CaptiveOne U.S. Open Polo Championship® 2019 | U.S. POLO ASSN.

March 27 - April 21, 2019

CaptiveOne U.S. Open Polo Championship®

GAUNTLET OF POLO™

Sweeping the U.S. Open Polo Championship® 12-7 over Las Monjitas, Pilot was crowned Gauntlet of Polo™ champions.

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Tournament Format

Bracket winners will draw from the second place teams they did not play to determine quarterfinal pairings. If possible, teams will play a team they have not already played in the semifinals. Teams who have played each other will draw from those they have not played. All other pairings will be by draw.

Each team will be allowed one challenge per game and one in overtime. In the event of a two way tie where teams have played each other, who beat who will be used. All other ties will be broken with a one man shoot out.

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$250,000

Bracket I
Aspen (3-1)
Cessna Polo Team (2-2)
Santa Clara (1-2)
SD Farms (0-3)
Bracket II
Iconica (4-1)
Equuleus (2-2)
Coca-Cola (1-2)
La Indiana (0-3)
Bracket III
Las Monjitas (5-1)
Daily Racing Form (2-2)
Park Place (1-2)
Old Hickory Bourbon (0-3)
Bracket IV
Pilot (6-0)
Tonkawa (3-2)
Postage Stamp Farm (1-2)
Stable Door Polo (0-3)

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Tournament Games

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2019

March 27

Final

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Coca-Cola logo

Coca-Cola (1-2)

12

La Indiana logo

La Indiana (0-3)

10

Thursday, Mar 28, 2019

March 28

Final

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Postage Stamp Farm logo

Postage Stamp Farm (1-2)

8

Tonkawa logo

Tonkawa (3-2)

10

March 28

Final

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SD Farms logo

SD Farms (0-3)

6

Santa Clara logo

Santa Clara (1-2)

13

Friday, Mar 29, 2019

March 29

Final

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Iconica logo

Iconica (4-1)

8

Equuleus logo

Equuleus (2-2)

5

March 29

Final

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Old Hickory Bourbon logo

Old Hickory Bourbon (0-3)

11

Park Place logo

Park Place (1-2)

13

Saturday, Mar 30, 2019

March 30

Final

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Stable Door Polo logo

Stable Door Polo (0-3)

6

Pilot logo

Pilot (6-0)

15

Sunday, Mar 31, 2019

March 31

Final OT

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Las Monjitas logo

Las Monjitas (5-1)

9

Daily Racing Form logo

Daily Racing Form (2-2)

8

March 31

Final

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Cessna logo

Cessna (2-2)

8

Aspen logo

Aspen (3-1)

14

Tuesday, Apr 2, 2019

April 02

Final

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Coca-Cola logo

Coca-Cola (1-2)

8

Iconica logo

Iconica (4-1)

12

Wednesday, Apr 3, 2019

April 03

Final

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Tonkawa logo

Tonkawa (3-2)

10

Pilot logo

Pilot (6-0)

11

April 03

Final

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Postage Stamp Farm logo

Postage Stamp Farm (1-2)

13

Stable Door Polo logo

Stable Door Polo (0-3)

8

Thursday, Apr 4, 2019

April 04

Final

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SD Farms logo

SD Farms (0-3)

8

Cessna logo

Cessna (2-2)

9

April 04

Final OT

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La Indiana logo

La Indiana (0-3)

10

Equuleus logo

Equuleus (2-2)

11

April 04

Final

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Old Hickory Bourbon logo

Old Hickory Bourbon (0-3)

10

Las Monjitas logo

Las Monjitas (5-1)

12

Friday, Apr 5, 2019

April 05

Final OT

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Santa Clara logo

Santa Clara (1-2)

12

Aspen logo

Aspen (3-1)

13

April 05

Final

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Park Place logo

Park Place (1-2)

12

Daily Racing Form logo

Daily Racing Form (2-2)

13

Sunday, Apr 7, 2019

April 07

Final

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Coca-Cola logo

Coca-Cola (1-2)

9

Equuleus logo

Equuleus (2-2)

14

April 07

Final

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Postage Stamp Farm logo

Postage Stamp Farm (1-2)

6

Pilot logo

Pilot (6-0)

10

Monday, Apr 8, 2019

April 08

Final

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Stable Door Polo logo

Stable Door Polo (0-3)

9

Tonkawa logo

Tonkawa (3-2)

17

April 08

Final OT

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Iconica logo

Iconica (4-1)

