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TEAM USPA
MISSION | ROSTER
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5 Goal Players
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3 Goal Players
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2 Goal Players
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Complete Player Listing
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“A polo handicap is your passport
to the world.”
Winston Churchill
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TEAM USPA
MISSION
To enhance and grow the sport of polo in the United
States by identifying young, talented American players
and providing mentored training and playing opportunities
leading to a pool of higher-rated amateur and pro players,
and the resultant giveback to the sport of polo.
Team USPA is under the Polo Development, LLC whose
mission is to develop, institute and manage USPA
programs that grow polo through education, development
and assistance thereby fortifying clubs and membership.
This includes the training and development of players of all
ages and skill; and the training, education and certification
of instructors as well as the administration and evaluation
of club development. These programs are the positive face
of the USPA for clubs across the country.
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PLAYER ROSTER
Team USPA is made up of some of
the best up-and-coming American
players who are available to play
in medium/high goal polo for your
next season.
This guide is organized by handicap for your convenience
and contains profiles of our athletes, their tournament
highlights and individual contact information.
The following pages are not just an introduction to the
members who make up Team USPA, but a testament
to our tradition of excellence.
Please e-mail [email protected] or contact players
directly for more information on any of them, their strings
or references.
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PLAYERS
TO WATCH
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5 GOAL
PLAYERS
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– 5 GOAL –
Jesse Bray
(760) 485-7659
/ [email protected]
High / Medium Goal
Tournament Highlights
2016 Grand Champions $50,000 12-goal
tournament winner and MVP. 2016 Joe Barry
Memorial 20-goal winner. 2015 Grand Champions
North America Cup 20-goal winner. 2015 Santa
Barbara 16-goal with Klentner Ranch-USPA
Lucchese Heritage Cup 16-goal winner. Finals of
the USPA Maserati Silver Cup 20-goal. 2015 United
States FIP World Cup team high scorer of the
tournament. 2014 USPA Kay Colee 14-goal winner.
2016 Palm Beach Illustrated 20-goal team.
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– 5 GOAL –
Felipe Viana
(540) 686-5448
/ [email protected]
High / Medium Goal
Tournament Highlights
2016 Ylvisaker Cup 20-goal finalist. Winner
of the 2013 Joe Barry Cup with Crab Orchard.
2012 White Birch polo team winner of four
20-goal tournaments. 2015 United States FIP
World Cup Team member silver medal winner.
2013, 2014, 2015 US Open Arena winner.
2016 Valiente 20-goal team. Winner of the
2016 Sieber Memorial Cup 12-Goal.
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PLAYERS
TO WATCH
4 GOAL
PLAYERS
– 4 GOAL –
Costi Caset
(859) 707-1661
/ costi_caset@hotmail
High / Medium Goal Tournament Highlights
Runner-up of the 2015 USPA Copper Cup.
Runner-up of the 2015 Grand Champions Top
Pony 12-goal. Winner of the 2011 Lexington, KY
14-goal. Played in the 2013 La Copa Republica
0- to 4-goal tournament with a 20-goal team.
2016 Skaneateles 12-goal team.
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– 4 GOAL –
Nicolai Galindo
(760) 902-3266
/ [email protected]
High / Medium Goal Tournament Highlights
Winner of two 8-goal at Eldorado in Indio, CA
in 2012. Best playing pony in 8-goal at Eldorado.
Winner of the 2012 6-goal Wayne Brown Cup.
Winner of 2012 8-goal Red Oak Cup. Winner
of 2012 8-goal Officer’s Cup. Winner of 2012
8-goal Houston Fall Classic and MVP of 2012
8-goal Fall Classic.
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– 4 GOAL –
Geronimo Obregon
(561) 351-2449
/ [email protected]
High / Medium Goal Tournament Highlights
2016 Grand Champions $50,000 12-goal
tournament winner. 2015 winner of the 16-goal
Nespresso Cup and America Cup with Farmers
& Merchants Bank. 2015 winner of Port Mayaca
12-goal. 20-goal sub for Peter Brant, winning the
20-goal in New York.
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– 4 GOAL –
Jared Sheldon
(858) 735-9795
/ [email protected]
High / Medium Goal Tournament Highlights
2012 20-goal USPA Lucchese America Cup.
Winner 12-goal USPA Intra-Circuit at Santa
Barbara Polo Club. Winner 12-goal Hendrick’s Gin
Championship Cup. Winner & MVP of the 12-goal
Western Cup. 2-time winner & MVP Carlton Beal
Memorial 12-goal. Winner of the 10-goal Spreckles
Cup. Winner of the Texas Open 12-goal. 2014 FIP
World Cup Qualifier. Winner & MVP of the 2016
Eldorado Skins 12-Goal Money Tournament.
