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Sunday, June 12, 2011Editor & Publisher: Frederic Roy • phone: 561 315 3111 • [email protected] • © 2011 Trophy Inc. all rights reserved

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Marc Jacobs presenting and congratulating Nacho Figueras for his MVP award last Sunday. A record-breaking crowd of more than 18,000 public access spectators turned out to enjoy the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic and celebrate the official opening of the Governors Island season. For the first time ever, more people visited Governors Island than the Statue of Liberty in a single day. On the field, Black

Watch defeated Veuve Clicquot 6-5 in a 4-chukker match. Nacho Figueras scored 4 goals for Black Watch, and Mascota played by Rico Mansur was Best Playing Pony. On the picture, from left, umpire Fernando Maciel Talavera and for for Veuve Clicquot: Bash Kazi, Marcos Garcia del

Rio, Rico Mansur and Carlos Mansur. Center Marc Jacobs and Nacho Figueras, then for Black Watch: Shaun and Jeffrey Garber who shared 2 chukkers each, Gonzalo Garcia del Rio and Francisco D’Agostino. One of summer’s most unique and highly-anticipated social events, the

2011 Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic once again showcases polo in New York City, a tradition that Veuve Clicquot brought back to Governors Island in 2008, marking the first time polo was played there in more than 70 years (ph Getty Images) STory PaGe 6

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Polo at a Glance Harcourt Development Queen’s Cup Final today at 3 pm Queen’s Cup Subsidiary Final - Sunday June 10 at 11 am at Guards Polo ClubLes Lions 22Joaquim Gottschalk 0 Sebastian Merlos 9 Agustin Merlos 9 Chris Mackenzie 4vs. La Bamba de Areco 22Jean-Francois Decaux 0Gonzalito Pieres 10 Facundo Pieres 10 Matt Perry 2 Queen’s Cup Final - Sunday June 10 at 3 pm at Guards Polo ClubEnigma 22Jerome Wirth 1 Juan Jauretche 3 Juan Martin Nero 10 Matias MacDonough 8 vs.Talandracas 22Edouard Carmignac 0 Lucas Monteverde 8 Milo Araujo 8 Facundo Sola 6

Today’s match at Greenwich in the Tommy B. Glynn has been postponed due to wet fields. A re-schedule will be published when it is available.

Two games today in Nashville for the Susie Fagan Memorial. Both at 10 am Riverview vs. Faraway and Graymar vs. Mt Brilliant.

At Santa Barbara, final of the Vic Graber between Cobra vs. Long Beach/Blanco at 11 am, the game also counting as a regular game for the USPA 12 goal Intra- Circuit, then at 3 pm Cotterel vs. Mansour.

Vic Graber final - Today 11 amCobra 12 Alvaro Fernandez 0Isaac Sepulveda 1Memo Gracida 7Julio Gracida 4vs.Long Beach/ Blanco 12 Tom Sikes 0Henry Walker 2 Luis Escobar 7Matt Walker 3

---------------------------------------------------------------Clubs (alphabetical)Cowdray Park Polo Club - http://www.cowdraypolo.co.uk/Veuve Clicquot Gold Cup for the British Open | June 21 - July 17, 2011 Group A Group B Group CSeed + 1870 Enigma Richard Mille Seed * La Bamba de Areco Talandracas ZacaraSeed # Les Lions Loro Piana DubaiNon Seed + Las Monjitas El Remanso Stella ArtoisNon Seed * Thai Polo La Golondrina Billingbear ParkNon Seed # Salkeld Piaget Sumaya

Tues 21 2 pm Enigma vs. La Golondrina 3 pm Dubai vs. Billingbear Park 4 pm Loro Piana vs. El RemansoWed 22 2 pm 1870 vs. Salkeld 4 pm Zacara vs. Stella Artois

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Jerome Wirth 1 Juan Jauretche 3

Juan Martin Nero 10 Matias MacDonough 8

22Ignatius du Plessis 7

Lyndon Lea 1 Hilario Ulloa 8

Gonzalo Deltour 6 22

Joaquim Gottschalk 0 Sebastian Merlos 9

Agustin Merlos 9 Chris Mackenzie 4

22 Adrian Kirby 1

John Paul Clarkin 8 Ruki Baillieu 7 Rob Archibald 6

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Def. Loro Piana 12-3Lost to ZacaraDef. La Golondrina

Def. La Golondrina 12-9Def. Les Lions 12-8Lost to Loror Piana

Def. Aravali 13-9Def. Mansour 13-6Lost to la Bamba de Areco

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Jean-Francois Decaux 0Gonzalito Pieres 10 Facundo Pieres 10

