Langley, Vancouver, Canada – The wait is over and FEI-level showjumping is back at Thunderbird Show Park! Over the past 12 months, Conor Swail (IRL) has been one of the most successful riders at the highest level of the sport. It could be said that his journey to the fifth position in the world rider ranking pretty much began at the venue last year, where he collected several wins and top placings. The Irishman is back for the Canadian Premier CSI 5* & CSI 2* and the first leg of the 2022 Major League Show Jumping (MLSJ) individual and team championship series.

In order to duplicate his feats of last year, the Irishman will have to overcome the likes of Elizabeth “Beezie” Madden (USA), Kent Farrington (USA), Ashlee Bond (ISR), Daniel Bluman (ISR), Nayel Nassar (EGY), Paul O’Shea (IRL), Karl Cook (USA), Jordan Coyle (IRL), Daniel Coyle (IRL), Rowan Willis (AUS), Patricio Pasquel (MEX), amongst ohters.

The list of riders & horses for the CSI 5* classes there this week is the following:

AUSTRALIA

1) Rowan Willis – Wellington Grey Goose, Blue Movie, Billy Guilder

CANADA

2) Alicia Gadban – Lewis – Beneficial

3) Ben Asselin – Luikan Q, Baton Rouge

4) Brian Morton – Crusador Z

5) Hyde Moffatt – Quintin, Gisborne VDL

6) Jacqueline Steffens – Freaky, Cat Ninja

7) Jim Ifko – Un Diamant des Forets

8) Lisa Carlsen – Livestream 2

9) Mac Cone – Zaia di San Giovanni

10) Rachel Cornacchia – Valkyrie de Talma

11) Sean Jobin – Coquelicot Vh Heuvelland Z

12) Vanessa Mannix – Kingston, Catinka 25

13) Sam Walker – Nalu Quality, Dreamin Blue

COLOMBIA

14) John Perez Bohm – Voodoo 10, Gigi-Carmen

EGYPT

15) Nayel Nassar – Igor van de Wittemoere, El Conde

IRELAND

16) Andrew Bourns – Sea Topblue

17) Conor Swail – Theo 160, Nadal Hero & Db, Count Me In

18) Daniel Coyle – Oak Grove’s Carlyle, Legacy

19) Jordan Coyle – Picador, Ariso

20) Nicky Galligan – Javas MIss Jordan, Hermione De L’hodez

21) Paul O’Shea – Squirt Gun, Hellcat, Chancelloress

22) Robert Blanchette – Chardonnay

ISRAEL

23) Alberto Michan – Nabal de Trivera, Hotspot

24) Ashlee Bond – Karoline Of Ballmore, Donatello 141, Contefina LVF

25) Daniel Bluman – Ubiluc, Gemma W

MEXICO

26) Daniel Rihan – Tentacion Ls La Silla, Desperado Dn

27) Eugenio Garza Perez – Victer Finn DH Z, Contago

28) Manuel Gonzalez Dufrane – Martialis, Hortensia Van De Leeuwerk

29) Nicolas Pizarro – Santa Rosa Yalta, Pia Contra

30) Patricio Pasquel – Dublin, Cozumel, Babel

USA

31) Alexis Sokolov – Fasole Du Seigneur

32) Bliss Heers – Goodbye, Antidote de Mars

33) Callie Schott – Garant, Charlie, Carlo 454

34) Elizabeth Madden – Breitling LS

35) Emma Marlowe – Cherokee

36) Hilary Mc Nerney – Chuck 27, Captain Cooper, Astilbe

37) Hunter Holloway – Pepita Con Spita, Dana de Kerglenn, Biloba des Chaines

38) Kaitlin Campbell – Feyon, Armentos

39) Karl Cook – Kalinka Van’t Zorgvliet, Coachella 4

40) Katherine Strauss – Fair Field, Cincinnati Kid 7

41) Kent Farrington – Orafina, Gazelle, Chato Lou

42) Kyle King – Etalon, Enzo

43) Lacey Gilbertson – Karlin van’t Vennehof, Damzelle Ste Hermelle

44) Nicholas Dello Joio – Cornet’s Cambridge, Chess

45) Quentin Judge – Hh Zorro Z, Hh N-joy

46) Tali Dejong – Vaillant De Belle Vue, Heavenly Star

47) Tanner Korotkin – Ne – President Van Koekshof

48) Vanessa Hood – Navaar, Lou Lou VLS, Cascalretto

VENEZUELA

49) Juan Ortiz – Toulouse Z, Kinky Boy Van Het Gildenhof

*Subject to changes due to late entries, withdrawals, FEI vet approval, etc…..

**Shane Sweetnam (IRL) is listed as a participant in the FEI entry system but not in the event entry system

Sources: FEI – Fédération Equestre Internationale / Tbird – Thunderbird Show Park

Photo: © Tbird / Quinn Saunders

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