Daniel Coyle ramped up his preparation for the Olympic Games with a five-star win on Farrel at the prestigious Spruce Meadows Rolex National meeting in Canada on Saturday.
Coyle and the 14-year-old mare Legacy have been selected as part of the Irish team for Paris, along with Shane Sweetnam on James Kann Cruz and Cian O'Connor with Maurice.
However, Coyle has considerable depth at his disposal, as evidenced by Farrel streaking to an emphatic victory.
The rain was never likely to discommode the 30-year-old Irishman, and his 14-year-old partner was unbothered also, putting in a flawless round of jumping at a scorching pace to beat off a strong field in the Apex Cup, five-star 1.50m speed class.
Coyle and Farrel showed the opposition a clean pair of heels by posting a clear round in a rapid 68.14 seconds.
That was more than two-and-a-half seconds clear of Egyptian rider Nayal Nassar, who has been enjoying a lucrative week in Canada and was partnered on this occasion by Linguini de la Pomme, with Daniel Bluman of Israel completing the podium on Corbie VV.
"He’s very good, is 14 years old and had a long time off after Covid, said Coyle of his mount. "So I had been planning to run the Grand Prix but I thought to myself, to jump the Grand Prix and get a result would be difficult, though possible, but to jump a smaller class, though 1.50 is still a big class, but going half a division down, he’d be nearly guaranteed a result.
"So I was happy with that, that it was the right decision and it’s good to head back to Europe with that under the belt."
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