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Out and about
Polo Times in Argentina – December 2009
Colour and cheer at
Palermo and beyond
Polo Times’s return to Buenos Aires for the final 10 days of the 2009 Argentine
Open was well choreographed. Anticipating another rain delay, James Mullan
took in the final round of group games on the first weekend in December and
the delayed final on his last day in Argentina a week later. Our arrival soon
ushered out the inclement weather, and afforded the polo-going public the
chance to dust off their favourite summer threads for some lively activity on
the sidelines.
In the intervening week before the final, Polo Times travelled high and low
around the city, seeking out new polo projects, hotels for polo fans, various
estancias and resorts, and watching the action at several levels of the game.
We visited the Novillo Astradas at La Aguada, poked our noses in at the
Heguy base, Los Indios, and had an enjoyable couple of nights at a huge new
Packed grandstands gave a stirring rendition of the Argentine anthem
sports development between Cañuelas and the airport, Estancia Villa María.
Keep your eyes on Polo Times for more on all these places in the coming year,
as well as interviews with the influential players, breeders and tournament
organisers making their living from polo in Argentina.
◗ Read a full report of the Argentine Open on page 22
Hardy travelling Brits from Guards Polo Club brave more wet Annabel Style and James Mullan A children’s entertainer greeted
conditions on the final weekend of group games at Palermo let their hair down after the final polo-goers arriving for the final
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A joyful Adolfo Cambiaso was mobbed during the celebrations after the final. He had a particularly eventful day, as you can discover on p22-27
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