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– 4 GOAL –
Patrick Uretz
(310) 924-9158
/ [email protected]
High / Medium Goal Tournament Highlights
2015 United States FIP World Cup team member
silver medal winner. 2014 PTF Player of the Year
and Won the National Intercollegiate Championship
in 2013 & 2014. 2014 winner of the Bryan Morrison
Cup in England representing the United States.
2015 winner of the Santa Barbara James Colt
Classic 8-goal final. 2015 winner of the Village
Properties Polo & Pope Challenge in Santa Barbara,
played for Wildcat in the 16-goal series.
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– 4 GOAL –
Mason Wroe
(432) 559-7169
/ [email protected]
High / Medium Goal Tournament Highlights
2016 Iglehart Cup 20-goal winner. Winner of the
2015 Ylvisaker Cup with Coca-Cola and 2012
Joe Barry Memorial 20-goal tournament with CocaCola. Winner of 2012 Herbie Pennell Cup. 2015
United States FIP World Cup team member silver
medal winner. 2016 Tonkawa Farms 20-goal team.
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PLAYERS
TO WATCH
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3 GOAL
PLAYERS
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– 3 GOAL –
Tomy Alberdi
High/Medium Goal Tournament Highlights
Winner of 12-goal Meadowbrook in 2013 and 2014.
Finalist of the 2014 Joe Barry Cup 20-goal. Substitute
for Peter Brant 20-goal White Birch summer 2014,
making it to the finals. Playing 2016 20-goal season
with White Birch. President Cup in Argentina 22-goal
tournament 2013. 2016 White Birch 20-goal.
(561) 315-3314‬
/
[email protected]‬‬
Cody Ellis
High/Medium Goal Tournament Highlights
2014 22-goal Copa de Oro, Ellerstina Argentina. 2015
Flexjet 20-goal team member. 2015 United States FIP
World Cup team member silver medal winner.
(561) 312-1340
/
[email protected]
Wesley Finlayson
High/Medium Goal Tournament Highlights
2013 and 2014 winner of the USPA President’s Cup. 2015
winner of the Grand Champions $50,000 National 12-goal.
2012 White Birch and Zacara 20-goal substitute. 2014
winner of the USPA Limited Edition 12-goal.
(561) 676-0904
/
[email protected]
Carlitos Galindo
High/Medium Goal Tournament Highlights
Winner of the Willis Allen Memorial Cup 8-goal at San
Diego. Winner of the Polo in the Park 14-goal event in
Lexington. Winner/MVP of the Music City Challenge
8-goal event in Nashville. Winner of the 2011 USPA
Outback at Hobe Sound January, February and March
8-goal tournaments. Winner of the 2012 14-goal
Wanderers Cup. Winner of the 2012 8-goal Sarasota
Challenge. Winner of the 2012 8-goal Nashville Cup.
(760) 902-3266
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[email protected]
– 3 GOAL –
Steve Krueger
High/Medium Goal Tournament Highlights
2016 winner of the Herbie Pennell 20-goal. Winner
of 2015 Santa Barbara 16-goal with Klentner Ranch.
Winner of the USPA Lucchese Heritage Cup. Final of
the USPA Maserati Silver Cup 20-goal. Winner of 2016
Coca-Cola 20-goal team.
(940) 465-4462
/
[email protected]
Remy Muller
High/Medium Goal Tournament Highlights
Winner of the 2016 Eldorado Coachella Valley Cup
12-goal. Winner of the 2015 Joe Barry Memorial with
the Orchard Hill polo team. The 2014 Pacific Coast
Open Final and the 2014 Americas Cup both with ERG.
(209) 981-1230 ‬
/
[email protected]
Jared Zenni
High/Medium Goal Tournament Highlights
2016 Grand Champions $50,000 12-goal tournament
winner. 2016 winner of the Joe Barry Cup 20-goal with
the Palm Beach Illustrated/Technogym Team. 2015 IPC
season including 26-goal Piaget Gold Cup with Engel
& Völkers and the 20-goal Ylvisaker Cup, Iglehart Cup,
Herbie Pennell and Joe Barry Cup with the Palm Beach
Illustrated Polo Team. 2016 Palm Beach Illustrated Team.
(847) 209-1801
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[email protected]
PLAYERS
TO WATCH
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2 GOAL
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– 2 GOAL –
Jorge Estrada
High/Medium Goal Tournament Highlights
2012 Bradford Binton Cup winner. Big Horn, WY. MVP 2012
Archie MacCarty Memorial. 2011 USPA Orlando Garrido Memorial
Sportmanship Cup Winner. 2012 Equus & Co. $10,000 Award winner.
