Daniel Coyle and Farrel the $100,000 Le Mieux Grand Prix CSI3* at the World Equestrian Centre in Ocala, Florida, on Saturday.
Canadian course designer Peter Grant set the track for the evening’s competition, where 15 horse-and-rider combinations from an international field jumped clear in the opening round.
The jump-off came down to a battle between Coyle and American Aaron Vale, who each qualified their two mounts for the short course.
In the end, it was Coyle and Farrel that stopped the clock in an unbeatable 37.24 seconds to take the victory.
Vale was runner-up with Obi Wan in 38.07 seconds, with Coyle also taking third with 14-year-old Quintin, in a time of 38.52 seconds, while Vale claimed fourth with Prescott in 39.74 seconds.
Winning rider Daniel Coyle said:
“On Farrel, you can turn on half a stride. He’s an amazing horse to turn back to a vertical. He’s very handy. Turning back so tight to the second to last jump, that’s all to do with the horse there. Aaron [Vale] would have done the same thing. We both took risks, but at the end it comes back to the horse and if you can nail it
