McCarthy also in winner’s enclosure and Swail goes close at five-star level The Tricolour dominated show jumping proceedings at New York’s Old Salem Farm, with Irish athletes winning the two international classes to take a big bite out of the Big Apple prize money right from the start of the show. Offaly native, Darragh Kenny began the bonanza in the four-star feature while Corkman, Simon McCarthy was also on the mark at two-star level. It was a good night too for Down rider Conor Swail, who maintained his stellar form with a runner-up finish in five-star competition at the Traverse City Horse Show in Michigan. Kenny’s success was the highlight, however, emerging triumphant in the two-phase challenge with Serendepety and collecting fifth-place dollars into the bargain along with Chaccoletto. It was the lightning double-clear recorded in conjunction with exciting nine-year-old Serendepety that stole the show, the Beerbaum Stables-owned mare’s 25.36 […]
