TAKES BARRANTES WIN
Longfield pulled away late to best Golden Zebra 13-8 in Barrantes Cup Tournament action at Saratoga Polo on Tuesday.
The match was very tight early in, with the first two chukkers ending with a tie score and the third ended with Longfield only up by a single goal. After halftime, however, Longfield started to pull away, putting up 3, 2 and 1 unanswered point in the fourth, fifth and sixth chukkers, respectively. Golden Zebra did manage a couple of goals in the second half, but ran out of gas towards the end of the match and couldn’t close the margin.
Stevie Orthwein and Carlos Arellano led Longfield offensively with 6 and 5 points, respectively. Juan Olivera also notched a pair of scores for the winning team.
Julian Daniels was the top scorer for Golden Zebra with 4. Juan Sanchez added 2 and Isabella Wolf had 1 for the day’s runners up.
The Barrantes Cup continues at Saratoga Polo on Wednesday, August 15th at 5:30pm. For more information about Saratoga Polo, call (518) 584-8108 or visit SARATOGAPOLO.COM.
TOTAL GOALS SCORED
GOLDEN ZEBRA (+1 on handicap) – 8
Isabella Wolf – 1
Juan Sanchez – 2
Julian Daniels – 4
P. Jay Fetner – 0
LONGFIELD – 13
Hannah Buchan – 0
Stevie Othwein – 6
Carlos Arellano – 5
Juan Olivera – 2