Matt Perry 222

Prince Jefri 1Max Routledge 4

Pablo MacDonough 10 Alejandro Muzzio 7

22Edouard Carmignac 0

Lucas Monteverde 8 Milo Araujo 8

Facundo Sola 6 22

Rashid Albwardy 2 Lucas Criado 7

Adolfo Cambiaso 10 Ollie Cudmore 3

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Def. El Remanso 12-11Def. Sumaya 10-9Def. Dubai 11-10

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Def. Sumaya 13-9Def. El Remanso 9-6Lost to Talandracas

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QuarterfinalSat June 4Def. Zacara 14-13

QuarterfinalSat June 4Def. Les Lions 12-7

QuarterfinalSun June 5Def. La Bamba de Areco 9-7

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Thurs 23 1 pm Richard Mille vs. Sumaya 1 pm La Bamba de Areco vs. Las MonjitasFri 24 2 pm Les Lions vs. Thai PoloSat 25 3 pm El Remanso vs. La Golondrina For the Smith Ryland Cup 5 pm Talandracas vs. PiagetSun 26 3 pm Richard Mille vs. Zacara 5 pm Enigma vs. Loro PianaMon 27 1 pm Thai Polo vs. Salkeld 4 pm Les Lions vs. Las Monjitas Tues 28 1 pm Stella Artois vs. Sumaya 4 pm 1870 vs. La Bamba de ArecoWed 29 noon Enigma vs. Piaget 3 pm Talandracas vs. El Remanso 3 pm Zacara vs. DubaiThurs 30 1 pm Richard Mille vs. Billingbear ParkFri 1 noon Las Monjitas vs. Salkeld 3 pm Loro Piana vs. La GolondrinaSat 2 3 pm El Remanso vs. Piaget 3 pm La Bamba de Areco vs. Les Lions 5 pm Dubai vs. Stella ArtoisSun 3 noon 1870 vs. Thai Polo 3 pm Enigma vs. Talandracas For the Cooch Behar Cup 4 pm Billingbear Park vs. SumayaTues 5 noon Richard Mille vs. Dubai 3 pm La Bamba de Areco vs. SalkeldWed 6 noon Zacara vs. Sumaya 2:30 pm Talandracas vs. Loro Piana 4:30 pm Las Monjitas vs. Thai PoloThurs 7 noon Stella Artois vs. Billingbear Park 2 pm La Golondrina vs. Piaget 4:30 pm 1870 vs. Les LionsSat 9/ Sun 10 Quarterfinals • The top 2 placed teams from each bracket advance and are are ranked 1 to 6: the 3 group winners will be placed in order of merit 1 to 3, and the 2nd placed teams in each group will be placed in each group in order of merit 4 to 6. • The remaining 2 places for the quarterfinals will be decided after rank-ing all the remaining 12 teams in order of merit, points first and then goal differ-

ence, to include all games played. The top team will be placed 7th and the second team 8th. • All group positions and placing of teams for knock out phases will be in accordance with the HPA Blue book 2011 and any amendments that the HPA have subsequently made. Match 1 1st placed team vs. 8th placed team Match 2 2nd placed team vs. 7th placed team Match 3 3rd placed team vs. 6th placed team Match 4 4th placed team vs. 5th placed team Thurs 14 Semifinals noon Winner Match 1 vs. Winner Match 4 For the Ellerston Cup 4 pm Winner Match 2 vs. Winner Match 3 for the Tramontana CupSun 17 3 pm Final Winner Match 5 vs. Winner Match 6----------------------------------------Greenwich Polo ClubTommy B. Glynn Memorial Cup / 4 teams / June 5 - 26, 2011Sun 5 Airstream def. Heathcote 12-9Fri 10 White Birch def. Heathcote 12-9 Sun 12 POST. Team TBA vs. Heathcote Wed 15 5 pm Team TBA vs. Heathcote (Greenwich Polo Cup)Thurs 16 5 pm White Birch vs. AirstreamSun 19 3 pm White Birch vs. Team TBAWed 22 5 pm Airstream vs. Team TBA Thurs 23 5 pm White Birch vs. Heathcote (Greenwich Polo Cup)Sun 26 11 am Final for 3rd place 3 pm Final

Airstream 20 // 1-0Peter Orthwein 1Kris Kampsen 6Guille Aguero 6Michael Dorignac 7

