Wed 18th Feb 2026 C.V. Whitney Cup Day 1 & 2 Results Action continues Friday 20 February The C.V. Whitney Cup, the first leg of the Gauntlet of Polo, began on Friday 13 February at the National Polo Center in Wellington; nine teams up to 22 goals are taking part in the tournament.    La Dolfina Tamera, who won the 2025 C.V. Whitney Cup as Tamera, secured a narrow 12-11 win against Park Place, followed by a 10-6 win for Dutta Corp against Clearwater and a 19-12 victory for Pilot, who are the only team to have won the Gauntlet of Polo series which they did in 2019, against last year’s C.V. Whitney runners-up Coca-Cola.    The action continued on Tuesday 17 February with three more matches: DUS narrowly beat Clearwater 8-7; Coca-Cola beat BTA 16-13 and La Dolfina/Scone beat Park Place 12-9.   Three more matches are scheduled for Friday 20 February: BTA vs Pilot, La Dolfina/Tamera vs La Dolfina/Scone and The Dutta Corp vs DUS. Followed by the Semi Finals next week on Wednesday 25 February and the Final on Sunday 1 March.    The 2026 C.V. Whitney Cup Teams:  Bracket I Pilot (23): Camilo ‘Jeta’ Castagnola (10), Curtis Pilot (0), Lorenzo Chavanne (7) & Mackenzie Weisz (6) Coca-Cola (22): Gillian Johnston (1), Julián de Lusarreta (7), Alfonso Pieres (5) & Pablo ‘Polito’ Pieres (9) BTA (23): Ignacio ‘Nachi’ Viana (7), KC Krueger (1), Steve Krueger (5) & Tomás Panelo (10) Bracket II Park Place (23): Andrey Borodin (0), Hilario Ulloa (10), Mariano ‘Nino’ Obregón Jr. (5) & Mariano ‘Peke’ González Jr. (8) La Dolfina/Tamera (23): Adolfo Cambiaso (10), Alejandro Poma (2), Diego Cavanagh (8) & Sterling Giannico (3) La Dolfina/Scone (23): Jesse Bray (7), Poroto Cambiaso (10), Rufino Merlos (6) & David Paradice (0) Bracket III The Dutta Corp (22): Facundo Llosa (7), Lucas Díaz Alberdi (6), Timmy Dutta (4) & Felipe ‘Pipe’ Miguens (5) Clearwater (22): Edward ‘Camp’ Campbell (2), Santino Magrini (4), Francisco Elizalde (9) & Raúl ‘Gringo’ Colombres (7)  DUS (23): Marc Ganzi (1), Matías ‘Colo’ González (4), Antonio Heguy (8) & Bartolomé Castagnola (10) Photograph: The C.V. Whitney Cup rankings after day 1 and 2 of play. Courtesy of USPA

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