Daniel Coyle wins first grand prix at Spruce Meadows as Irish dominate 50th anniversary summer
Brother Jordan, meanwhile, led the way with six FEI victories, prior to Sunday's slate. Earlier on Saturday, he won the AKITA Drilling Cup.
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'I've had a great summer,' Jordan Coyle, 32 and 42nd in the world, admitted. 'I've won a lot of classes. I've been second four times. I couldn't ask for any more. Every horse I've brought has gotten better. I feel they'll leave a better horse. Every time I come here, the place is good to me. Me and Daniel have a damn good rivalry and it for sure brings out the best in both of us.
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'I have to say I'm over the moon with my horse,' he said of Chaccolino, a 14-year-old Australian warmblood. 'Every time I jump him in a grand prix, he jumps clear. We need to work a little on the jump-offs. It gives me a lot of hope that I'm not as far away as I thought. I've waited a long, long, long time to get a horse like this. It's for sure something I've never had before so I'm very excited. Every five-star, he's been clear.'
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King, who has enjoyed his share of success these four weeks, also had words of praise for his partner Kayenne Z, a 10-year-old mare.
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'I just got her as a sales horse over the winter,' King explained. 'I'm kind of freaking out how cool a horse I've got. For a horse to jump a five-star level, it really changes everything. I think I have a really special horse.
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