Team Amaro holding their own against Pony Express, vying for the Aspen Valley Cup. All photos on this page © by Ingrid Webster for Polo Promoters LLC.
As I was saying earlier, in the previous post: short one for today. But fear not – you’ll still get plenty to look at.
Amaro vs Pony Express was quite a game, and after a good match, Amaro walked away the victor with 11-9.
Best part for me: I had the pleasure of sitting next to Finn Secunda’s mom, Shannon. What a lovely, nice lady. Makes you realize why our Polo players are who they are: they come from good stock, being raised right, as my late Troy would have said.
So, great players on both teams, and let’s not forget our umpires Gaston Dorignac and Dale Schwetz. Yep – Dale umping instead of announcing. Y’all know him from guiding us through Grand Champions’ games with knowledge and some fine humor. We love you, Dale!
And of course, we love Gaston always, Stephanie, Tracey, Cale, Juan and the entire Polo family at GCPC. Staff and fans, it’s so much a family because of you as well. It takes more than an idea to pull off what Grand Champions has been doing, and I am extremely grateful for it.
Gaston Dorignac (left) receiving a ball from Dale Schwetz
Teams look promising, this should be good!
Sheesh – you’d think it was going to be snowing on that day
A little sword fight, as Dale would put it
Lilli Hagemeier seems happy to be in the saddle
L-R: Nick Manifold, Lilli Hagemeier, Pedro Gutierrez and Justin Daniels
Michael Armour and Nick Manifold (look at Nick’s horse!)
Dale Schwetz with a special smile today
Finn Secunda, quite an accomplished young player
And again Finn Secunda, sovereign rider.
Finn and Michael. The nice thing about Polo: it’s always a friendly competition
Kris Kampsen, a long-time, well seasoned and experienced player
Lilli on an exceptional horse. It’s so bright, you could call it “Neon”.
Ready and eager for another play
The teams converse
You know that the tail on the left belongs to an Umpire’s horse, right?
Going home. All of us.