Mentored by Owen Rinehart and Julio Arellano. 2004 Billy Linfoot
Award recipient.
(480) 861-056
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[email protected]
Cacho Galindo
High/Medium Goal Tournament Highlights
2015 Men’s National Intercollegiate Runner-Up. 2013, 2014 Flying H
Archie MacCarty Cup winner and MVP. 2013 Flying Polo Club 12-goal.
2011 Eldorado Skins Game MVP. 2012 National Interscholastic Player
of the Year. 2016 Mens National Intercollegiate Championship winner
and named #1 All-star.
(760) 902-6837
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[email protected]
Nick Johnson
High/Medium Goal Tournament Highlights
Winner of the 2014 Freebooters Classic 14-goal. Winner, MVP and
BPP of the Morgan Stanley 8-goal Cup. Winner of the 2013 Copa de
Plata Makarthy, Sotogrande. Winner of the Argentina Ambassadors
Cup 22-goal in England. Played the UK high-goal for two seasons
with Loro Piana and Talandracas. Managed Maureen Brennan’s
Northern Trust Team to victory in the 2014 US Women’s open.
(941) 822-9490
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[email protected]
Pedro Lara
High/Medium Goal Tournament Highlights
Winner of Eldorado January 8-goal tournament in 2009. Won two
6-goal events in Aiken, SC in the fall of 2009. Winner of Gulfstream
January 8-goal League in 2008 and 2009. Played in 14-goal tournament
at Haviland Hollow Farms in New York. MVP in Pete Bostwick Memorial
12-goal at 302 Polo. Winner of USPA Central Circuit 12-goal 2011.
(727) 644-3451
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[email protected]
Loreto Natividad
High/Medium Goal Tournament Highlights
2016 Gulfstream Polo Club 8- to 4-goal, Indio, Ca 2015. Mounted for
up to 16-goal polo.
(432) 634-1800
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[email protected]
Neil Osburg
High/Medium Goal Tournament Highlights
Made green horses for professional polo player, Kris Kampsen.
Attended 6 week Team USPA clinic in Sheridan, WY. Trained with
Adam Snow and Owen Rinehart in Aiken, SC. Mentored by Steve
Dalton and Red Armour. MVP and BPP 14- to 16-goal in Sheridan.
(727) 644-3451
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[email protected]
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– 2 GOAL –
Herndon Radcliff
High/Medium Goal Tournament Highlights
Success in 4, 8, 12, 14-goal tournament polo in California, Florida,
Lexington, Sheridan.
(251) 751-9001
/
[email protected]
Kareem Rosser
High/Medium Goal Tournament Highlights
2015 Men’s National Intercollegiate Champion. 2015 PTF Male
Intercollegiate Player of the Year. 2012 Veuve Clicquot Classic 16-goal
winner. Goldin U-18 International Tournament winner. Governor’s Cup
8-Goal at Fifth Chukker Polo Club winner. 2012 US Open Arena runner-up.
(215) 800-8550
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[email protected]
CB Scherer
High/Medium Goal Tournament Highlights
2012 East Coast Open 20-goal finalist with Airstream. 3-time Men’s
National Intercollegiate Champion. 2012 Flying H Archie MacCarty Cup
finalist. 2012 Harriman Cup winner and MVP. Eduardo Moore 12-goal
Subsidiary Finals winner. Upatoi Cup 12-Goal winner. 2-time $10,000
Team USPA Equus & Co. Award finalist.
(561) 818-1215
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[email protected]
Josh Shelton
High/Medium Goal Tournament Highlights
Job experience in 2- to 8-goal polo with fill-ins in the 12. String of
horses capable of playing medium/high goal.
(316) 210-2011
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[email protected]
Jake Stimmel
High/Medium Goal Tournament Highlights
Tournament experience from 4- to 20-goal. High-goal experience
playing with White Birch and Alegria. Won several 14-goal tournaments
with Adam Snow and Owen Rinehart. Winner of numerous 12-goal
tournaments with Coca-Cola, Dahlwood and Highwood polo teams.
Won 8-goal tournaments in the Villages and Houston Polo Club. Several
trips to Argentina to play with and work for Mariano Aguerre, Eduardo
Heguy and Gaston Lauhle.
(432) 634-3302
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[email protected]
Russell Stimmel
High/Medium Goal Tournament Highlights
2012 Polo on the Prairie 8-goal Champion. 2012 U-18 Tianjin
Metropolitan Polo World Champion. 2014 Flying H 14-goal Finalist.
2015 Mashomack Polo Club USPA Player’s Cup 8-goal Runner-Up.
2015 Mashomack Polo Club Eduardo Moore 8-goal Runner-Up.
2015 Houston Polo Club Autumn Classic 4-goal Champion. 2015
Houston Polo Club Penny Cup 4-goal Champion. 2009 Open
Interscholastic National Champion.
