Breaking: 2025 Spring Handicap Changes Released by USPA
The United States Polo Association (USPA) has released the official Spring 2025 Outdoor Polo Handicap Changes, highlighting key adjustments across player ratings as the season transitions. These updates reflect player performances from the winter season and offer an important look at how the competitive landscape is shifting ahead of summer play.
For the full list of changes, see the table below:
| Name | Current HCP | New HCP | When? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pablo Mac Donough | 10 | 9 | 5/1/25 |
| Juan Britos | 9 | 8 | 5/1/25 |
| Cristian Laprida Jr. | 8 | 7 | 5/1/25 |
| Ignacio Novillo Astrada | 8 | 7 | 5/1/25 |
| Miguel Novillo Astrada Sr. | 8 | 7 | 5/1/25 |
| Jorge Fernandez Ocampo Jr. | 7 | 6 | 5/1/25 |
| Agustin Merlos | 7 | 6 | 5/1/25 |
| Felipe Vercellino | 7 | 8 | 12/1/25 |
| Lucas Criado Sr. | 6 | 5 | 5/1/25 |
| Matias Magrini | 6 | 5 | 5/1/25 |
| Federico Panzillo | 6 | 7 | 12/1/25 |
| Manuel Sundblad | 6 | 5 | 5/1/25 |
| Ned Hine | 5 | 6 | 12/1/25 |
| Santiago Llavallol | 5 | 6 | 12/1/25 |
| Geronimo Obregon | 5 | 6 | 5/1/25 |
| Santiago Von Wernich | 5 | 5T | Immediate |
| Leon Donoso | 4 | 5 | 12/1/25 |
| Manuel Mazzocchi | 4 | 5 | 5/1/25 |
| Tomas Obregon | 4 | 3 | 5/1/25 |
| Marcos Onetto | 4 | 3 | 5/1/25 |
| Martin Ravina | 4 | 5 | 5/1/25 |
| Jason Wates | 4 | 3 | 5/1/25 |
| Kyle Fargey | 3 | 2 | 5/1/25 |
| Matthew Ladin | 3 | 2 | 5/1/25 |
| Miguel Novillo Astrada Jr. | 3 | 4 & 5 | 5/1 & 12/1 |
| Trevor Reeves | 3 | 2 | 5/1/25 |
| Joaquin Sanchez Herrero | 3 | 4 | 5/1/25 |
| Marcial Socas Sr. | 3 | 2 | 5/1/25 |
| Nicolas Guinazu | 3T | 3 | Immediate |
| Antonio Aguerre | 2 | 3 | 12/1/25 |
| Jhonny Alvarez Del Rosario | 2 | 3 | 5/1/25 |
| Blas Bensadon | 2 | 3 | 12/1/25 |
| Isabel Briones Martinez | 2 | 1 | 5/1/25 |
| Charles Caldwell | 2 | 3 | 5/1/25 |
| Harry Caldwell | 2 | 3 | 12/1/25 |
| Luke Clarke | 2 | 3 | 5/1/25 |
| Ramon Collardin | 2 | 3 | 5/1/25 |
| Antonio De Narvaez | 2 | 3 | 5/1/25 |
| Juan De Narvaez | 2 | 3 | 5/1/25 |
| Gonzalo Di Ciurcio | 2 | 3 | 5/1/25 |
| Joao Pedro Egydio de Souza Aranha | 2 | 3 | 5/1/25 |
| Artemio Figueras Blaquier | 2 | 3 | 12/1/25 |
| John Flournoy Jr. | 2 | 1 | 5/1/25 |
| KC Krueger | 2 | 1 | 5/1/25 |
| Santiago Moyano | 2 | 3 | 12/1/25 |
| Robert Payne Jr. | 2 | 1 | 5/1/25 |
| Pascual Salatino | 2 | 1 | 5/1/25 |
| Juan Semper | 2 | 3 | 5/1/25 |
| Phil Hunter Van Der Burgt | 2 | 3 | 12/1/25 |
| Alejandro Velez Suarez | 2 | 3 | 12/1/25 |
| Teo Von Wernich | 2 | 3 | 5/1/25 |
| Doug Blumenthal | 2T | 2 | Immediate |
| Robert Puetz | 2T | 2 | Immediate |
| David Brooks | 1.5 | 1 | 5/1/25 |
| Stephen Burr | 1.5 | 2 | 5/1/25 |
| Guillermo Diehl | 1.5 | 2 | 12/1/25 |
| Quinn Evans | 1.5 | 2 | 5/1/25 |
| Hunter Jelsch | 1.5 | 2 | 5/1/25 |
| Joe Bob Lequerica | 1.5 | 2 | 5/1/25 |
| Grant Palmer | 1.5 | 2 | 5/1/25 |
| Gabriel Saccullo | 1.5 | 2 | 12/1/25 |
| Finn Secunda | 1.5 | 2 | 12/1/25 |
| Bautista Von Wernich | 1.5 | 2 | 12/1/25 |
| Bautista Alessandrini | 1 | 2 | 5/1/25 |
| Larry Aschebrook | 1 | 1.5 | 5/1/25 |
| Andrew Baldwin | 1 | 2 | 5/1/25 |
