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Ireland’s Daniel Coyle and the 9-year-old mare Daydream (Phin Phin x Voltaire) won Friday morning’s CSI5* 1.45m Prix du Salève at the 2025-edition of CHI Geneva.

As pair number 32 out, the duo stopped the clock on 56.27 seconds to take the win ahead of the host nation’s Bryan Balsiger (SUI) with Castiel (Casalito x Clearway) who had to settle for the runner-up spot only fractions behind in 56.41.

“My plan was to put the wheels back on the wagon,” Coyle told World of Showjumping afterwards. “I jumped her last night in the Grand Prix qualifier, and Daydream is a new horse to this level. Every class we do, she is learning every step. She is very careful and she has taken a little bit more time than normal. Yesterday, I turned tight back to a triple bar and it scared her a little bit, so we went to try and put it right today – and she did. I am very happy. We were really as one today. There was no straight strategy today.”

Hans-Dieter Dreher (GER) and Vestmalle des Cotis (Baloubet du Rouet x Landor S) placed third with a time of 57.26, followed by Jessica Mendoza (GBR) on I-Cap CL Z (I’M Special de Muze x Air Jordan) in fourth in 57.41 and Katharina Rhomberg (AUT) aboard Colestus Cambridge (Colestus x Cambridge 8) in fifth with a time of 58.07 seconds.

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