Daniel Coyle of Ireland won all three phases of Caledon Cup competition at the CSI2* Canadian Show Jumping Tournament running September 19 to 23 at the Caledon Equestrian Park in Caledon, ON.
With wins in the first two events partnered with Farrel, Coyle stole the show on Sunday by riding Legacy to victory in Sunday’s $50,000 Caledon Cup – Phase Three, presented by HEP, Aviva Insurance, and Edge Mutual Insurance. A total of 11 horse and rider combinations qualified for the jump-off after successfully negotiating the first-round track set by Portuguese course designer, Bernardo Cabral.
As the second rider to return for the jump-off, Coyle laid down a clear round in a time of 38.60 seconds that would prove unbeatable. Veronica Bot of Burlington, ON, came the closest to dethroning Coyle, but was still off the pace with a time 39.19 seconds to finish second riding Cool Down 3, an 11-year-old Hanoverian gelding (Chacco-Blue x Lysander). Canadian Olympian Beth Underhill of Schomberg, ON, gave it her best shot with Sandy Lupton’s 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding, Count Me In, with a jump-off time of 39.44 seconds placing the pair third in the final standings. Underhill was also awarded a $1,000 bonus by HEP as the highest-placed rider sporting a HEP-branded saddle pad.