The only thing better than winning once is winning twice, and Ireland’s Daniel Coyle did exactly that on Friday, August 25, at the Major League Show Jumping Ottawa tournament on Friday, August 25, at Wesley Clover Parks in Ottawa, ON.
Hot off his win in the $38,500 CSI5* Equestrian Digital Winning Round riding Ivory TCS earlier in the day, Coyle returned to the grass grand prix field to claim the $142,500 CSI5* Steel-Craft Door Products Ltd. Welcome riding Quintin. Both horses are owned by Canada’s Ariel Grange.
From the starting field of 34 entries contesting the $142,500 CSI5* Steel-Craft Door Products Ltd. Welcome, five produced clear rounds over the track set by Canadian course designer Michel Vaillancourt to advance to a jump-off. Coyle’s older brother, Jordan Coyle, was the first to return and set the standard with a clear round in a time of 38.57 seconds riding Ariso for owner Elan Farm. By the time Daniel galloped onto the field as the final challenger, his brother was still sitting at the top of the leaderboard. There was no mercy, however, as Daniel sliced and diced his way around the shortened jump-off track to stop the timers in 38.41 seconds.