(432) 634-1402
/
[email protected]
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COMPLETE
PLAYER LISTING
5 Goals
Jesse Bray, Indio, CA
| (760) 485-7659
| [email protected]
| (540) 686-5448
Felipe Viana, Wellington, FL
| [email protected]
4 Goals Mounted
| (859) 707-1661
Costi Caset, Arlington, VA
| [email protected]
| (760) 902-3266
Nicolai Galindo, Thermal, CA
Geronimo Obregon, Wellington, FL
| (561) 351-2449
Jared Sheldon, Indio, CA
| (858) 735-9795
Patrick Uretz, Malibu, CA
| (310) 924-9158
Mason Wroe, Cat Springs, TX
| [email protected]
| [email protected]
| [email protected]
| [email protected]
| (432) 559-7169
| [email protected]
| (561) 315-3314
| [email protected]
3 Goals Mounted
Tomy Alberdi, Wellington, FL
Devon Dailey, Waialua, HI
| (808) 738-7656
Cody Ellis, Okeechobee, FL
| (561) 312-1340
Wesley Finlayson, Wellington, FL
Carlitos Galindo, Thermal, CA
Steve Krueger, Denton, TX
| [email protected]
| [email protected]
| (561) 676-0904
| (760) 902-3266
| (940) 465-4462
| [email protected]
| [email protected]
| [email protected]
Remy du Celliee Muller, S.B, CA | (209) 981-1230 | [email protected]
| (847) 209-1801
| [email protected]
Jorge Estrada, Phoenix, AZ
| (480) 861-0567
| [email protected]
Cacho Galindo, Thermal, CA
| (760) 902-6837
Jared Zenni, Lake Bluffs, IL
2 Goals Mounted
Nick Johnson, Bradenton, FL
Pedro Lara, Aiken, SC
| [email protected]
| (941) 822-9490
| (305) 992-4445
| [email protected]
| [email protected]
Loreto Natividad, Midland, TX | (432) 634-1800
| [email protected]
Neil Osburg, West Palm Beach, FL
| (727) 644-3451
| [email protected]
Herndon Radcliff, Point Clear, AL
| (251) 751-9001
| [email protected]
Josh Shelton, Wichita, KS
| (316) 210-2011
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| [email protected]
| (561) 818-1215
CB Scherer, Boston, MA
| [email protected]
| (432) 634-3302
Jake Stimmel, Midland, TX
| [email protected]
| (432) 634-1402
Russell Stimmel, Midland, TX
| [email protected]
2 Goals Unmounted
Kareem Rosser, Philadelphia, PA | (215) 800-8550 | [email protected]
1 Goal Mounted
| (763) 274-9542
Pierce Alworth, Twin Cities, MN
Connor Deal, Aiken, SC
| (540) 905-6294
Gates Gridley, Wellington, FL
| [email protected]
| (203) 232-6935
Wyatt Harlow, Leesburg, VA (1.5)
| [email protected]
| [email protected]
| (703) 517-8866
| [email protected]
Tiamo Hudspeth, McFadden, TX | (808) 344-8399 | [email protected]
Rob Jornayvaz, Littleton, CO
| (303) 296-3006
| [email protected]
Lucas Reid, Spokane, WA (1.5) | (208) 680-3433
| [email protected]
Branden Van Loon, New Haven, CT | (607) 279-2396 | [email protected]
Isabella Wolf, Middleburg, VA
| (703) 338-7452
| [email protected]
Jimmy Wright, Indio, CA (1.5)
| (650) 644-6544
| [email protected]
1 Goal Unmounted
Sebastian Aycinena, Wellington, FL (1.5) | (561) 846-9063 | [email protected]
Brett Gearwar, Medford, NY
Jonny Lavine, Wellington, FL
| (631) 790-8222
| (954) 695-9180
| [email protected]
| [email protected]
0 Goals Unmounted
| (240) 413-2367
Cristina Fernandez, Wellington, FL
| [email protected]
Stephanie Massey, College Station, TX | (903) 456-5649 | [email protected]
Audry Persano, Somers, CT (.5) | (860) 402-9213 | [email protected]
Carly Persano, Somers, CT (.5)
| (860) 450-9213
| [email protected]
Harrison Samaniego, Poway, CA (.5) | (804) 350-8164 | [email protected]
Kylie Sheehan, Aiken, SC
| (443) 955-3470
Julia Smith, Philadelphia, PA (.5)
| [email protected]
| (610) 509-9741
Todd Thurston, Richmond, VA (.5)
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Anna Winslow, Owings Mills, MD
| (443) 717-1148
(804) 855-4793
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