DOWN’S Conor Swail was in action at the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup fixture at Puebla in Mexico over the weekend. His show started well with a few placings, but he took this up a level in Saturday’s World Cup class, when he rode the 13-year-old gelding Casturano into second place.

In a rather unusual scenario, only one of the 22 starters in the class jumped clear in the first round, so no jump-off was required. Swail was the fastest four-faulter to secure second place. The clear round and therefore the win was achieved by Sharn Wordley (NZL) on Brin d’Or de Haute Melen Z.