Mahra wins the Polo Masters Cup

14/02/2017
14th February 2017, DUBAI, UAE:  Mahra Polo Team won the Polo Masters Cup 2017 for the second year in a row after defeating Habtoor Polo in today´s final match at the Al Habtoor Polo Resort & Club.
 
Team made up by patron Rashid Al Habtoor, Daniel Gariador, Juan Ruíz Guiñazú and Jerónimo del Carril won by 8 goals to 4 for a successful title defense while Bin Drai achieved the third position in the tournament after defeating Wolves by 9-6.
 
Mahra played a great game from the very beginning, with a team strategy that worked nearly to perfection to defeat a very tough Habtoor Polo team.
In the third chukker, with a 6-goal gap, Mahra headed towards the title despite of Habtoor reaction in the last chukker.
 
Jerónimo del Carril was the MVP of the final and Quini, owned by Mahra and played by Juan Ruíz Guiñazú in the fourth chukker, the Best Playing Pony.
Del Carril and Ruíz Guiñazú were the top scorers of the match with 4 goals each.
 
Match progression:
Mahra: 3-1/ 7-2/ 8-2/ 8-4
 
In the first match of the final day for the Polo Masters Cup, Bin Drai Polo defeated Wolves Polo by 9 goals to 6 to achieve the third position in the tournament.
Raúl Laplacette, with 6 goals, was the top scorer of the game.
 
Match progression:
Bin Drai: 2-1/ 5-1/ 8-3/ 9-6
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Polo Masters Cup
The Polo Masters Cup is a prestigious 14-goal handicap tournament played under the umbrella of the Dubai polo Gold Cup series. 5 teams have competed for a week to find the winner.
The tournament was inaugurated in 2016 adding to the Medium and High Goal season in the UAE, giving players and patrons more opportunities to further their skills in competition, elevating the level of polo in the region.
 
 
The Dubai Polo Gold Cup Series enters its eighth year under the Patronage of HH Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai.  The Dubai Polo Gold Cup Series consists of 5 tournaments, two medium-goal (Polo Masters Cup 14 goal, Dubai Cup 10 goal) and three of 18 goal handicap (McLaren Cup, Julius Baer Gold Cup, Dubai Challenge Cup).
 
The Dubai Polo Gold Cup Series matches will all be played at the newly inaugurated Al Habtoor Polo Resort and Club, Dubai Land. 
 
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