Heathcote 17 // 0-2Steve Lefkowitz 0Naco Taverna 6Tommy Biddle 6Nicolas Manifold 5

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Cowdray Park Polo Club 18 teams - 22 goal - 3 brackets/Quaterfinals and Semifinals - June 21 - July 17, 2011

Adrian Kirby 1 John Paul Clarkin 8

Ruki Baillieu 7 Rob Archibald 6

22Jean-Francois Decaux 0

Gonzalito Pieres 10 Facundo Pieres 10

Matt Perry 222

Joaquim Gottschalk 0 Sebastian Merlos 9

Agustin Merlos 9 Chris Mackenzie 4

22 Camilo Bautista 0

Nachi Heguy 8 Eduardo Astrada 9

Francisco Elizalde 522

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Harald Link 0 Lucas Di Paola 6

Pite Merlos 9 Marcos Di Paola 7

22Nick Clarke 0 Jose Donoso 7 James Beim 7

Luke Tomlinson 721

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Jerome Wirth 1 Juan Jauretche 3

Juan Martin Nero 10 Matias MacDonough 8

22Edouard Carmignac 0

Lucas Monteverde 8 Milo Araujo 8

Facundo Sola 6 22

Alfio Marchini 2 Lucas James 7

Agustin Nero 6 Nicolas Espain 7

22 Charlie Hanbury 3

Pelon Stirling 9 Jaime Huidobro 7

George Hanbury 2 21

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Paul Oberschneider 0 Diego Cavanagh 7

Satnam Dillon 7 Tomas del Rio 7

21Stefano Marsaglia 0 Ignacio Toccalino 7 Joaquin Pittaluga 7

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Prince Jefri 1Max Routledge 4

Pablo MacDonough 10 Alejandro Muzzio 7

22Ignatius du Plessis 7

Lyndon Lea 1 Hilario Ulloa 8

Gonzalo Deltour 6 22

Rashid Albwardy 2 Lucas Criado 7

Adolfo Cambiaso 10 Ollie Cudmore 3

22Stirling McGregor 2

Nico Pieres 7 Alex Agote 8

Gillion McLachlan 421

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Roger Carlsson 0Guillermo Caset 9Miguel Astrada 9

George Meyrick 422

Oussama Aboughazale 0 Javier Astrada 8

Carlos Gracida 7 Juan Gris Zavaleta 7

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Team TBA 19Larry Austin 1Brandon Phillips 5Nic Roldan 8Agustin Zavaleta 5

White Birch 20 // 1-0Mariano Gracida 3Fred Mannix 6Mariano Aguerre 9Peter Brant 2----------------------------------------Guards Polo Club | http://www.guardspoloclub.com/The Harcourt Developments Queen’s Cup | 16 teams | May 18 - June 12, 2011

League One League Two League Three League FourPiaget La Bamba de Areco Talandracas Loro PianaRichard Mille Mansour Jaeger Le Coultre El Remanso La GolondrinaEmlor Aravali Dubai ZacaraEnigma 1870 Sumaya Les Lions

Wed 18 1870 def. Aravali 13-9 Enigma def. Richard Mille 8-7 OTThurs 19 Zacara def. La Golondrina 12-9 Dubai def. Sumaya 13-9 Talandracas def. El Remanso 12-11Fri 20 La Bamba de Areco def. Mansour 10-9Sat 21st Les Lions def. Loro Piana 12-3Sun 22 Richard Mille def. Emlor 12-9 Enigma def. Piaget 13-9Tues 24 Talandracas def. Sumaya 10-9 La Bamba De Areco def. Aravali 7-6Wed 25 Dubai def. El Remanso 9-6 1870 def. Mansour Jaeger LeCoultre 13-6Thurs 26 Zacara def. Les Lions 12-8 Loro Piana def. La Golondrina 13-12Fri 27 Enigma def. Emlor 9-8 Richard Mille def. Piaget 12-9Sun 29 La Bamba De Areco def. 1870 11-8 Talandracas def. Dubai 11-10 Les Lions def. La Golondrina 11-7Mon 30 Emlor def. Piaget 11-8 Loro Piana def. Zacara 8-5 Sumaya def. El Remanso 11-7 Mansour Jaeger LeCoultre def. Aravali 9-6Harcourt Development Queen’s Cup Quarterfinals 2011Sat 4 Enigma def. Zacara 14-13 1870 def. Les Lions 12-7Sun 5 Talandracas def. Dubai at Zacara 14-13 Richard Mille def. La Bamba de Areco 9-7Wed 8 Semifinals Enigma def. 1870 10-9 Talandracas def. Richard Mille 14-13Thurs 9 Subsidiary Semifinals Muscular Dystrophy Trophy* La Bamba De Areco def. Dubai 18-14 Les Lions def. Zacara 12-10Sun 12 11am Final The Harcourt Developments Cup Les Lions vs. La Bamba De Areco 3 pm Final The Harcourt Developments Queen’s Cup Enigma vs. Talandracas--------------------------------------Nashville Polo Club | (615) 244-2230The Susie Fagan Memorial - 12 goal - 4 teams - June 10-21, 2011Fri 10 Graymar def. Faraway 12-9 Mt Brilliant def. Riverview 11-10Sun 12 10 am Riverview vs. Faraway 10 am Graymar vs. Mt BrilliantFri 17 10 am Riverview vs. Graymar 10 am Mt Brilliant vs. FarawaySat 18 5 pm Chukkers for CharitySun 19 tba 6 GoalMon 20 tba Consolation FinalTues 21 tba Final

