Swail eyes up individual Olympic place

IT may be a long-shot, but Conor Swail feels he is justified in having one eye on the two individual Olympic places up for grabs after placing second with Lansdowne in the World Cup contest in Toronto, Canada, on Wednesday night.

With what he said was the eight-year-old stallion’s best result to date, the Malahide-based rider produced a double clear to finish half a second off the pace set by Britain’s Scott Brash on Bon Ami. Swail’s fellow Co Down rider Dermott Lennon placed third with Hallmark Elite.

“He’s been very consistent and is improving all the time. I’ve jumped 16 or 17 grands prix this year and he’s been clear in 13 of them,” said Swail yesterday.