A crisis of confidence is not something one usually associates with Irish rider Conor Swail. After all, he’s the man who can lose his bridle and still finish fourth in a speed round. Still, the anchor rider for the Trelawny Trailblazers admits he was feeling a little more heat than usual going into the 2024 MLSJ $1M CabanaCoast Team Finale…
Continue Reading Growing Partnerships Carry the Night for the Trelawny Trailblazers
Conor Swail has been a staple on the Major League Show Jumping (MLSJ) tour since its inception in 2021 and has 37 career Grand Prix wins on his record. But none on the MLSJ tour. Over three and half seasons, the Irishman has jumped to 55 podium finishes and nearly $1 million in prize earnings…
Continue Reading 13 Is Conor Swail’s Lucky Number (He Just Might Not Know It Yet)
“I said to Ilan [Ferder] before I walked in, ‘I’m going fast, right?’” shared Erynn Ballard of the moment before she rode into the tbird Arena to contest Gregory Bodo’s jump-off in the CSI5* MLSJ Grand Prix of Vancouver. “He said, ‘You’re going to win.’” Those words would prove prophetic. Ballard captured the first 5*…
When Nayel Nassar was looking to add to his string last year, Ivory Tcs, campaigned by Ireland’s Daniel Coyle, ticked all the boxes. “She’s the right age. She’s totally my type of horse—a lot of blood, maybe not the biggest horse, maybe not the biggest stride, but just a real competitor,” said Nassar. Ivory Tcs…
Casturano came to Canada by way of Fairway Farms and a fortunate phone call. “He was in North Germany as a young horse with a very good professional that I deal with,” recalled BC-based trainer Judy Wise. “He told me, ‘This horse is a freak,’ and we bought him sight unseen.” When the bay Holsteiner…
When U.S. rider Karl Cook and 13-year-old mare Kalinka Van’t Zorgvliet entered the ring for the 1.55m Major League Show Jumping (MLSJ) CND5* Grand Prix of Traverse City, there was pressure from all sides. As part of a five horse jump-off, Cook watched Irishmen Darragh Kenny and Andrew Bourns put together respectable four-fault rounds with…
Continue Reading Cook on Kalinka Van’t Zorgvliet & Measuring the Risk
