06-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Calgary Herald
Daniel Coyle wins first grand prix at Spruce Meadows as Irish dominate 50th anniversary summer
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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.
