TWENTY-three year-old Daniel Coyle scored the first five-star Grand Prix victory of his career in Irish-like condition last Saturday night at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Florida.

Riding Ariel Grange’s consistent 12-year-old mare Cita (Casall Ask x Pik Ramiro), Coyle was one of six combinations to make it through to the timed round and with the only double clear round of the night, he beat Irish chef d’equipe Rodrigo Pessoa into second place.