It is now official it will be Restoration Hardware led by Ben Solemani taking on Dan Walker and Farmers and Merchants 1 and it is easy to say this will be a WAR. You now have 3 players around 30 and a hard running Patron named Ben and they are taking on a team that beat them once in ot by Dan Walker over 40 and Lucas Criado the same but been there done that, and they have 2 amazing young guns Joquein Panelo who is really playing well and Herndon Radcliff a secret weapon for anyone maybe the best for his handicap in the tournament @ 2 goals . It will be fun no matter what so see you there .
Today in Game one both teams needed to win to have a chance for a shootout and it turned out to a one way street as Klentner Ranch well did a tap dance on Lucchese and got them in position for a chance to get to the shoot out.
Game 2 was a big one as SD Farms led by Mr Dantata and super stick Allen Martinez had to have a win to ruin Restoration hardware chances they tried but never made it happen AM and Mr Dantata played very well but lacked the finish as RH kept it rolling and headed to 2 _ 1 .
Game 3 was the leveler if F and M 2 should win it was a 4 way shoot out if they did not RH was in and it started tough with FM1 baehind quite a bit but it was some amazing plays by Herndon and Jaquien with lucas never stopping to talk doing his job so well and these two with DW doing his job deleted a possible shoot out. So they head to a finals with big Ben and the sheep herders but they will be without Captain Snow as the Snowman is packing some extra bone material in his ribs . However Santi is playing AS horses and is already good anyway so do not count RH out. Even though Herndon and Jauquien are playing as good as Lucas is screaming and DW is playing amazing I would say the hot and lucky team will win .
It will save face I like several of these players for there effort for US POLO DW normally supports US Players now a bit weaker but has Herndon and there is a reason he is playing awesome. Ben is a supporter of US Polo and one of the biggest in the West and always does a US Player and Jason and Coti fit this so I think it shows we do still play the game in the USA. Now if the USPA would understand the first 4 letters of there name is US not united maybe we could turn this around a simple look is here in SB we have 6 teams Patron is considered American Lucchese has 3 , FM! has 2 and one of the best 2goalers in the nation HR. Henry has 1 and a patron KR has 2 SD has 3 with Patron . A fact we have very little polo n the USA making Polo for the USA Polo players and maybe that is why we have less Patrons ever Year .
The USPA our bankers have done a good job on New Players but the problem is soooooooo obvious. When you leave program at 2 goals as most do where do they go ?? No Job no money for horses because unprotected and will never get a job because have no horses and no job to buy horses . WHAT DOES THIS DOOOOO? Nothing prolong frustration and next get out of this world and they do.
EVER YEAR I HEAR WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE WELL THAT HAS BEEN 20 + YEARS ENGLAND HAS WENT FROM 12 PLAYERS FROM 4 TO 7 TO 65 THE US HAS WENT FROM 77 TO 13 @ 6 AND ABOVE , TELL ME WE ARE BUILDING POLO? 805 896 4406
just like to hear your side of the story because I know a bunch of the kids who finished program and are well looking for another career , is that what the leaders envisioned back then?????????????
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