Autumn Polo in Sotogrande: The Season That Refuses to End Sotogrande's polo season no longer ends with summer: the Iberian Polo Tour's autumn series at Ayala Polo Club runs to 15 November, with Los Schatzies taking the Open de Andalucía and a finale weekend of medium-goal polo underway. Sotogrande has quietly rewritten its sporting calendar. Long after the high-goal summer has faded, the mallets are still swinging at Ayala Polo Club, where the Iberian Polo Tour's autumn series keeps professional polo on the Costa del Sol deep into November. A season that no longer ends in September The club's 2026 programme packed eleven tournaments into five months, from mid-May to mid-September, peaking with the Bronze, Silver and Gold Cups of its flagship summer International Tournament. Rather than falling silent after the Gold Cup, the Campo de Gibraltar resort now hands its fields to the Iberian Polo Tour each autumn, and 2026 is no exception: a block of tournaments stretching from late October to Sunday 15 November, played on the same grounds that host the world-class high-goal game in summer. Los Schatzies lift the Open de Andalucía The centrepiece of the autumn block, the Open de Andalucía, was claimed this month by Los Schatzies, who saw off PX in the final to take the tour's showpiece cup, a result welcomed by the specialist polo press as a sign of how competitive the off-season circuit has become. With handicaps of 6 to 8 goals, the autumn game mixes seasoned professionals with ambitious amateur patrons, a formula that has made the series an annual fixture at one of Europe's most prestigious polo venues. A finale weekend The tour closes this weekend with four days of matches at Ayala Polo Club in Sotogrande, running from Thursday through Sunday afternoon, when the deciding final will crown the champions of the autumn series. Expect the familiar Sotogrande scene: fast medium-goal polo, packed terraces and long lunches between chukkers. Why the coast is watching For a destination long defined by its July and August peak, autumn polo signals something bigger: the coast's luxury season now stretches far beyond summer, and the saddle remains Sotogrande's most reliable accessory long after the beach clubs have emptied. For residents and visitors alike, the message this November is simple — the horses are still running, and the season is not over yet.