CO Down’s Conor Swail picked up a five-star win at the Thunderbird Show Park last weekend when racing to victory in Friday’s 1.50m $35,500 North West Rubber Cup at the Canadian venue.

Riding his own and Vanessa Mannix’s Domino van de Valhoeve (Lord Z x Concorde), Swail was the quickest of the 10-horse jump-off when breaking the beam in 35.77 seconds.