The Jockey Club Open gets underway today in Buenos Aires with the six teams that are vying for spots in the Hurlingham Open and Argentine Open competing for the first of the season’s high-goal tournaments.
Two of the six “qualifying teams” will advance to play in Hurlingham Open and Argentine Open play as emerging stars and fading icons of the game make an attempt to make it back onto the big stage one more time.
The 28-goal La Vanguardia lineup (Inaki Laprida, Gonzalo Deltour, Ezequiel Ferrario and Santiago Toccalino) will face the 32-goal Magual team (Alejandro Muzzio, Ignacio Toccalino, Marcos Di Paola and Jaime Huidobro) in the noon contest while a 30-goal Chapaleufu entry (Alberto Heguy, Francisco Elizalde, Bautista Heguy and Eduardo Heguy) will battle 28-goal Las Overas (Salvador Ulloa, Valerio Zubiaurre, Guillermo Willington and Alfredo Barabucci) at 4PM.
Thursday action will feature two 29-goal teams in Cuatro Vientos (Juan Martin Zavaleta, Jr., Juan Grossi, Alejandro Agote and Santiago Tanoira) and La California (Diego Cavanagh, Guillermo Terrera, Ignatius Du Plessis and Tomas Garcia del Rio) in an 11AM match.
The Jockey Club Open will allow the teams an opportunity to work the wrinkles out of their lineups before the qualifiers get started on Thursday, September 26.