This second day came with a posibility of raining (that happen in the night), so the weather was heavy and extremely hot. This condition must be taken in care for the horses and the playes for the safety of the sport and the best for the event.
With the temperature near 36 C or 96.8 F on the field, the day startded with the a usual winner Ellerstina but in the two matchs, because its next rival have two important players out.
Ellerstina won over good polo teams Alegria, 15-6, in its first appeareance in Palermo on Field number 2.
Highlights of the game:
Ellerstina 1-0 3-0 6-0 8-1 9-2 12-3 14-3 15-6
As seen in the first chukkas the Ellerstina team shown its potential to reach and win this year edition, for the moment a cant find another team in the same level of polo, and organization with incredible Facundo Pieres (with 13 goals) is showing the way for the title.
Watch Video click here
This year Ellerstina is one step over the rest as a team, in players and horses.
The second match of the day was promising, practically the winner was in the tournaments semifinal due to the superiority of Ellerstina and Alegria the team with one of the lowest handicap of the tournemnet 34:
La Aguada BMW 20 Indios Chapaleufu II 10
Highlights of the game:
Played on field number 1
Score: La Aguada 5-0 6-1 7-2 9-4 14-5 17-6 18-9 20-10
Javier Novillo Astrada , 10 goals (4 penals)
Yellow carded Albeto Heguy 8th chukka, Ignacio Heguy in the 3rd. and 8th chukka (cant play next match against Ellerstina) and Eduardo Heguy two times in the 8th (cant play next match against Ellerstina)
La Aguada in my opinion the challenger for Ellerstina this year.
All depends on the horsemanship of Team Managements to avoid unnecessary efforts of their horses due to the weather conditions.
The Hurligham leson (defeat in and incredible match to La Dolfina) was the best thing could happen to them, the best horses must be seen only to define the match in the first part and to continue the wininng pace to the finals.
The only way to win over Ellerstina, in in the horse selection and in controling the current playmaker and star of Ellerstina, Facundo Pieres, with amazing polo skills, change of pace and angles (that is not easy!), in my opinion the only ones that can do this, are the Novillo Astrada Family Team, La Aguada BMW, the team from Open Door, this year, the challenger .
Monday, November 22, 2010
117th Argentine Polo Open Second day - Resume
117th Argentine Polo Open Started Resume first day
As all year in the same months the Argentine Polo Open is played in the Palermo Fileds, right across the Hipodromo de Palermo Racetrack.
As usual too the first sunny days arrives but a little warmer every year. The past two days the matchs where played over 35 C or 95 F , in the field.
With this temperature, the field where too hard due to a couple of days of no raining with high temperature, some player argue about this condition and claim that some injures was because of that.
Fist Day Results:
La Dolfina 18 Sao Jose 12
Highlights:
Played on field number 2
Chukka Scores: LA Dolfina 1-3 4-4 6-5 7-7 8-8 13-9 17- 11 18-12
Yellow card for Bartolome Castagnola (LA Dolfina) in the 8th chukka
Adolfo Cambiasso Jr., 14 goals, 8 in 12 minutes 57 seconds of the 6 and 7th chukkas, with Buenaventura (4 goals) and La Cuartetera (4 goals)
Pilara Piaget 19 Chapa Uno 9
Highlights:
Played on filed number 1
Chukka Scores: Pilara 3-1 4-2 6-3 11-3 13-5 13-7 15-9 19-9
Yellow carded Santiago Chavanne (Pilara)
Agustin Merlos, 10 goals
Chapa Uno indebt with the polo fans
Pilara better than their first tournaments
Tomas Garcia del Rio played and replaces Marcos Heguy injured, with 7 goals, played over his handicap
Monday, November 15, 2010
Argentines Belmont GP Nacional won by Expressive HAlo and Fuego e Hierro did it again!
Last Saturday the GP Nacional (Int G1) part of the Argentine Triple Crown for 3yo. over 2500 mts. (more than 6 furlongs) was ran at the Hipodromo de Palermo Racetrack -dirt, being Expressive Halo the winner by 1 length.
His a son of Halo Sunshine in Embrace Moi by Ride the Rails.
In 2.36 88/100 , the 6th of the worst times of this race in the last 20 years, ran in slow motion the first half of the race (4 furlongs in 52.35 , mile in 1.42, with the last 500mts. in 30.33), in this forgetable edition of the race.
The Stake over a mile, GP Hipodromo de Palermo (Int G1) was won by Mad Speed, a 5 yo. in a in a time of 1.34.58, by 2 1/2 lengths, that same day.
His a son of Mad Champ in Speed Wells by Poliglote.
Yesterday at San Isidro Racetrack -turf was ran the GP Copa de Oro over 6 furlongs /2400 mts, and was won by a horse that I appointed in my blog, as a good stayer named Fuego e Hierro, in my opinion the best argentine horse choice for the best Latinoamerican race the GP Pellegrini (INT G1) that will be run at the San Isidro Racetrack next December.
He is a son of Pure Prize in Fusillette by Candy Stripes.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
La Dolfina won over La Aguada Hurlingham 2010
In an incredible match La Dolfina won over La Aguada, when pratically the match was in the La Aguada Polo Team hands, when took a lead of seven goals, resting 1 1/2 chukkers to finish .
Due to an emergency formation of La Dolfina, that played with 2 new members, by the replacement of Monteverde in the team by Guillermo Caset and the illness of Castagniola replace by GuillermoTerrera.
But my surpise came by the list of horses used by the A Cambiasso Jr. , usually in the first two jewels of the argentine triple crown the players use this matchs in order to focus and to fit their horses for the Argentine Open main objective of the polo year for all Argentine Polo Players.
But as the score came to be so close Cambiasso Jr, when in the last seconds of the match it became equalize, in the last chukkers he played Borrachera (I like her!), Buenaventura and La Cuartetera, to define with his score in the extra chukker with La Cuartetera at full speed.
The list: Novia Celosa, True, Lufthanza Burma, Lapa, Falta Envido, Hanna Montana, Celina, Borrachera, Buenaventura La Cuartetera.
Hurlingham Final Ellerstina Won again over La Dolfina
As incredible as it can be Cambiasso Jr. , didnt score, he played after the 5th chukker, as a training for his horses, in a correct judgement of the day, in my opinion, and in the only way he can express his feelings to an inpartial and extrict sanction by the referees against his team.
His decision can be saw and evidence in the list of horses he played yesterday and the way he played Bruma, one of his best horses like playing with hand brake.
To watch the video highlights of the game, click here.
They was lossing by 5 goals in the second chukker (with at least 4 goals by the "silence rule"), and for 10 goals in the 5th chukker, due to the lack of interest in the game, after what I told.
The Umpires and the rulings most be revised before the Argentine Open, in honor to garantee the best for this great sport.
