The Hurlingham Polo Association (HPA) governs polo in the UK. Its 2026 rules class tournaments of 17 to 22 goals and 15 to 18 goals as high level when awarding Victor Ludorum points, and Cowdray describes its Gold Cup as played at 22 goals, the top UK level. These are handicap tournaments, so the lower-rated team usually starts with goals on the board (see watching polo).
A note on sourcing: Guards Polo Club's website blocked our reader, so several Guards results below rest on search summaries of its reports. We say where that is the case.
The Gold Cup (British Open), Cowdray Park
The full name is the St. Regis British Open Polo Championship for the Cowdray Gold Cup. Cowdray calls it Europe's premier polo tournament. The final is played on the Lawns at Cowdray Park between the last two teams standing. In 2026 the tournament ran from 23 June to the final on 19 July, starting with 19 teams; the semi-finals on 15 July were Dubai 15, Ferne Park 12 and Gaston Polo Team 12, La Hechicera 11.
| Year | Final | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | UAE 12, Dubai 11 | UAE: Kayley Maria Smith, Tommy Beresford, Lukin Monteverde, Barto Castagnola. Castagnola MVP. Smith, standing in for the injured Sheikha Maitha, became the second woman to lift the Gold Cup. |
| 2024 | Dubai 11, La Dolfina Great Oaks 3 (21 July 2024) | Dubai: Camilo Castagnola, Rashid Albwardy, Antonio Heguy, Beltran Laulhe. Castagnola MVP with eight goals. Dubai's sixth Gold Cup. |
| 2025 | La Dolfina Scone 9, Kazak 8 | La Dolfina Scone: Mia Cambiaso, Hugo Taylor, Paco de Narvaez, Adolfo Cambiaso. Adolfo Cambiaso's ninth Gold Cup and his first with his daughter. Mia Cambiaso, 23, was MVP and her mare DS Altamira was Best Playing Pony. |
| 2026 | Gaston Polo Team 9, Dubai Polo Team 8 (19 July 2026) | Cruz Heguy was reported as MVP in a search summary of the match report and a sponsor release; we could not read the report itself. |
Mia Cambiaso became the third woman to win the Gold Cup and the first Argentine woman to do so. In the same 2025 final, Adolfo Cambiaso broke three fingers in a fall and Tomas Panelo replaced him for the last two minutes. In 2026 the Ladies British Open final was played on the same day as the Gold Cup final for the first time (see women's tournaments).
The Cartier Queen's Cup, Guards Polo Club
The HPA records that the Queen's Cup was first played in 1960 on the Queen's Ground at Guards. It was still played as the Cartier Queen's Cup in 2025 and 2026; we found no source recording a change of name after Queen Elizabeth II's death in 2022.
| Year | Final | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Murus Sanctus 11, La Magdeleine 10 | Murus Sanctus (Corinne Richard, Alejandro Muzzio, Polito Pieres, Marcos Araya) won its first title on the Queen's Ground. |
| 2024 | Talandracas 12, La Dolfina Great Oaks 11 | The Carmignac family's team; Pablo Pieres scored the winner in the last seconds. Talandracas's second Queen's Cup. From a search summary of the Guards report. |
| 2025 | Park Place 9, La Dolfina/Marques de Riscal 8 (15 June 2025) | Park Place's first win, at its fifth attempt. Hilario Ulloa MVP. |
| 2026 | Balanz Capital 17, Aureus 7 | Balanz Capital's first Queen's Cup, led by 10-goaler Camilo Castagnola and 7-goaler Lorenzo Chavanne, who was top scorer with 50 goals. From a search summary of the Guards report. |
The 2026 final date is disputed. Luxury London gave the tournament as running from 19 May to 14 June 2026. Search summaries of the Guards report give the final as 23 June 2026.
