Irish riders turning on the style in Florida

The Winter Equestrian Festival in Florida opened last week with a double for Shane Sweetnam, and Wednesday saw the Corkman join Conor Swail and Darragh Kenny to kick off week two with a hat-trick of Irish wins.

Swail was a class apart in the day’s feature contest on the 11-year-old mare Carlotta Singular, throwing down the gauntlet when first to go in a six-horse jump-off and watching as just one of his rivals came within three seconds of him.

As pathfinder, Swail was not prepared to throw caution to the wind.