Best Playing Pony
"Noruega" owned and played by Adolfo Cambiaso

The Teams:

Bendabout
Black Watch

Gillian Johnston
2
Niel Hirsch
0

Alejandro Astrada
7
Ignacio Figueras
6

Miguel Astrada
10
Facundo Pieres
10

Ignacio Toccalino
7
Gonzalo Pieres Jr.
9

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