DERRY’S Jordan Coyle had a great show at Old Salem Farm last week, during the second week of the Spring Horse Shows in North Salem, New York, collecting two wins as well as other placings. The highlight of the show was Sunday’s four-star $225,000 Empire State Grand Prix, which saw 21 on the start list. Ten of these jumped clear in the first round to proceed to the jump-off, where four combinations managed to keep all the fences standing. Coyle rode the 15-year-old gelding Ariso to a flawless double clear, stopping the jump-off clock in an unbeatable 34.65 seconds to stand top of the podium and take home the $67,500 winner’s prize. The other three double clears came from American riders, McKayla Langmeier (second), Katherine Dinan (third) and Charlotte Jacobs (fourth).

“Ariso probably should have won both the Welcome and the Grand Prix last week, to be honest,” Coyle said of his mount, after a fourth place in the three-star $125,000 Old Salem Farm Grand Prix the week before. “I didn’t want to let him down today, so for sure, I was just trying to be on my game.”