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Riverview 12 // 0-1 Graymar 12 // 1-0Orrin Ingram 2 Peter von Gontard 2Fermin Micheo 2 Chris Nevins 4James Armstrong 5 Whistle Uys 5Zulu Scott- Barnes 3 Robert Lipman 1 Mt Brilliant 12 // 1-0 Faraway 12 // 0-1Bo Goodman 1 Buck Schott 1Carlitos Galindo 3 Adrian Wade 5Juan Monteverde 5 Julian Daniels 6Del Walton 3 Hutton Goodman 0----------------------------------------Santa Barbara Polo Club | http://www.sbpolo.com/Vic Graber 12 goal (final postponed from Sunday 5)Sun 12 1pm Final Long Beach/ Blanco vs. Cobra

USPA 12 goal Intra- Circuit - 5 team - June 10-19, 2011Fri 10 Cobra def. Mansour 14-11 Team KIG def. Long Beach/ Blanco 13-8Sun 12 1pm Cobra vs. Long Beach/Blanco (Vic Graber Final) 3pm Cotterel vs. MansourWed 15 2pm Cotterel vs. Long Beach/Blanco 4pm Team KIG vs. MansourFri 17 2pm Semifinal 4pm SemifinalSun 19 1pm Consolation 3pm Final Bracket I (3 teams)Team KIG 12 // 1-0Mubashir Kazi 0Jason Crowder 6Santiago Trotz 5Jared Sheldon 1 Cobra 12 // 1-0Alvaro Fernandez 0Isaac Sepulveda 1Memo Gracida 7Julio Gracida 4

Cotterel 12 Jenny Luttrell 0Ruben Coscia 5Luis Saracco 4Ignacio Saracco 3

----------------------------------------Southampton Polo Club | http://www.southamptonpolo.com/8 goal Independence Cup - June 10 - July 12 - 7 teamsSun 12 noon Cowneck vs. VanLith 2 pm Equuleus vs. KelpiesSun 19 noon Black Knights vs. Palmer’sFri 24 5 pm Ikepod vs. VanLithSun 26 noon Black Knights vs. Kelpies 2 pm Cowneck vs. IkepodFri 1 5 pm Equuleus vs. Palmer’sSun 3 noon Top 2 Teams in Bracket AMon 4 noon Kelpies vs. Palmer’s 2 pm Equuleus vs. Black KnightsSun 10 2 pm Final

Bracket A (3 teams)Cowneck 8 VL Ranch 8 Ikepod 8Dillon Bacon 1 Mark VanLith 1 Guillermo Obregon 1Ezra Stevenson 2 Chris Briere 1 Adam Lindemann 2Marcos Del Rio 4 Naco Taverna 6 Juam Martin Obergon 4TBA 1 Marcelo Dorea 0 Tomas Alberdi 1

Bracket B (4 teams)Kelpies Equuleus 6M. Alberdi 0 Joe DiMenna 0Ignacio Lopez-Gaffney 0 Danny Tagliaferro 1Martin Pepa 5 Hugo Tagliaferro 2Juna Redlich 3 H.Lloret 3

Bracket I (2 teams)Long Beach/ Blanco 12 // 0-1Tom Sikes 0Henry Walker 2 Luis Escobar 7Matt Walker 3

Mansour 12 // 0-1tba 0Justin Klentner 2Santiago Wulff 5Santi von Wernich 5


Black Knights 8 Palmers 8Haken Karabey 0 Stefano Natella 0Omar Karabey 0 Robert Neis 1Esteban Scott 4 Francisco Ayala 4TBA 4 Mikey Matz 3

