Cartier Queen’s Cup

CARTIER QUEEN’S CUP UAE POLO TEAM WIN CARTIER GLORY

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Scone Polo’s Adolfo Cambiaso Jnr v UAE Polo Team's Polito Pieres at full speed in the final of the Cartier Queen’s Cup Inset: Polito Pieres with the Cup

SUNDAY 27TH JUNE 2021

CARTIER QUEEN’S CUP

TEAMS UAE POLO TEAM, SCONE POLO PARK PLACE, KING POWER

HH Sheikha Maitha bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the daughter of the Ruler of Dubai, and her UAE Polo Team won the 2021 edition of the Cartier Queen’s Cup. This talented team, which had impressed throughout the tournament and went on to dominate the final. They beat David Paradise’s Scone Polo 10-6 after six enthralling chukkas, adding their name to the trophy for the first time.

Scone Polo started favourites to win this final as they were featuring the World’s Number One player Adolfo Cambiaso, some amazing horsepower and Adolfo’s 15-year-old son Adolfo Cambiaso Junior, who plays with a maturity and courage well beyond his years. However plenty of stand-out play from the UAE Polo Team’s trio of talent - Tomy Beresford, Tomas Panelo and Polito Pieres – ensured that the UAE team not only dominated the game but took home the coveted trophy.

HH Sheikha Maitha received the cup from Cartier UK Managing Director, Laurent Feniou. Her team-mate, 21-year-old Tomas Panelo was named the Cartier Most Valuable Player, while JB Bleach, an 11-year-old chestnut mare, owned by the UAE Polo Team and played this afternoon by Polito Pieres received the Cartier Best Playing Pony prize. This pony was bred by the former England polo team captain James Beim.

Fifteen world-class teams had entered the competition, delivering some of closest and most exciting 22-goal polo seen for some years. One league match, featuring Park Place and King Power, went to eight chukkas and widened goals! These two teams met again in the subsidiary final, with Park Place again winning the match. Although this time they secured a 12-9 victory after just six chukkas.

Laurent Feniou awarded the Cartier Trophy to the Park Place team, who had played without their injured patron, Andrey Borodin. Cartier

Anyone for tennis? Adolfo Cambiaso Snr v Polito Pieres on The Queen’s Ground

HH Sheikha Maitha is congratulated by her long-time Polo Manager Lucas Monteverde

Left: Polito Pieres at full speed Below: The Band of the Scots Guards

Above left and left: Action from the subsidiary fi nal for the Cartier Trophy, featuring Park Place and King Power. Above: Tomy Beresford for the UAE Polo Team attempts hooks the stick of Adolfo Cambiaso Junior of Scone Polo in the main fi nal

High-goal drama in front of the Clubhouse Laurent Feniou with Scone Polo, Cartier Queen’s Cup runners-up

The victorious UAE Polo Team with the Cartier Queen’s Cup - Tomas Beresford, Polito Pieres, HH Sheikha Maitha, Tomas Panelo. Below: Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha receives the Most Valuable Player prize from Laurent Feniou after the morning’s sub final match

UK’s Managing Director also presented a prize to King Power’s patron, Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha. He had delivered a strong performance throughout the three-week tournament and was named the Most Valuable Player in the sub final.

Cartier has generously sponsored this high-goal tournament since 2012 and has been a supporter of polo worldwide for more than 35 years. Therefore Cartier was delighted to again celebrate the final in the company of friends of the Maison. Guests enjoyed an intimate lunch and afternoon tea in the Cartier enclosure, followed by this exciting final. Cartier Ambassadors Ramla Ali and Maisie Williams were in attendance amongst notable attendees: Ikram Abdi, Grace Carter, Ellie Goulding, Laura Haddock, Michael Halpern, Naomie Harris, Damson Idris, Christopher Kane, Candice Lake, Tinie Tempah, Saffron Vadher and Micheal Ward. ✸

TEAMS

UAE Polo Team: HH Sheikha Maitha (0); Tomas Panelo (6); Polito Pieres (9); Tomas Beresford (7). Scone Polo: David Paradice (0); Adolfo Cambiaso Jnr (6); Isidro Strada (6); Adolfo Cambiaso (10). Park Place: Andrey Borodin/Emily Johnson (0); Juan Britos (8); Facundo Pieres (10); William Harper (4). King Power: Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha (1); Charles Cooney (3); Hilario Ulloa (10); Francisco Elizalde (8).

Adolfo Cambiaso Snr and Tomas Panelo in a horse race down the Queen’s Ground

Above left: Polito Pieres with the Best Playing Pony of 2021 - JB Bleach. Above: Laurent Feniou with the Cartier Most Valuable Player Tomas Panelo. Left: Park Place with the subsidiary Cartier Trophy