Jorge Zorreguieta and María del Carmen Cerruti Carricart, parents of Queen Maxima of the Netherlands arriving at Palermo to enjoy the « Gran Final »( Photo Courtesy Infobae)
However, once the match started under the diaphanous blue sky of Buenos Aires, all eyes were set on the two teams. Who would take home the trophy? It was hard to tell as fans of both teams packed each and every seat at the Cathedral of Polo, hoping it would be « their » team.
It was a very tough match as Ellerstina pressured La Dolfina time and time again during the first six chukkers; but everything changed in the seventh chukker when La Dolfina finally got their mojo back to end up defeating Ellerstina 16-12 and win the 123rd Argentine Polo Open. With their fourth consecutive championship win and their tenth overall at the Cathedral of Polo, La Dolfina has managed to firmly assert itself as the best Polo team in the world; and the rest as they say « is history! »
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