CARBONDALE, Colo., July 8, 2018---Piocho Ranch is making a lasting impression in its first season of playing polo at Aspen Valley Polo Club.

Piocho Ranch won the fifth annual Craig Sakin Memorial with a thrilling 11-10 victory over Los Amigos Red on Sunday in front of a good local crowd for its second consecutive tournament victory. Piocho also won the season-opening Independence Cup.

Piocho Ranch (Grant Ganzi, Juancito Bollini, Nacho Figueras, Tom Barrack) jumped out to a big lead before Los Amigos Red (Jonathan Gracida/Alejandra Foster, Pablo Dorignac, Nacho Novillo Astrada, Paul Foster) rallied in the sixth chukker. 

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CARBONDALE, Colo., July 7, 2018---The stage is set for the championship final of the second tournament of the summer polo season at Aspen Valley Polo Club.

Piocho and Los Amigos Red will play in the final of the fifth annual Craig Sakin Memorial Sunday at 1 p.m. following the Just For The Love Of It subsidiary final at 11 a.m.

In the opening qualifying game on Friday, Piocho (Juancito Bollini, Grant Ganzi, Nacho Figueras, Tom Barrack) defeated Flexjet (Melissa Ganzi, Juan Bollini, Marc Ganzi, Alex Gooding), 12-9, to advance.

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CARBONDALE, Colo., July 5, 2018---The second tournament of the summer polo season begins Friday at Sopris Mountain Ranch.

The fifth annual Craig Sakin Memorial begins Friday with two games played on the flat at 11 a.m. and noon.

In the opening game, Piocho (Grant Ganzi, Juancito Bollini, Nacho Figueras, Tom Barrack) plays Flexjet (Melissa Ganzi, Marc Ganzi, Alex Gooding, Juan Bollini) at 11 a.m. MST.

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CARBONDALE, Colo., July 2, 2018---The much-anticipated summer polo season gets under way Tuesday with the Independence Cup at Aspen Valley Polo Club.

Piocho will take on Aspen Valley Polo Club at 3 p.m. (Mountain Standard Time). It will be live streamed by Wellington, Fla.-based ChukkerTV at 5 p.m. (EST) in South Florida with veteran broadcaster Dale Schwetz calling the action.

Piocho is led by Nacho Figueras, polo's ambassador known for promoting the sport to the masses and face of Ralph Lauren. Figueras, a frequent player at Aspen Valley Polo Club, will be joined by Tom Barrack, Carlitos Gracida and Georgetown University-bound Riley Ganzi, at 18, the youngest player in the final.

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CARBONDALE, Colo., June 23, 2018---Aspen Valley Polo Club, one of the nation's most scenic polo clubs, is preparing for what's expected to be its most successful season when it kicks off July 3 with the Independence Cup.  

With the majestic 12,965-foot summit of Mount Sopris as a backdrop, Aspen Valley Polo Club has been one of the fastest growing clubs in the nation over the last four seasons.

"Everything is great and we have never been more ready for the season," said Brian Boyd, Aspen Valley Polo Club president and La Karina patron. "The reality is that this has been a building block process and it's gotten better every year.

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CARBONDALE, Colo., May 15, 2018---Aspen Valley Polo Club, with breathtaking mountain backdrops for playing polo, announced its 13-tournament schedule for the upcoming summer season.

The 2018 expanded season features ten grass tournaments including the inaugural Aug. 31-Sept. 2 Triple Crown of Polo Trophy and three arena tournaments highlighted by the July 24-Aug. 7 USPA National Arena Handicap. 

It will be the first year the club will host a tournament on Labor Day Weekend, the same weekend as the Jazz Aspen Snowmass Labor Day Experience that will feature music legend Lionel Richie and platinum-selling, Grammy-winning Zac Brown Band along with local favorite Michael Franti and Spearhead. 

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U.S. Polo Assn. defeated defending champion Flexjet in a rematch of last year's final to win the St. Regis World Snow Polo Championship Sunday at Rio Grande Park.

