Kazak 12 – 11 Jindal Steel/La Dolfina
Ferne Park 10 – 8 UAE Polo Team
Dubai 11 – 9 Ojo Caliente
Images by Art of Polo
Dubai joins Aureus and La Dolfina/Marques de Riscal as the only teams so far that have two out of two wins. In addition to defeating Ojo Caliente, Dubai also received the Royal Windsor Horse Show Cup. This was presented to Tariq Albwardy by Pam Swift, Exhibitions and Retail Manager for the Royal Windsor Horse Show. Dubai had to fight hard for this win though as they faced a tenacious Ojo Caliente team. In fact Ojo Caliente were in the lead 9-8 in the fifth and neither team was able to establish much of an advantage. Barto Castagnola found the flags first in the sixth to give Dubai a crucial, one-goal advantage and then confirmed Dubai’s dominance by chipping in a lovely ball from team-mate Lucas Criado to win the match – and the trophy.
Earlier in the day spectators had the opportunity to watch Adolfo Cambiaso Snr in action for the first time in this tournament in 2026 – playing for Jindal Steel/La Dolfina. Cambiaso, the player with the most wins in the competition’s history (10), always generates a crowd and plenty of interest and he did not disappoint, delivering some lovely play, particularly when teaming up with Gonzalo Ferrari. However he was brilliantly marked by Kazak’s Leon Donoso, some 35 years Cambiaso’s junior! Donoso marked his man brilliantly and with Nico Pieres almost always in the right place to offer support it was not such a surprise that Kazak won this running, flowing game.
The second game of the day saw a win for Ferne Park. They had narrowly lost their opening game and so were determined to come out on top in this tough match against UAE Polo. This was a stop-start affair, with the majority of goals for both teams coming from penalties. It was all level (4-4) at half-time but Joaquin Pittaluga started to build Ferne Park’s advantage early into the fourth. By the end of this chukka Vere Harmsworth’s team were leading 7-4. Despite some strong play from the UAE’s Lukin Monteverde in the fifth Ferne Park still had a two-goal lead. The young UAE player converted a penalty two early in the sixth to close the gap only for Ferne Park to receive a penalty two of their own with just a minute of this match remaining. This enabled Ferne Park to add another to their score and register their first win in this year’s competition.
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