4 goal Summer League - June 4 - July 9 - 8 teamsSat 4 Ikepod def. Catalina Hotel 8-6 VanLith def. Black Knights 8-5 Sat 11 10 am Palmer’s vs. Value Holdings 11:30 FNY Sand’s BrosSat 18 10 am Catalina Hotel vs. Sands Bros. 11:30 Palmer’s vs. VanLithSat 25 10 am FNY vs. Ikepod 11:30 Black Knights vs. Value Holdings Sat 2 10 am Catalina Hotel vs. FNY 11:30 Black Knights vs. Palmer’s Mon 4 10 am VanLith vs. Value Holdings 11:30 Ikepod vs. Sands Bros. Sat 9 11am Final

Bracket AIkepod 4 // 1-0 Catalina Hotel 4 // 0-1Marcus Alberdi 0 Al Lieberman -1Tomas Alberdi 1 O. Manjalgi -1Adam Lindemann 2 Mikey Matz 3Guillermo Obregon 1 Horton Schwartz 3

FNY 4 Sands Bros. 4M. DiLima 0 G. Coman -1Debby Feldstein -1 S. Sands 0Brian Fairclough 2 John Bianco 1Matias Majul 3 Juan Martin Obergon 4

Bracket BVan Lith Ranch 4 // 1-0 Black Knights 4 // 0-1Mark VanLith 1 Haken Karabey 0Jessica Sailer -1 Omer Karabey 0Chris Briere 1 Esteban Scott 4Juan Redlich 3 B. Broady 0

Palmer’s 4 Value Holdings 4Stefano Natella 0 Laura Newcomb 0Robert Neis 1 Danny Tagliaferro 1Francisco Ayala 4 Hugo Lloret 3TBA -1 S. Stansfield 0 ------------------------------------------Virginia International Polo Club | Upperville VA | www.vipoloclub.comJune – September 4, 6, 8, 12 Goal / Polo School

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On the opening day of the Julius Bär Beach Polo World Cup, played on the stunning island of Sylt in Northern Germany, team

Julius Bär fought strong opposition to win Bracket B and will now go on to face Audi in the final today. The six teams entered in the competition were split into two brackets played under the American Tournament system, each team playing other in a series of two chukker matches. The Julius Bär team of 15-year old Lukas Sdrenka (Hp 0) and Sven Schneider (3) both from Germany came through to win Bracket B, while their opponent in the final will be the Audi team of Argentina’s Gaston Maiquez (6) and Germany’s Siegfried Grohs (0). Established in 2008, the Julius Bär Beach Polo World Cup is Germany’s most popular polo event and is watched by over 10,000 spectators during the weekend. The tournament has strong links with the community of Sylt and is a leading supporter of the Coastal Protection Foundation Sylt; a charity established to protect the eroding coastline around the island. As part of its inaugural title sponsorship for 2011,

and to give its support for the fundraising being carried out by Coastal Protection Foundation Sylt, Julius Bär has introduced a new ‘Leading Scorer’ initiative and will be donating €200 for every goal scored by the highest individual scorer during the tournament. Gaston Maiquez with six goals, will wear the Julius Bär Leading Scorer armband going into the last day of the competition, and will be hoping to add to the overnight total of €1,200 being donated to the charity.

Left and top, about to hit the ball in the air, 15-year old Lukas Sdrenka for Julius Bär. Right, Gaston Maiquez for Audi. (ph courtesy Julius Bär)

Julius Baer to face Audi in the Julius Bär Beach Polo World Cup Sylt 2011


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Master of Ceremonies Hugh Jackman and Event Co-Hosts Nacho Figueras, Marc Jacobs and Donna Karan welcomed Naomi Watts, Isla Fisher, Wyclef Jean, Julianna Margulies

