Fri 16th Jan 20262026 Alula Desert Polo is Underway! Team AlUla vs Team Defender in tomorrow’s Final
Six teams competed in two round robins, with each team playing a total of four chukkas on Friday 16 January.
The action continues tomorrow, Saturday 17 January, with three matches at the Mohammed Yousuf Naghi Equestrian Village:
• Team AlUla won Zone A and Team Defender triumphed in Zone B to secure their places in the Final for The AlUla Desert Polo Trophy (4.05pm)
• Team BSF and Team Budget will compete in the Subsidiary Final (2.20pm)
• Team Dadan will play Team VISA for the Wooden Spoon Trophy (12.35pm)
2026 Alula Desert Polo Teams:
AlUla: David Stirling, Naveen Jindal & HRH Prince Salman bin Mansour Al Saud
Defender: Pablo MacDonough, Jenny Luttrell & HSH Prince Eugen zu Oettingen
Budget: Jejo Taranco, Venkatesh Jindal & Dr Hosam Zowawi
BSF: Lia Salvo, Alejandro Poma & Faisal Abunayyan
Visa: Cata Lavinia, David Paradice & Ibrahim AlHarbi
Dadan: Nacho Figueras, Babar Naseem & Faisal AlSudairy
Photograph: Action from day 1 of the 2026 Alula Desert Polo. By Royal Commission for AlUla
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