UNITED STATES ARENA HANDICAP®

UNITED STATES ARENA HANDICAP®

TOURNAMENT HISTORY

First played for in 1980, the United States Arena Handicap® is a national tournament played at the 10- to 12-goal level. The tournament was formerly played as a subsidiary to the U.S. Open Arena Polo Championship® however it became a stand-alone tournament in 2017. The 2021 United States Arena Handicap® will return to Twilight Polo Club in The Plains, Virginia, for the first time since 2003 (formerly Great Meadow Polo Club). It has been played the past four consecutive years at Aspen Valley Polo Club in Carbondale, Colorado.

In the 2020 final, Casablanca (Juancito Bollini, Grant Ganzi, Nic Roldan) met McClure River Ranch (Jared Zenni, Nacho Novillo Astrada and Tom Barrack substituting for Marc Ganzi) and were able to successfully repeat their title for a second consecutive year, in a hard-fought 12-10 victory.

The 2021 edition will showcase four competitive teams including Hotels At Sea (fresh off their 2021 National Arena Chairman's Cup victory), Point to Point, Pineapples and Pussycats and Core Real Estate. The United States Arena Handicap® will award $40,000 in total as part of the USPA Tournament Prize Money Matching Program. The prize will be split between first ($20,000), second ($10,000), third ($7,000) and fourth ($7,000) place teams.

Photo: 2020 United States Arena Handicap® Champions: Casablanca - Grant Ganzi, Juan Bollini Jr., Nic Roldan. ©Aspen Valley Polo Club.