By Alex Webbe Empire Polo Club’s 8-10 goal Medjhool Challenge Cup went to Tentnology as they scored 13-10 final victory over an aggressive Trinity over the weekend following opening round lay. Empire (Eric Hammon, Craig Steinke, Mariano Fassetta and Ashton Wolf) scored the first win of the tournament in a hard-fought, 10-9 overtime victory over [...]
2012 Debii Dollar Conant Women’s Tournament & WCT Qualifier a big success
March 7, 2012 By
Empire Polo Club Women’s Polo Tournament By Alex Webbe Ten teams showed up at the Empire Polo Club in Indio over the weekend to participate in three flights in the 2012 Debii Dollar Conant Women’s Tournament Cup. Estancia Ventarron teammates (Sunny Hale, Julie Block-Fernandez, Malia McCoy and Kate Weber) took top honors in the A [...]
Casa Sombres takes the Crown with a 10-7 final win at Empire Polo Club
March 6, 2012 By
By Alex Webbe Four goal competition in the Crown Cup Classic continued at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California over the weekend with Flowers Farms (David Flowers, Gina Padilla, Ernie Ezcurra and Erik Wright) opening up with a 12-10 win over Horsewear-Ireland (Sinead Devine, Hayward Pardue, Manny Rodriguez and Nicolas Maciel). Flowers Farms surrendered [...]
Gypsy/Tri-Tech wins Emerald Cup
February 26, 2012 By
By Alex Webbe Gypsy/Tri-Tech (Suzanne Figi, Gustavo Pavon, Graham Bray, Gaston Von Wernich, and Remy Muller) built up a 6-2 halftime lead over Empire 10 (Erik Hammon, Craig Stienke, Mariano Fassetta and Ashton Wolf) before cruising to an 8-6 win in the finals of the 2012 8-10 goal Emerald Cup Sunday afternoon at the Empire [...]
WEST COAST PLAYERS ARE WINNERS ON THE EAST COAST
February 26, 2012 By
HERE TODAY GONE TOMORROW FROM WEST TO EAST IT’S THE WIND
February 26, 2012 By
The Polo Report By Steve Crowder This time of the year the jet stream is definitely blowing east and west coast players are getting there fast. Even if they are from anywhere west of the mighty Mississippi or south. Jjust last week Matias Torres Zavaleta was galloping alongside Geof Palmer with his Antelope team yesterday. [...]
A DAY IN THE DESERT AND A VERY NICE DAY IT WAS!
February 24, 2012 By
Flower’s Farms beats Thermal in Rose Cup play
February 23, 2012 By
By Alex Webbe Flower’s Farms (David flowers, Rick Paicius, Ernie Ezcurra and Erik Wright) kept its record unblemished at 3-0 Thursday afternoon at the Empire Polo Club in Indio with a 9-7½ win over Thermal (Hayward Pardue, Dayelle Fargey, Romero Gonzalez and Goyo Mariscal) in the 4-goal Rose Cup play. Three-goaler Ernie Ezcurra scored the opening goal of [...]
Presidents’ Day Junior Polo Tournament at Empire Polo Club
February 23, 2012 By
Empire Polo Club Junior Polo League February 17th -19th, 2012 By Connie Atkinson It was Presidents’ Day weekend and Empire Polo Club celebrated by staging their first Presidents’ Day Youth Polo Tournament to pay tribute to the holiday. It was a two day event played under the lights at the Empire Polo Club indoor arena. [...]
Empire kicks off Emerald Cup 10-Goal
February 20, 2012 By
By Alex Webbe Click here to view photos from this weekend. Four teams took to the fields at the Empire Polo Club this past weekend in Indio, California to compete in the 10-goal Emerald Cup. Friday’s action featured an Empire (Craig Steinke, Mariano Fassetta, Ashton Wolf and Eric Hammon) team scoring an 11-6 win over [...]
Rose Cup 4-goal kicks off with five weekend matches at Empire Polo Club
February 20, 2012 By
By Alex Webbe Click here to view all photos from this weekend. The February 4-goal Rose Cup got underway on Friday, February 17 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio with a 13-6 Thermal (Romero Gonzalez, Dayelle Fargey, Hayward Pardue and Goyo Mariscal) win over Film Finances (Leigh Brecheen, Domingo Questal, Scotty M. Cunningham and [...]
Thank you Dr. Mike Manno!
February 19, 2012 By
After receiving the good news on Valentine’s Day from Dr. Mike Manno that the EHV-1 quarantine was finally lifted, the desert polo community is breathing much easier this week. Polo games have resumed, the players are playing and the storm clouds have lifted. While the entire polo community participated in the quarantine and helped monitor [...]
WEST COAST IS STILL ROCKIN YLVISAKER IN FL.
February 17, 2012 By
Empire Champions’ Cup Tournament Offering $60,000 + in Prize Money To Top 4 Teams
February 17, 2012 By
Sign up for Empire’s big money game! March 23rd-April 1st, 2012 Empire Polo Club offers two money games at the end of their winter season. The 8-10 Goal Champions’ Cup and the 4-Goal Lions’ Cup. There is an entry fee of $5,000 per team for the 8-10 Goal Tournament and a fee of $1000 for [...]
POLO ANYONE? Florida looks at Quarters and Indio is back
February 16, 2012 By
