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VILLA DEL LAGO INTO NEXT STAGE; PENALTY SHOOTOUTS ON MONDAY ROAD TO SEMIFINALS Joe Barry Memorial Cup

HARRISBURG — Polo, nicknamed “The Sport of Kings,” might have seemed like an odd choice for entertainment at the 99th Pennsylvania Farm Show on Thursday. But why not?

AMERICAN SERIES 14-18 GOAL March 1 - April 4, 2015 Closing Date: Feb. 9, 2015 Draw Date: Feb. 20, 2015

Orchard Hill (Steve Van Andel, Lucas Criado, Facundo Pieres and Remy Muller) continued to impress as they racked up a 12-11 win over Lechuza (Victor Vargas, Marcos Alberdi, Juan Martin Nero and Martin Espain) Thursday afternoon in the 2015 20-goal Joe Barry memorial Cup at the International Polo Club for a perfect 3-0 record in Bracket II competition.

I don’t think anyone really knows how old my favoritest horse, Shrimp, is … I think she is in her 20′s but I don’t know how far north of 20. Even at her age, with battle scars and an ugly capped hock, she has serious speed and agility. I can’t imagine what she was like when she was younger.

Polo For A Purpose is hosting a charity match Jan. 19 at the International Polo Club, 3667 120th Ave. S. in Wellington, to benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Carlucho Arellano showed streaks of greatness Friday afternoon as he scored nine goals in leading Traviseo (Lucas Arellano, Teo Calle, Juancito Bollini and Carlucho Arellano) to a 13-10 win over Odosan (Joe Chai, Ricky Mershad, Juan Redlich and Juaquin Panelo) in the opening game of the 2015 8-goal Aspen Valley Cup at the Grand Champions Polo Club Friday afternoon.

TRIPLE ACTION AT JOE BARRY CUP SUNDAY POLO IN PALM BEACH Villa Del Lago and Orchard Hill remain unbeaten, Flight Options wins debut

SOUTH HAMILTON — Note to aspiring sportswriters: When your editor casually asks if you can ride a horse, think before you answer. Caught off-guard by the question, I blurted out, “Yeah, I can ride.” Technically it was true, though it had been more than 20 years since I’d gone horseback riding.

Lucchese (John Muse, Andres Weisz, Magoo Laprida and Nico Pieres)and CT Energia (Alessandro Bazzoni, Kris Kampsen, Joao Paulo Ganon and Nick Manifold) battled to a 6-6 halftime tie before Lucchese edged their way into the lead and a 13-11 win as competition continued in the 2015 Joe Barry Memorial Cup at the International Polo Club Saturday morning.