La Dolfina Four-Times Champion and
The Most Important
Trophy for Vasca Harrods
La Dolfina reached its 17th. undefeated consecu-
tive conquest at the Palermo Open. It beat Eller-
stina 16-12 and won the 123rd. Argentine Open
Polo Championship for the fourth time running in
the most important tournament in the world.
Vasca Harrods was awarded the prize to Best
Polo Argentino of the Final and the Argentine Ru-
ral Association award. Played by Juan Martín Nero
in three different chukkas of the final, the player
remarked: “She really played a very good game.
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I made her enter the field three times during the
match and never imagined that she’d hold out as
long as she did. She always had what was needed
for each play. She played amazingly well”, added
La Dolfina’s back, Juan Martín Nero.
For the team lead by Adolfo Cambiaso, this was
the sixteenth final (twelfth consecutive) in the last
17 years. He achieved his tenth title at Palermo and
continues third among the most winning teams of
the tournament, surpassed only by Coronel Suárez
(25) and Hurlingham (15).