Ireland's Conor Swail topped off an impressive outing at the three-star Modena event this weekend (May 1-3) with a Third Place in the Grand Prix tonight (Saturday).

With one win, two Thirds and an Eighth already to his credit, the Malahide-based rider brought out his 2002 Zuidlaren winner, Windgates King Koal, for the final competition of the evening, and the 15 yr old Edward Cawley-owned gelding, in his first 2003 outing, knocked just one fence to bring Swail into Third.

After the Grand Prix, Swail said: < I was delighted to have had such a good weekend on such good horses. My short-term aim now is to be selected to jump for Ireland in Rome later this month.>

SHOW JUMPING RESULTS: CSI*** MODENA ITALY 1-3 MAY 2003

Class N.12 - GRAN PREMIO DUE MANCHES (Grand Prix)
Saturday, May 3, 2003

1) Rob Eras (INED) Collezione Cesaro La Perla Faults 1/0 Time 51.08
2) Gianni Govoni (ITA) Loro Piana Havinia Faults 4/0 Time 36.74
3) Conor Swail (IRL) Windgates King Koal Faults 4/0 Time 38.11

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