The Argentine Polo Season is promptly coming to an end, and approaching to the much anticipated championship match of the 13st. Argentine Polo Open Championship, at Palermo. In the meantime, it’s been revealed what’s coming up – teams and calendar for the upcoming 2025 The Gauntlet of Polo have already been announced by the United States Polo Association (USPA).
The Gauntlet of Polo, for teams up to 22 goals, will be played entirely at the National Polo Center, in Wellington, Florida, and it is made by three tournaments: CV Whitney Cup, USPA Gold Cup and US Open. Since its inception, back in 2019, the only team that claimed all three tournaments in one year is Pilot, precisely in 2019, when The Gauntlet of Polo was officially launched.
Pilot will be among the participating teams, alongside Coca Cola, Park Place, Tamera, La Fe, Clearwater, and The Dutta Corp. In addition, there will be two significant comebacks to the big leagues – Scott Devon’s Catamount and Kelly Beal’s BTA, the latter with brand-new 10-goaler in US, Tomás Panelo, within the lineup; in addition to a couple of new teams, Brookshire and Global Port. La Dolfina, the winners of the US Open in 2024, the year of Adolfo Cambiaso’s organisation debut in American high goal, won’t be taking part of the series. However, the Cambiasos, Adolfo and his son Poroto, will be split in two teams – Tamera and Catamount, respectively.
The Gauntlet of Polo is due to start on Fabruary 7 with the CV Whitney Cup, and will come to an end on April 20, with the final of the US Open.
2025 THE GAUNTLET OF POLO 2025 – TEAMS
BTA: Ignacio Viana 7, Kelly Beal 0, Steve Kruger 5, Tomás Panelo 10. Total: 22.
Brookshire: Camilo Castagnola 10, Toly Ulloa 7, Scott Wood 0, Carlos Saravi 5. Total: 22.
Catamount: Jesse Bray 7, Poroto Cambiaso 10, Rufino Merlos 5, Scott Devon 0. Total: 22.
Clearwater: Chip Campbell 1 **, Camp Campbell 2*, Gerónimo Obregón* 5, Joaquín Panelo 6 **, Paquito de Narvaez 7, Raúl Colombres 7. Total: 22-
*Will play the CV Whitney Cup //**Will play the USPA Gold Cup and the US Open
Coca Cola: Gillian Johnston 0, Julián de Lusarreta 7, Lorenzo Chavanne 6, Polito Pieres 9. Total: 22.
Global Port: Bartolomé Castagnola Jr. 10, Beltrán Laulhé 6, Lucas Díaz Alberdi 6, Michael Romero 0. Total: 22.
La Fe: Francisco Elizalde 9, Kristos Magrini 6, Louis Devaleix 1, Robi Bilbao 5. Total: 21.
Park Place: Andrey Borodin 0, Hilario Ulloa 10, Peke Gonzalez 7, Rufino Laulhé 5. Total: 22.
Pilot: Cody Ellis 5, Curtis Pilot 0, Facundo Pieres 9, Matías Torres Zavaleta 8. Total: 22.
Tamera: Adolfo Cambiaso 10, Alejandro Poma 1, Diego Cavanagh 7, TBA 4. Total: 22.
The Dutta Corp: Iñaki Laprida 7, Nicolás Díaz Alberdi 4, Timmy Dutta 4, Tomás García del Río 7. Total: 22.
THE GAUNTLET OF POLO 2025 – CALENDAR
CV WHITNEY CUP
February 7-23
USPA GOLD CUP
February 24-March 23
US OPEN
March 24-April 20
Cover photo, Facundo Pieres (Pilot), by Agustina Fonda.