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ONE TO WATCH: BEST AMATEUR Prince Bahar, nephew of the ruling Sultan of Brunei, gave an impressive performance as a 2-goal amateur upon his return to high goal polo this summer at Santa Maria Polo Club in Sotogrande. He was riding and hitting well as his Ahmibah team – centred on 9-goaler Pablo MacDonough – won the 20-goal Pedro Domecq de la Riva Cup, subsidiary of the Gold Cup. Last year Bahar played only medium goal, winning as part of a team shared with Iñigo Zobel, son of Sotogrande’s founder. In 1997 Bahar’s Jeradong team took the 26-goal Enrique Zobel in Spain and the following year the 22-goal Prince of Wales Trophy in England. He started his European career in the 1990s when his father, Prince Jefri, hired nine high-goal Heguys to play and coach at Jefri’s Ahmibah Farm in Coworth Park. Now based at Zobel’s Ayala Polo Club outside Sotogrande, Bahar plans to play high goal there again in 2008.
