The prospect of brother playing brother in serious high goal polo isn’t rare, but the chance of five brothers taking the field at the same time is. Thursday morning. In a preliminary match of the 2010 US Open Championship, Camilo Bautista’s Las Monjitas team faced Bob Jornayvaz’s Valiente foursome with the five Astrada brothers taking [...]
A veteran and balanced Crab Orchard attack scored seven straight goals from the third chukker to the fifth in taking the 2010 USPA Piaget Gold Cup championship Sunday afternoon in the finals against Las Monjitas at the International Polo Club.
“I was both pleased and excited to see over five thousand spectators on hand for the [...]
On one of the sunniest Sundays of the season and before over 3,800 cheering spectators, Freddy Mannix and his Hawks polo team downed Piaget 16-7 in the opening round of play in the 2010 USPA Piaget Gold Cup at the International Polo Club in Wellington.
Piaget, returning a team to the high-goal competition for the first [...]
Las Monjitas trampled a bewildered Zacara team 14-9 to capture the final 20-goal tournament of the season, the Herbie Pennell Cup.
“We got off to a slow start this season,” said Las Monjitas 9-goaler Javier Astrada, “but we began playing better and better each week. I think we played our best game of the year today.”
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