In front of a record crowd including a sold out VIP tent and worldwide ChukkerTV audience, U.S. Polo Assn. reclaimed the coveted trophy it won in 2015 and avenged last year's loss to Flexjet by controlling most of the game and holding off a fourth-chukker rally for a thrilling 5-4 victory. 

U.S. Polo Assn. (Grant Ganzi, Juancito Bollini, Nic Roldan), making its fourth finals appearance in five years, relied on its team chemistry to jump out to a 4-1 halftime lead. Flexjet (Melissa Ganzi, Juan Bollini, Alejandro Novillo Astrada) found its offensive punch in the second half, outscoring U.S. Polo Assn., 3-1, but ran out of time.

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In a rematch of last year's final, Flexjet will meet U.S. Polo Assn. Sunday in the St. Regis World Snow Polo Championship at Rio Grande Park.

The game will be live streamed by ChukkerTV at 1 p.m. MST (3 p.m. EST) to a worldwide audience. The consolation game featuring Aspen Valley Polo Club and St. Regis will follow at 2:30 p.m.

A sellout VIP tent and large grandstand crowd is expected for Sunday’s festivities.

Defending champion Flexjet returns team captain Melissa Ganzi, the first woman to win the St. Regis World Snow Polo Championship, with new teammates Juan Bollini and Alejandro Novillo Astrada. The trio won the United States Arena Handicap title in Aspen this past summer.

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In a fun, festive atmosphere at St. Regis Aspen Resort Thursday night, players and teams  were introduced for the St. Regis World Snow Polo Championship that begins Friday.

The St. Regis World Snow Polo Championship, featuring some of the world's top players opens with qualification round robin games at Aspen Valley Polo Club's world-class indoor arena in Carbondale.

Six teams including defending champion Flexjet will compete in North America’s only snow polo tournament and final stop on the World Polo Tour.

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The much-anticipated St. Regis World Snow Polo Championship, featuring some of the world's top players, gets under way Fridaywith qualification games at Aspen Valley Polo Club in Carbondale.

Set against a backdrop of snow-covered mountains, the three-day tournament is a major attraction for the local community and fans from all over the world. One of the social events of the year is a major allure for the Aspen community and surrounding areas.

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ChukkerTV, worldwide leaders in state-of-the art polo broadcasting, will live stream this week's St. Regis World Snow Polo Championship.

It is the third consecutive year the much-anticipated tournament and final stop on the World Polo Tour will be live streamed in its entirety and exclusively by ChukkerTV, an independent media company based in Wellington, Fla.

ChukkerTV will capture the glitz, glamour and excitement of the three-day tournament at Aspen Valley Polo Club and Rio Grande Park. Polo announcer Dale Schwetz will provide play-by-play commentary and interviews.

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Nacho Figueras, one of the sport's most popular and well-recognized polo players in the world, will compete among the star-studded lineup for the Dec. 15-17 St. Regis World Snow Polo Championship.

For the fifth consecutive year, the polo ambassador and St. Regis Connoisseur and his wife Delfina along with Aspen Valley Polo Club owners Melissa and Marc Ganzi, named to The Salonniere 100 annual list of the nation's best party hosts in Aspen for 2017, will host the final stop on the World Polo Tour.

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Some of the world’s best players including Argentine 10-goaler Nico Pieres fresh off the Argentine Open will compete in this week's St. Regis World Snow Polo Championship.

Several tournament players are coming off the recent Argentine Open Polo Championship in Palermo including Pieres (Ellerstina), 8-goal rated brothers Alejandro and Nacho Novillo Astrada (La Aguada Las Monjitas) and 8-goaler Magoo Laprida (Cria Yatay).

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The countdown begins for the much-anticipated St. Regis World Snow Polo Championship where glitz, glamour and excitement takes center stage at one of the world's top snow polo tournaments and only snow polo event in the U.S.

In front of an expected sellout crowd and worldwide ChukkerTV audience, action gets underway Friday, Dec. 15 with qualifying games at Aspen Valley Polo Club and continues Saturday, Dec. 16 and Sunday, Dec. 17 at Rio Grande Park.