| John Benitz | 1 | 0 | 5/1/25 |
| Carter Costello | 1 | 1.5 | 5/1/25 |
| Madelyn Grant | 1 | 1.5 | 5/1/25 |
| Will Johnston | 1 | 1.5 | 5/1/25 |
| Vance Miller III | 1 | 2 | 12/1/25 |
| Federico Puyana | 1 | 2 | 5/1/25 |
| Cesar Rangel | 1 | 2 | 5/1/25 |
| Micaela Saracco | 1 | 1.5 | 12/1/25 |
| William Schneider | 1 | 1.5 | 5/1/25 |
| Angel Torres | 1 | 0.5 | 5/1/25 |
| C. Keith White | 1 | 1.5 | 5/1/25 |
| Manuel Palomba | 1T | 2 | Immediate |
| Daniel Arnold | 0.5 | 1 | 5/1/25 |
| Aston Barnicoat | 0.5 | 1 | 12/1/25 |
| Ramon Caro | 0.5 | 1 | 5/1/25 |
| Samuel Clemens | 0.5 | 1 | 5/1/25 |
| Davis Colley | 0.5 | 1 | 5/1/25 |
| Sierra Curbelo | 0.5 | 0 | 5/1/25 |
| James Deal | 0.5 | 1 | 5/1/25 |
| John Dencker | 0.5 | 1 | 5/1/25 |
| Santos Goti | 0.5 | 1 | 5/1/25 |
| Hamilton Gundlach | 0.5 | 1 | 5/1/25 |
| Lillian Lequerica | 0.5 | 1 | 5/1/25 |
| Roberto Narvaja | 0.5 | 0 | 5/1/25 |
| Torrey Ripinsky | 0.5 | 1 | 12/1/25 |
| Ryan Robertson | 0.5 | 0 | 5/1/25 |
| Estanislao Robledo Puch | 0.5 | 1 | 5/1/25 |
| Marlin Taylor | 0.5 | 1 | 12/1/25 |
| Ross Adam | 0 | -0.5 | 5/1/25 |
| Waqaas Al-Siddiq | 0 | 1 | 5/1/25 |
| Patrick Boyd | 0 | 0.5 | 5/1/25 |
| Graydon Brittan | 0 | 0.5 | 5/1/25 |
| Alexey Bullrich | 0 | 0.5 | 5/1/25 |
| Stephanie Colburn | 0 | 0.5 | 5/1/25 |
| William Dencker Sr. | 0 | 1 | 5/1/25 |
| William Dencker | 0 | 0.5 | 5/1/25 |
| Seamus Dillon | 0 | 0.5 | 5/1/25 |
| Nick Dunbar | 0 | 0.5 | 5/1/25 |
| Ethan Galis | 0 | 0.5 | 12/1/25 |
| Eden Gonzalez | 0 | 0.5 | 5/1/25 |
| Mosiah Gravesande | 0 | 0.5 | 5/1/25 |
| Davis Hord | 0 | 1 | 5/1/25 |
| Michael Jordan | 0 | 0.5 | 5/1/25 |
| Rohail Khan | 0 | 1 | 5/1/25 |
| Caleb Kingsbury | 0 | 0.5 | 5/1/25 |
| Cole Kinsella | 0 | 0.5 | 12/1/25 |
| Florencio Lanusse | 0 | 1 & 2 | 5/1 & 12/1 |
| Sawyer Leffingwell | 0 | 0.5 | 5/1/25 |
| Jens Lermusiaux | 0 | 0.5 | 12/1/25 |
| James Long | 0 | 0.5 | 5/1/25 |
| Ramiro Marini Neyra | 0 | 1 | 12/1/25 |
| Celestino Merlos Caset | 0 | 1 | 12/1/25 |
| Carin Middleton | 0 | 0.5 | 12/1/25 |
| Benjamin Obregon Arellano | 0 | 0.5 | 12/1/25 |
| Gina Padilla | 0 | 1 | 5/1/25 |
| Jeffrey Rewald | 0 | 1 | 5/1/25 |
| Carlos Rivas | 0 | 1 | 5/1/25 |
| Max Stevens | 0 | 0.5 | 12/1/25 |
| Santos Teves | 0 | 1 | 12/1/25 |
| Facundo Tolosa | 0 | 0.5 | 5/1/25 |
| Martin Vidal | 0 | 1 | 5/1/25 |
| Henry Zavaleta | 0 | 0.5 | 5/1/25 |
| Diego Cuadra | 0T | 0 | Immediate |
| Holly Gadsby | 0T | 0 | Immediate |
| Nicolas Miro Bongiovanni | 0T | 0 | Immediate |
| Jonathan Rothermere | 0T | 0 | Immediate |
| Gianluigi Mascolo | -0.5 | 0 | 5/1/25 |
| Gregory Shepard | -0.5 | 0 | 5/1/25 |
| Abigail Steelhammer | -0.5 | 0 | 5/1/25 |
| Carolyn Wingate | -0.5 | 0 | 5/1/25 |
| Jennifer Buchan | -1 | 0 | 5/1/25 |
| Phoebe Champion | -1 | -0.5 | 5/1/25 |
| Katherine Glynn | -1 | 0 | 5/1/25 |
| Bruce Gottwald III | -1 | 0 | Immediate |
| Alexander Guzman | -1 | 0 | 5/1/25 |
| Andrew Jasco | -1 | -0.5 | 5/1/25 |
| Elizabeth Mansfield | -1 | -0.5 | 5/1/25 |
| Saifuddin Mohammed | -1 | 0 | 5/1/25 |
| Tom North | -1 | -0.5 | 5/1/25 |
| Geronimo Rider | -1 | 0 | 5/1/25 |
| Inaki Wulff | -1 | 0 | 5/1/25 |
