November 2021 Polo Players' Edition

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P O L O I N T H E PA M PA S

The Sheriff’s Horse Past and present AAP leaders take arena win By Lucas Noel

Martindale’s Julián Martínez Youens carries the ball along the wall while trying to get by Argentine Polo’s Juan Lalor in a preliminary match.

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Some matches were played under the lights at night.

COURTESY OF AAP

COURTESY OF AAP

In Argentina there is a phrase of popular wisdom that perfectly describes when a person has help to obtain positive results in some matter: “He is running with the sheriff’s horse.” And the truth is that appearing in a tournament with the current and former presidents of the Argentine Polo Association as part of the team may help to collaborate a lot with the cause. Joking aside, the Arena Polo Grand Prix once again enjoyed a very fun and attractive competition, just as had happened in 2019. This season, La Carona Polo Club was the venue for this very entertaining second edition of the competition, which had La Aguada as the big winner with Delfín Uranga (president of the AAP) and Eduardo Novillo Astrada Jr. (former president of the AAP) in the line-up. Both were accompanied


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