Continuing his successful North American fall tour, Ireland’s Conor Swail proved that he is still in winning form on Tuesday evening at The Royal Winter Fair Horse Show in Toronto, Canada. Swail entered the arena as last to go in the order to take first place in the $35,000 Jolera International Jumper Welcome aboard Martha Louise, and […]
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The “Braeburn Farms” Leading International Rider Award went to McLain Ward of Brewster, NY. With grace and wisdom, he admitted he simply made a mistake in the class tonight, taking a “pull” in the jump off, rather than trusting his horse. “Carlos jumped beautifully in the first round, I was really happy with him,” said […]
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The “Braeburn Farms” Leading International Rider Award went to Ireland’s Conor Swail, who was unfortunately unable to compete in the class tonight following an injury he sustained during Friday night’s Weston Canadian Open. “I think I have pulled my Achilles tendon,” said Swail following the ceremonies tonight. “Game Ready is one of those horses that […]
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Current Canadian Champion Yann Candele of Caledon, ON, who just claimed the Greenhawk Canadian Cup for the fourth consecutive time, will lead the squad representing the home team. He will be joined by ten-time Olympian ‘Captain Canada’ Ian Millar (Perth, ON), two-time Canadian Champion Ainsley Vince (Burlington, ON), 2008 Beijing team silver medalist Mac Cone […]
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Tonight’s horse show also featured the fun and exciting $33,000 MNP International Top Score Challenge, where each jump is assigned a point value, and riders have to plan their course to amass the maximum number of points within the time allowed. Once the pair have finished the course, they may opt to take the “Joker” […]
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