Ireland's Jordan Coyle and the 13-year-old For Gold (For Fashion x Heraldik) took Friday's biggest win at the Longines Tops International Arena in Valkenswaard, The Netherlands, topping the CSI4* 1.50m Grand Prix qualifier – a class counting for the Longines Ranking Group D.
With a time of 65.45, Coyle and For Gold bested a field of 37 horse-and-rider combinations – taking the win ahead of Khaled Almobty (KSA) and Spacecake (Stakkatol x Kannan) in second in 69.46 and Kevin Jochems (NED) aboard Name It (Namelus R x Alasca) in third in 71.38.
Harrie Smolders (NED) and Springfield 21 (Stakkato Gold x Classiker) finished fourth in 71.45, followed by Laura Kraut (USA) on Confu (Contact Me x Cambridge) in fifth in 74.53.
“It’s always nice to win," Coyle said in a press release from Longines Tops International Arena. "I think he jumped very well today. It’s my first time competing in Europe other than the Dublin Horse Show. It’s really fantastic here. I would like to win all the classes this weekend. I actually have some very good horses here. So fingers crossed!”