among thousands who cheered on teams Black Watch and Veuve Clicquot for the Veuve Clicquot Classic on its fourth annual edition last Sunday at Governors Island in New York Harbor. A record-breaking crowd of more than 18,000 public access spectators turned out to enjoy the game and celebrate the official opening of the Governors Island season. For the first time ever, more people visited Governors Island than the Statue of Liberty on a single day. One of summer’s most unique and highly-anticipated social events, the 2011 Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic once again showcased polo in New York City, a tradition that Veuve Clicquot brought back to Governors Island in 2008, marking the first time polo was played there in more than 70 years. The beneficiary of this year’s event was Hope Help & Rebuild Haiti (HHRH), an initiative of Donna Karan’s Urban Zen Foundation and the next evolution of Hope, Help & Relief Haiti. President of Veuve Clicquot USA, Vanessa Kay, official Master of Ceremonies, Hugh Jackman, Nacho Figueras and Delfina Blaquier, Marc Jacobs and co-founder of Hope Help & Rebuild Haiti, Donna Karan, welcomed VIP guests and public spectators to the fourth annual Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic, setting the stage for a beautiful day of polo. More than 6,000 bottles of Veuve Clicquot Champagne were con-sumed as a fashionable VIP crowd – which included bold-faced names Naomi Watts, Isla Fisher, Wyclef Jean, Nicky and Kathy Hilton, Shenae Grimes, Erin Fetherston, Mia Moretti, Kathy Griffin, Amber Heard, Alek Wek, Julianna Margulies, Keith Lieberthal, Paul Haggis, Andre Balazs, Olivia Palermo, Lauren and Andres Santo Domingo, Keren

Above, the Veuve Clicquot Classic trophy. Right, Nacho Figueras. Below right, Hugh Jackman, Isla

Fisher and Paul Haggis. (ph Getty Images)




Above, President of Veuve Clicquot Vanessa Kay at the Veuve Clic-quot Polo Classic at Governor’s Island last Sunday. Left, Nacho

Figueras and Rico Mansour. (ph Getty Images)

Craig, Whitney Port, Sanaa Lathan, Sunrise Ruffalo, Gaby Basora, Lisa Mayock, Sam Jaeger and Anna Bingemann– watched and cheered throughout the afternoon. Wyclef Jean also wowed the VIP crowd with an impromptu acoustic freestyle jam, which got guests out of their seats dancing. Team Veuve Clicquot, captained by polo great Rico Mansur, faced off against defending rival Black Watch team. An exciting 6-5 victory by the Black Watch team thrilled the crowd as Black Watch Captain and match MVP, Nacho Figueras, led the way scoring four goals. Public spectators joined in the half-time tradition of stomping of the divots. With the majority of field space dedicated to public picnicking, polo watching and cham-pagne sipping, public guests enjoyed gourmet food options from Union Square Hospitality Group favorites Blue Smoke, Public Fare and El Verano Tacqueria. Guests were also able to have their photo taken with “Nacho cut-outs,” a card-board life-size photo of polo star and event co-host Nacho Figueras. Veuve Clicquot partnered with Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group on the exquisite Polo luncheon served to guests in the VIP marquee, curated by The Mod-ern Executive Chef, Gabriel Kreuther. Gourmet menu items included fennel panna cotta with American caviar and orange emulsion, Black Angus beef tenderloin and delicious des-serts, all paired with flutes of various Veuve Clicquot quali-ties and vintage champagne. The Standard, New York served as the official hotel part-ner of the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic. In honor of the event, The Standard held a private soiree at Le Bain on Saturday, June 4, welcoming polo players and host committee mem-bers to a gourmet sunset barbeque.

Master of Ceremonies, Hugh Jackman, introduced the event and entertained guests throughout the afternoon. The national anthem was sung by Regina Wilson from the New York Fire Department and Vanessa Kay, president of Veuve Clicquot USA, provided the ceremonial toss-in to start the game. Host Donna Karan collaborated with Haitian artists to feature a pop-up market, where work by Horn Artisans, Jean-Paul Sylvaince, Shelly and Corrigan Clay, Pascale Theard, Einstein Albert, Caribbean Craft, Metal Artisans and Philippe Dodard was on display and for sale. Donna Karan was excited to share the amazing and unique work of these Haitian artists with over 18,000 people at the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic. The Urban Zen Hope Help & Rebuild Haiti merchandise shop sold out of the wo-ven paper-mache hand bags, the same one Donna Karan sported at the event. Haitian beaded necklaces and stone hearts - part of the Million Hearts for Haiti initiative - were also top sellers.

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Below, Olivia Palermo. Bottom, Regina Wilson of the NYFD sings the national anthem. (ph Getty Images)

Above, Actress Amber Heard. Below, Andre Balaz and Naomi Watts. (ph Getty Images)




Above, Donna Karan reviewing the troops. Above right, Naomi Watts, Hugh Jackman and Isla Fisher. Right, Donna Karan and Nacho. Below, Marc Jacobs and Nacho. Bottom right, Vanessa Kay, Marc Jacobs and Stephane Baschiera. (ph Getty Images)

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