The Coronation Cup, International Day
The Coronation Cup is the feature match of the HPA's International Day at Guards, played on the Queen's Ground, with England facing a visiting team (a Commonwealth side in 2023). The HPA says the cup was first played in 1911 and has been held on International Day since 1971. The day opens with a young players' international for the Whitbread Tankard. England and Argentina met for the cup in 1995, 2000, 2009, 2014 and 2019, and the visitors won every time.
| Year | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | England 12, Commonwealth 8 (29 July 2023) | Young England beat the Commonwealth 11-4 in the Whitbread. Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth Secretary-General, presented the trophy. |
| 2024 | Argentina 13, England 6 (27 July 2024) | Rufino Laulhe scored six. |
| 2025 | England 16, Brazil 7 | England (23 goals) received 2 goals on handicap against Brazil (25). Louis Hine MVP. The day marked 150 years of polo in England. |
| 2026 | England beat Uruguay (25 July 2026) | The 54th International Day. England: Louis Hine 6, Ned Hine 5, Tommy Beresford 7 (captain), Ollie Cudmore 5, a 23-goal team against Uruguay's 27. Guards and the HPA both report an England win; the score was not found. |
England's other 2026 fixtures included the Golden Jubilee against New Zealand at Beaufort on 13 June and a women's Diamond Jubilee match against the USA at Cirencester Park on 20 June.
The Royal Windsor Cup, Guards Polo Club
Results here are thinner, because the Guards reports could only be read through search summaries. The tournament's handicap level was not confirmed.
| Year | Final | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Four Quarters Orange 7, Dubai 6 | Reported as the winner's fourth title (search summary, not confirmed). |
| 2024 | Not found | |
| 2025 | La Dolfina BN 9, Calatagan 7 | Tomas Panelo scored all nine after replacing the injured Adolfo Cambiaso. 22 teams entered the 70th-anniversary edition. |
| 2026 | Dubai beat Green Gates | Tariq Albwardy's Dubai won on the Queen's Ground; Barto Castagnola was tournament MVP. Score not found (search summary, not confirmed). |
For where these tournaments fall in the year, and the European events that follow them, see the polo season. For the history behind them, see polo in England.
Sources
- Cowdray Park Polo Club, the Gold Cup
- U.S. Polo Assn., sponsorship of the 2026 Cowdray Gold Cup
- Cowdray Park Polo Club, Gold Cup 2026 finalists
- Cowdray Park Polo Club, two finals, one Gold Cup day (2026)
- Sussex Express, Gold Cup final day 2026
- Cowdray Park Polo Club, Cambiasos make history (2025)
- Your Horse, Cambiaso lifts the Gold Cup with his daughter (2025)
- Cowdray Park Polo Club, Dubai win the Gold Cup 2024
- Cowdray Park Polo Club, Gold Cup 2023
- Guards Polo Club, Balanz Capital win the Cartier Queen's Cup (2026)
- Luxury London, guide to UK polo tournaments (June 2026)
- Sotheby's Realty, Cartier Queen's Cup final (2025)
- Guards Polo Club, Queen's Cup 2025 finalists
- Guards Polo Club, Talandracas win the Cartier Queen's Cup (2024)
- USPA, Murus Sanctus crowned Cartier Queen's Cup champions (2023)
- PoloHUB, Queen's Cup final 2023
- HPA, Hurlingham Polo Association Blue Book 2024 (PDF)
- HPA, the opposition for the Coronation Cup (8 May 2024)
- HPA, International Day: England v Brazil (2025)
- HPA, Coronation Cup 2026 teams
- Guards Polo Club, England retain Coronation glory (27 July 2026)
- HPA, England team events
- PoloHUB, Argentina triumphs in the Coronation Cup (2024)
- HPA, Argentina's Coronation Cup record (2024)
- HPA, Coronation Cup 2023
- Guards Polo Club, Royal Windsor Cup 2026
- Guards Polo Club, Royal Windsor Cup 2025
- Guards Polo Club, Royal Windsor Cup 2023
- HPA, Rules and Regulations for Polo 2026 (Polo South Africa copy, PDF)