Travieso, building on a winning polo tradition in its’ short history, captured the ChukkerTV Challenge Cup Sunday at Aspen Valley Polo Club.

In front of a good local crowd, Travieso was relentless leading from start-to-finish for a 13-9 victory over Tonkawa.

The foursome of Alex Gooding, Teo Calle, Sebastian Merlos and Brian Boyd had chemistry from the opening chukker against Tonkawa’s Segundo Merlos/Santos Bollini, Julio Novillo Astrada, Marc Ganzi and Jimmy Seward.

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The ChukkerTV Challenge Cup, with two new teams making their summer polo debut, gets under way Friday.

After Aspen Valley Polo Club’s successful season-opener last weekend, the ChukkerTV Challenge Cup begins Friday with two games scheduled at Sopris Mountain Ranch.

Travieso makes its’ debut against Casablanca at 11 a.m. and Tonkawa, also making its’ debut, will play Flexjet, winners of last weekend’s Independence Cup.  

Friday’s winning teams advance into Sunday’s final at 11 a.m. (MST) followed by a fun Kids’ Foot Mallet Exhibition and subsidiary final at 1 p.m. Kids Polo is scheduled for Saturday at 11 a.m. at Sopris Mountain Ranch.

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Flexjet captured the season-opening Independence Cup Sunday at the Aspen Valley Polo Club Arena.

Flexjet (Melissa Ganzi/Secundo Merlos, Sebastian Merlos, Carlitos Gracida) defeated Casablanca (Grant Ganzi, Juancito Bollini, Lucas Lalor), 6-4, in the championship final of the round-robin.

La Karina (Brian Boyd, Marc Ganzi, Julio Novillo Astrada) finished third after losing to Flexjet, 8-6, and Casablanca, 7-6.

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The much-anticipated summer polo season begins on Sunday with the Independence Cup at Aspen Valley Polo Club.

With the breathtaking 12,965-foot summit of Mount Sopris as a backdrop, some of the world’s best polo players will compete during the nine-tournament season that runs through August.

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