Incredible and Daniel Coyle takes Dublin Horse Show feature

Irish riders maintained their superb run of form at the Dublin Horse Show, with a double of wins on day two at the RDS.

Paris Olympian Daniel Coyle and the 11-year-old gelding Incredible proved unbeatable in the feature Cashel Palace Hotel Stakes 1m60 jump-off class, posting a super fast clear in 34.91 seconds that put pressure on those who followed in the 11-horse jump-off.

Italy's Giulia Martinengo Marquet came closest to catching Coyle, but had to settle for second place with a clear in 35.26.

Tipperary's Denis Lynch and Cordial filled third place in 36.78, just ahead of Wexford's Bertram Allen in fourth aboard Caprisco with the only other double clear in 37.28.

America's McLain Ward did beat the winning time with Contagious (33.26), but a fence down left him in fifth.

The earlier Speed Derby served up a hugely exciting competition, with Co Down's Conor Swail getting his first win of Dublin Horse Show 2024.

Swail and the 12-year-old gelding Theo 160 jumped clear in 81.18 seconds, which left them fractionally ahead of the in-form Francis Derwin with Parvati AEG in second (81.74).

Athlone's Derwin and the nine-year-old mare had taken victory in the opening international competition at the RDS on Wednesday.

Third place in the Speed Derby went to French rider Julien Gonin with Estrella De La Batia, just ahead of Mikey Pender in fourth with the Marion Hughes-bred HHS Fortune (ISH).

Friday's feature at the Dublin Horse Show will be the Nations Cup of Ireland for the Aga Khan Trophy, with Ireland drawn sixth to jump of the eight teams that compete.

USA will be first into the ring followed by The Netherlands. Belgium, Switzerland, Sweden, Ireland, France and Great Britain.

Irish team manager Michael Blake has named a quartet of Darragh