TAILGATE, LADIES' HAT and "TOP CHAP" CONTESTS
We hold contests for best tailgate, best ladies' hat and the "Top Chap" award at our annual polo cup match, held this year on September 9th.
The 2023 best tailgate was won by Marie and Jay Leukart, who won a certificate for dinner for two at the Hunt Club. Best ladies hat was won by Ashley Langor, with the same generous prize.
The "Top Chap" winner needed to be the most elegantly dressed gentleman during the divot stomp and won a gift certificate from "Topshop" of Hartford. It was won for 2023, in ineffable style, by Josiah Delamotte.
The official drink of the day was a Tito's Vodka's Pimm's Number 6 - a classic polo drink considered by many to be superior to the more common gin-based Pimm's Number 1. Tito's Vodka made a very generous contribution to our charity, The Equus Effect.
The best ladies' hat winner also won dinner for two. The finalists, in alphabetical order, were Eden Atencio, Virginia Ferrari, Ashley Langor, Lauren Marchel and Margaret Rieck. The winner was Ashley Langor with a confection in pink that that sported her initials on the hatband.
Free bubbly from the center of the field was available at half time - if you divot stomped. The champagne was Veuve Cliquot and generously donated by 116 Crown of New Haven. Given only to adults of legal drinking age, of course. Cheers!
Note! The 2024 polo match will be held on Sunday, September 8th, at the Hunt Club