FRIDAY – Ireland’s Winning Streak Continues

The ATCO Cup 1.50m closed out competition on the International Ring on Friday afternoon of the ‘North American’ tournament at Spruce Meadows. The track, designed by FEI course designer Santiago Varela (ESP), allowed just five clears to advance to the jump-off, including a single Canadian, Sarah Lottis and her 12-year-old KWPN gelding Itoulon S.

The Irish have been fighting amongst themselves at the top of the leaderboard, and today it was Darragh Kenny aboard Lightning who produced the fastest clear round in the jump-off with a time of 36.95 seconds. Conor Swail (IRL) finished in second place riding Qoreen Van’t Ruytershof, and Lottis rounded out the top three placings with a speedy round but a rail down.

This year, the Irish National Anthem has been heard an astounding 16 times on the International Ring, and with such a strong field of riders there was a good chance their colours would fly again.

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