Irish riders had to settle for second and third places on the podium in the $500,000 AON Grand Prix in Canada.
In the feature competition for the ‘Pan American’ CSI5*, twenty-six combinations stepped through the Clock Tower to challenge FEI Course Designer Anderson Lima’s strong, 1.60m course.
It featured 14 obstacles, 17 efforts, that included the open water and a triple combination towards the end of the course.
Briton Matthew Sampson was one of four horse/rider combinations to advance to the jump off. Ireland’s Daniel Coyle, Jordan Coyle and Darragh Kenny were hoping to see the colours of Ireland atop the flag pole but unfortunately it did not happen.
Sampson aboard his grey stallion, Daniel, bested Daniel Coyle’s quick jump-off time of 43.86 seconds by six one-hundredths of a second and stopping the clock at 43.72 seconds for the victory.
Jordan Coyle and Chaccolino came third, clear in 44.26 seconds, while Darragh Kenny with Diaroubet were fourth after eight faults in the jump-off round, as they stopped the timers in 43.17 seconds.
