Super Swail successful in Spruce Meadows 5*

Conor Swail and Count Me In enjoyed a magical ‘Pan American’ weekend at Spruce Meadows, Calgary, winning a pair of classes at the CSI5* show. World number six Swail and the horse who secured the Aga Khan trophy at the Dublin Horse Show after a thrilling jump-off last year were in imperious form at the Canadian venue. On Friday, the pair were victorious in the 1.45m class, leading home an Irish one-two as Swail proved too quick for his rivals on the 16-year-old gelding owned by Sandy Lupton and Mannon Farm. They stopped the clock in a time of 37.57 seconds, with Daragh Kenny second in a time of 38.75 seconds on board Arna ‘T Kruisfeld, owned by Reverie Sporthorses LLC . Home rider Kara Chad filled the podium with Igor GPH in a time of 39.31 seconds. The Friends of the Meadows (1.50m) competition was the final 5* event […]