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Lechuza Caracas
Lechuza Caracas is a Venezuelan polo club owned by the Venezuelan Victor Vargas, owner of Banco Occidental de Descuento. Lechuza reached the final of the 2009 CV Whitney Cup. Lechuza also "reached the U.S. Open final in 2003, according to the North American Polo League Web site. The team twice won C.V. Whitney Cup, competed in the finals of the 2002 Gold Cup, and in 2007, finished runner-up in the U.S. Gold Cup and won the English Gold Cup." Around 2015, Vargas had moved the headquarters of his club from England to Spain. When asked why, he explained the decision was simple: the rain. "We've played for five weeks here in Spain and had no rain." In April 2009 21 Lechuza ponies died of a selenium overdose when a mineral supplement similar to Biodyl was wrongly mixed by a Florida pharmacy.''The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It has a territorial extension of , and its population was estimated at 29 million in 2022. The capital and largest urban agglomeration is the city of Caracas. The continental territory is bordered on the north by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Colombia, Brazil on the south, Trinidad and Tobago to the north-east and on the east by Guyana. The Venezuelan government maintains a claim against Guyana to Guayana Esequiba. Venezuela is a federal presidential republic consisting of 23 states, the Capital District and federal dependencies covering Venezuela's offshore islands. Venezuela is among the most urbanized countries in Latin America; the vast majority of Venezuelans live in the cities of the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polo
Polo is a ball game played on horseback, a traditional field sport and one of the world's oldest known team sports. The game is played by two opposing teams with the objective of scoring using a long-handled wooden mallet to hit a small hard ball through the opposing team's goal. Each team has four mounted riders, and the game usually lasts one to two hours, divided into periods called ''chukkas'' or "''chukkers''". Polo has been called "the sport of kings", and has become a spectator sport for equestrians and high society, often supported by sponsorship. The progenitor of the game and its variants existed from the to the as equestrian games played by nomadic Iranian and Turkic peoples. In Persia, where the sport evolved and developed, it was at first a training game for cavalry units, usually the royal guard or other elite troops. A notable example is Saladin, who was known for being a skilled polo player which contributed to his cavalry training. It is now popular around ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Vargas
Victor Vargas (born 28 March 1952) is a Venezuelan banker and businessman, best known for being the owner and president of the 14th largest private bank in Venezuela, Banco Occidental de Descuento. Early life Victor Vargas was born into a middle class family in the municipality of Chacao Municipality, Chacao, city of Caracas, Venezuela. His mother was the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court of Venezuela.John LyonsPolo-Loving Banker Lives Really Large In Chávez Socialism: Venezuela's Mr. Vargas Has Yachts, and Good Timing; 'I've Been Rich All My Life' ''The Wall Street Journal'', January 29, 2008 His father was a doctor. He earned his law degree at Andrés Bello Catholic University. Career Vargas started his career as a lawyer.Tim PadgettThe Dead Polo Ponies and Their Millionaire Owner ''Time (magazine), Time'', April 23, 2009 In the 1980s, he acquired 2% of CapitalBanc Corp., a bank based in New York City. The bank was closed down in the early 1990s after authorities dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banco Occidental De Descuento
Banco Occidental de Descuento (BOD) (English: ''Western Discount Bank'') (WDB) was a Venezuelan bank. With around 6.6% of the Venezuelan market, it was Venezuela's fifth-largest bank in 2009. The owner of BOD is the Grupo Financiero BOD (English: BOD Financial Group), which is owned by Venezuelan businessman Victor Vargas. History The Banco Occidental de Descuento, S.A.C.A. (Sociedad Anónima de Capital Autorizado) (English: Authorized Capital Stock Company) was born in October 1956 with a view to supporting the activity of the commercial, oil industry and agricultural sector in the center-west of the country. The signing of the constitutive act was carried out on January 8, 1957, to begin its commercial operations on July 26, 1957 with an office located on Calle Comercio in the center of Maracaibo, and a capital of 20 million bolívares distributed in 40 thousand registered shares.10 Its first board of directors was then formed by Francisco Morillo Romero, as president; and Jos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida Sun-Sentinel
The ''Sun Sentinel'' (also known as the ''South Florida Sun Sentinel'', known until 2008 as the ''Sun-Sentinel'', and stylized on its masthead as ''SunSentinel'') is the main daily newspaper of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, as well as surrounding Broward County and southern Palm Beach County. It circulates all throughout the three counties that comprise South Florida. It is the largest-circulation newspaper in the area. Paul Pham has held the position of general manager since November 2020, and Julie Anderson has held the position of editor-in-chief since February 2018. The newspaper was for many years branded as the ''Sun-Sentinel'', with a hyphen, until a redesign and rebranding on August 17, 2008. The new look also removed the space between "Sun" and "Sentinel" in the newspaper's flag, but its name retained the space. The ''Sun Sentinel'' is owned by parent company, ''Tribune Publishing''. This company was acquired by Alden Global Capital, which operates its media properties thro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 CV Whitney Cup
The 2009 CV Whitney Cup was played at Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...'s International Polo Club, as a World Polo Tour Cup event, February 38th-March 9, 2009. Participating teams Results First round Date Time Teams Sat. Feb. 28 3:00 pm Pony Express def. Las Monjitas 12-11 in OT Sun. Mar. 1 12:00 pm Lechuza Caracas def. Orchard Hill 14-13 in OT 3:00 pm Audi def. White Birch 11-10 Semifinals Wed. Mar. 4 1:00 pm Audi def. Zacara 15-13 3:00 pm Lechuza Caracas def. Pony Express 14-7 Consolation Cup Thu. Mar. 5 3:00 pm Semifinal: Las Monjitas def. Orchard Hill 9-7 Sun. Mar. 8 12:00 pm IPC Cup Final: Las Monjitas vs. White Birch The game was stopped after Mariano Aguerre suffered an injury in the first chukker and a substitute was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palm Beach Post
''The Palm Beach Post'' is an American daily newspaper serving Palm Beach County in South Florida, and parts of the Treasure Coast. On March 18, 2018, in a deal worth US$42.35 million, ''The Palm Beach Post'' and ''The Palm Beach Daily News'' were purchased by New York-based New Media Investment Group Inc., which has ever since owned and operated ''The Palm Beach Post'' and all circulations and associated digital media sources. History ''The Palm Beach Post'' began as ''The Palm Beach County'', a weekly newspaper established in 1910. On January 5, 1916, the weekly became a daily, morning publication known as ''The Palm Beach Post''. In 1934, the Palm Beach businessman Edward R. Bradley bought ''The Palm Beach Post'' and ''The Palm Beach Times'', which published daily in the afternoon daily. In 1947, both were purchased by the longtime resident John Holliday Perry Sr., who owned a Florida newspaper chain of six dailies and 15 weeklies. In 1948, Perry purchased both the ''Palm Bea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
