Press release from Spruce Meadows, edited by World of Showjumping

The final competition of the Spruce Meadows ‘National’, presented by Rolex, in Calgary (CAN) belonged to Daniel Coyle (IRL) and Farrel (Cardento 933 x Stakkato). In the CSI5* 1.50m ATB Cup, FEI course designer Olaf Petersen Jr. (GER) put forth a track that tested the athletes with only five jumping clear in round one and qualifying for the jump-off. 

The Irish have been a force to reckon with all season long, and they would cap off the first two weeks of competition at Spuce Meadows with another victory. Coyle and the 15-year-old gelding Farrel were the only double clear of the competition, crossing the jump-off finish line in a time of 43.89 and taking the win ahead of Kara Chad (CAN) and Igor GPH (Harley x Crawford 5) in second and Eugenio Garza Perez (MEX) aboard Chalouries PS (Chacco-Blue x Baloubet du Rouet) in third. 

“I've ridden every single ride and every single ring on every stage of a horse from 5 to 15, 16 (years)," Coyle said. "And it has really, really improved me as a rider. The time allowed (is) different here, the speed's different here, the jumps are different here. So you got to adapt to that, and when I look back at the first year I was here, lots of mistakes were made and probably ones that stuck with me forever. And I've learned a lot here. And I ain't finished.”