With the final phase of Pan Am upgrades nearly complete, the 2015 show season kicked off with a bang last week with the Classic at Palgrave Phase 1 CSI2* at the Caledon Pan Am Equestrian Park.

Irish rider Conor Swail started the season off in style, dominating the competition with two big Grand Prix wins riding Susan Grange’s nine year old French bred gelding, Simba de la Roque.

Swail took home Friday’s $35,000 Alberta Premium Open Welcome CSI2* by a wide margin in a jump off that saw 10 out of 25 riders make the cut. Swail and Simba de la Rogue followed that up with another win on Sunday in the $50,000 RAM Equestrian Grand Prix CSI2*.

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