Michael Blake names Irish team for Spruce Meadows Nations Cup

Irish Show Jumping team manager Michael Blake has named his team for tomorrow’s (Saturday) five-star BMO Nations Cup at Spruce Meadows in Canada.

Ireland last competed in the Spruce Meadows Nations Cup in 2019 and recorded a third place finish behind winners Belgium.

Ireland have been drawn fifth to jump and line out as follows:

Conor Swail with Gamble – owned by Asta Torokvei
Darragh Kerins with Lissino – owned by Eve Jobs
Jordan Coyle with Ariso – owned by Elan Farm
Daniel Coyle with Oak Grove’s Carlyle – owned by Gestüt Eichenhain GmbH, Carmen Uwaydah & T.j. Van Den Brink

Irish riders have made a strong start to the weekend at Spruce Meadows, with Conor Swail taking victory in Thursday’s ATCO Solutions Cup with Koss Van Heiste, while there was a third place finish for Daniel Coyle and Ivory TCS in a 1m45 speed class.

Saturday’s BMO Nations Cup at Spruce Meadows starts at 9pm Irish time and is available to watch live for free HERE 

The Irish Show Jumping team is sponsored by Devenish & The Underwriting Exchange
Equiline – Official athlete clothing supplier of Horse Sport Ireland

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