For the fifth consecutive year, Aspen Valley Polo Club owners Melissa and Marc Ganzi, named to The Salonniere 100 annual list of the nation's best party hosts in Aspen for 2017, will host the star-studded event along with polo ambassador and St. Regis Connoisseur Nacho Figueras and his wife Delfina.

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Aspen Valley Polo Club made history winning its third consecutive title at the recent seventh Bentley Scottsdale Polo Championships at WestWorld's Wells Fargo Private Bank Field.

No team has won the coveted Molina Cup three times until the team of Melissa Ganzi, Mike Azzaro and Ashley Busch defeated Bentley Scottsdale Monte Carlo Polo Team (Rommy Gianni, Tito Gaudenzi, Juancito Bollini), 11-8, on Saturday. Monte Carlo was making its Scottsdale debut.

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Two-time defending champion Aspen Valley Polo Club heads the four-team field for the seventh annual Bentley Scottsdale Polo Championships: Horses & Horsepower Saturday and Sunday at WestWorld of Scottsdale.

In the nation's largest polo event last year, Melissa Ganzi, Nic Roldan and Juancito Bollini defended its title with a 7-5 victory over Palm Beach Polo. Two years ago, Roldan, Ganzi and Juan Bollini knocked off two-time reigning champion Clogau Wales, 9-5.

Aspen Valley Polo Club returns with Ganzi, Hall of Famer and former 10-goaler Mike Azzaro and Ashley Busch, brand ambassador for U.S. Polo Assn. and wife of NASCAR driver Kurt Busch, who will throw in the ball for Saturday's match.

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Aspen Valley Polo Club, the fastest growing club in the nation, announced its 12-tournament schedule and player lineup for the upcoming summer season.

The 2017 season features last year’s eight grass tournaments and four arena tournaments including the July 25-Aug. 6 USPA National Arena Handicap.

The schedule is: July 2, Independence Cup; July 7-9, ChukkerTV Challenge Cup; July 14-16, Craig Sakin Memorial; July 21-23, Basalt Handicap; July 25-Aug. 6, USPA National Arena Handicap; July 28-30, Emma Challenge;Aug. 4-6, High Alpine Cup; Aug. 8-15, USPA Chairman’s Arena Cup; Aug. 9, ChukkerTV Arena Challenge; Aug. 11-13, Mount Sopris Cup; Aug. 18-20, Rocky Mountain Open; andAug. 25-27 Carbondale Classic.

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Flexjet knocked off defending champion U.S. Polo Assn. to capture the World Snow Polo Championship for the first time Sunday at Rio Grande Park.

In front of an overflow crowd including a sold out VIP tent and worldwide ChukkerTV audience, Flexjet, led by two first-time snow polo players, defeated U.S. Polo Assn., 7-4, to win the coveted trophy.

Flexjet avenged last year’s 10-5 finals loss bydominating the four-chukker game with Melissa Ganzi and first-timers Jason Crowder and Jesse Bray. It was also the first time the California players and long time friends competed on the same team.

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Defending champion U.S. Polo Assn., making its third finals appearance in four years, will meet Flexjet Sunday in the World Snow Polo Championship at Rio Grande Park.

The game will be televised by ChukkerTV at 1 p.m. MST (3 p.m. EST) to a worldwide audience. The consolation game featuring Audi and St. Regis will follow at 2:30 p.m.

An overnight snow storm dumped two additional feet of snow in the arena forcing tournament officials to change the opening qualifying format from two full games to two shootouts.

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It’s show time for the much-anticipated World Snow Polo Championship.

In front of an expected sellout crowd and world-wide ChukkerTV audience, action gets under way Saturday at Rio Grande Park with two qualifying games.

With a balanced field featuring some of the world’s top players, there is no clear cut favorite.

For the fourth consecutive year, Aspen Valley Polo Club co-founders Melissa and Marc Ganzi, recently named to The Salonniere 100 annual list of the nation’s best party hosts in Aspen for 2017, will host the star-studded event along with polo ambassador and St. Regis Connoisseur Nacho Figueras and his wife Delfina.

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