{"id":12203,"date":"2024-11-05T19:24:31","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T19:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roseallynpr.com\/polo-live-backup\/?p=12203"},"modified":"2026-05-30T00:36:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T00:36:54","slug":"bentley-scottsdale-polo-championships-wraps-2024-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roseallynpr.com\/polo-live-backup\/bentley-scottsdale-polo-championships-wraps-2024-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Bentley Scottsdale Polo Championships Wraps 2024 Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Bentley Scottsdale Polo Championships Wraps Up 2024 With Longest Day of Polo in Event\u2019s History \u2013 Including Record Five Matches<\/strong>
\nWinning Teams for the Day Included Wine Country Polo, Wales, Texas, New Orleans & Nashville — Scottsdale’s Polo Party Returns on November 8th in 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

(SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.) – In front of another tremendous crowd of 10,378 attendees on a warm day and night, against the backdrop of the picturesque McDowell Mountains, The 13th Annual Bentley Scottsdale Polo Championships: Presented by Gila River Resorts & Casinos wrapped up another memorable Saturday on October 26th with several new event firsts, including what was now the longest day of Scottsdale polo in the event\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

Among the new elements for Scottsdale\u2019s 2024 Polo Party were five thrilling polo matches, an event record with two of them being played under the new lights recently installed on the polo fields at WestWorld, thanks to the City of Scottsdale, which was also a sponsor for event.<\/p>\n

Among the matches — Wales Polo Team smashed the Arizona Polo Club (14-0) led by Pete Webb. Jared Sheldon carried his Texas Garland Polo Club to victory against the Sonoma Polo Club (8-7).
\nIn the day\u2019s featured match, it was a nail bitter as The Wine Country Polo Club\u2019s Manuel Crespo clenched a victory against the defending champions of the Aspen Valley Polo Team (4-3) which was led by USA\u2019s top ranked polo star Nic Roldan. New Orleans\u2019 Max Segunda stole the show beating Cave Creek (6-4) and Nashville’s Wes Finlayson led his team to victory over The World Pride Polo Team (8-6). \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The event\u2019s ceremonial bowl in, or \u201cball drop\u201d as its most commonly called was shared by Scottsdale Mayor Dave Ortega, Gila River Governor Stephen Lewis, Arizona State University\u2019s Head Coach Kenny Dillingham, ASU leading rusher Cam Skattebo and former Suns star and player Eddie Johnson. See the video here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Throughout the afternoon, other events like the 11th Annual Canine Couture by Lugari Pet Salon thrilled the crowds and awarded cash prizes to the best dressed pets.
\nThe large crowd was also entertained by luxury car displays and the World\u2019s Longest Catwalk Fashion Show by Phoenix Fashion Week.<\/p>\n

Inside the Casa Amigos Day Club new event partner Relentless Beats hosted D.J.\u2019s for a non-stop afternoon of entertainment and following the fourth match of the day, DJ Jai Wolf provided the event\u2019s first sunset concert under the lights. Wolf has performed at Red Rocks and Coachella, among other places around the world. But perhaps one of the most memorable moments of the day came when internationally acclaimed opera singer James Valenti partnered with Arizona rock band Whiskey\u2019s Quicker for a special opera rock rendition of Metalica\u2019s Enter Sandman and Guns N\u2019 Roses Sweet Child O\u2019 Mine. See the Performance here.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThere were some incredibly special moments and firsts in American polo last Saturday,\u201d said Title Sponsor Beli Merdovic of Bentley Scottsdale. \u201cBetween ASU\u2019s leading Running Back dropping the ball to the Rock Opera performance to seeing the lights come on the field for the first time, it was another extraordinary day at the Bentley Scottsdale Polo Championships. We are excited to come back next November 8th.\u201d<\/p>\n

New event sponsors Gila River Resorts & Casinos, Cardone Ventures, YRefy, LuxRally Travel, Compass, City of Scottsdale, Scottsdale Med Spa, Robert Graham, Diva Diamonds, Grand Hyatt, Scottsdale Resort and Spa, Mountainside Fitness, World Polo League, Casa Amigos, and Calisco Spirits joined longtime Title Sponsor Bentley Scottsdale, which returned for its 10th year. Other signature sponsors included Scottsdale Maserati, Sanderson Lincoln, Barrett-Jackson, Cloudy Bay New Zealand, Edmiston, Genesis of North Scottsdale, Nutrl Selzer, Moet Hennesey, Polestar, Aston Martin, Lucid, Mark Taylor, Lugari Pet Salon, Chandon, Veuve Clicquot, BreakThru Beverage, and Southeast Valley Urology, and Grimaldi\u2019s Pizza Oven.The event returns on Saturday, November 8th, 2025. Tickets will go on sale for the 2025 Bentley Scottsdale Polo Championships in June of 2025. For sponsorships or general inquiries, visit ThePoloParty.com, email info@thepoloparty.com or call (480) 423-1414 Ext. 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Bentley Scottsdale Polo Championships Wraps Up 2024 With Longest Day of Polo in Event\u2019s History \u2013 Including Record Five Matches Winning Teams for the Day Included Wine Country Polo, Wales, Texas, New Orleans & Nashville — Scottsdale’s Polo Party Returns on November 8th in 2025 (SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.) – In front of another tremendous crowd […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":62,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roseallynpr.com\/polo-live-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roseallynpr.com\/polo-live-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roseallynpr.com\/polo-live-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roseallynpr.com\/polo-live-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roseallynpr.com\/polo-live-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12203"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/roseallynpr.com\/polo-live-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13735,"href":"https:\/\/roseallynpr.com\/polo-live-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12203\/revisions\/13735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roseallynpr.com\/polo-live-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roseallynpr.com\/polo-live-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roseallynpr.com\/polo-live-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roseallynpr.com\/polo-live-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}