8

La Indiana logo

La Indiana (0-3)

7

Tuesday, Apr 9, 2019

April 09

Final

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SD Farms logo

SD Farms (0-3)

10

Aspen logo

Aspen (3-1)

12

April 09

Final OT

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Cessna logo

Cessna (2-2)

10

Santa Clara logo

Santa Clara (1-2)

9

Wednesday, Apr 10, 2019

April 10

Final OT

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Old Hickory Bourbon logo

Old Hickory Bourbon (0-3)

9

Daily Racing Form logo

Daily Racing Form (2-2)

10

April 10

Final

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Las Monjitas logo

Las Monjitas (5-1)

12

Park Place logo

Park Place (1-2)

9

Saturday, Apr 13, 2019

April 13

Final

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Iconica logo

Iconica (4-1)

9

Cessna logo

Cessna (2-2)

8

April 13

Final OT

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Aspen logo

Aspen (3-1)

11

Tonkawa logo

Tonkawa (3-2)

12

Sunday, Apr 14, 2019

April 14

Final

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Pilot logo

Pilot (6-0)

14

Daily Racing Form logo

Daily Racing Form (2-2)

10

Monday, Apr 15, 2019

April 15

Final

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Las Monjitas logo

Las Monjitas (5-1)

8

Equuleus logo

Equuleus (2-2)

4

Wednesday, Apr 17, 2019

April 17

Final

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Iconica logo

Iconica (4-1)

6

Pilot logo

Pilot (6-0)

13

Thursday, Apr 18, 2019

April 18

Final

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Las Monjitas logo

Las Monjitas (5-1)

14

Tonkawa logo

Tonkawa (3-2)

12

Sunday, Apr 21, 2019

April 21

Final

CaptiveOne U.S. Open Polo Championship®

Pilot logo

Pilot (6-0)

12

Las Monjitas logo

Las Monjitas (5-1)

7

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Tournament History

Considered to be the most prestigious 22-goal polo tournament in the United States, the U.S. Open Polo Championship® is the apex of GAUNTLET OF POLO™ held during the Florida high-goal winter polo season that attracts fans and polo enthusiasts from across the United States and around the world.

The U.S. Open was originally conceived as a non-handicapped alternative to the Senior Championship tournament. The first U.S. Open had only two teams, the Wanderers and the Freebooters. It was held at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx borough of New York City. Four 15-minute chukkers were played, with a seven-minute break between each chukker.

After the inaugural U.S. Open in 1904, the tournament was not played again until 1910, when it grew to include six teams. It resumed at Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island, where it was played for several years before relocating to what became its longtime home, Meadowbrook Polo Club in Old Westbury, New York. In 1954, the U.S. Open moved to Oak Brook, where it remained for 22 years, followed by an eight year stint at Retama in San Antonio, Texas. In the late 1980s and into the 1990s, the tournament circulated among several clubs throughout the United States, including Eldorado, Lexington, Palm Beach and Royal Palm. In 2004, marking one hundred years since the tournament’s inception, the U.S. Open relocated to the International Polo Club Palm Beach, where it has been held ever since.

The U.S. Open Polo Championship® perpetual trophy was first presented in 1910 by Joseph B. Thomas. Designed by artist Sally James Farnham, the design was inspired by a seventeenth century tureen. The tall, ornate silver cup features horses and riders in relief around the top perimeter and the bottom bowl of the cup, as ornate rearing horses rise from the base of the cup.

Stolen in 2002, it was recovered a few short weeks later and is currently kept in the care and custody of the Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame in Lake Worth, Florida.

2019 U.S. Open Polo Championship Champions: Pilot - Facundo Pieres, Gonzalito Pieres, Curtis Pilot, Matias 'Colo' Gonzalez. ©David Lominska

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Tournament News

The Venue

The International Polo Club Palm Beach (IPC) is the premier destination for high-goal polo in the United States. Home to the most prestigious polo tournaments in the nation, IPC has hosted the U.S. Open Polo Championship® for over 10 years. Located in the heart of the horse centric village of Wellington, Florida, polo enthusiasts flock to the club every winter to witness top level polo competition that garners some of the world’s best players, including Facundo Pieres, Sapo Caset, Hilario Ulloa, Polito Pieres, Nico Pieres and Jeff Hall. Sunday matches at 3:00pm ET on the U.S. Polo Assn. Field, home of the official licensed brand for the USPA, are ticketed but all other games are free and open to the public.

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