DERRY’s Daniel Coyle (24) romped to victory in the $50,000 Hermès Under 25 Grand Prix Final during the penultimate week at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Florida, last Sunday.

Riding the nine-year-old Irish Sport Horse CHS Krooze (Kroongraaf x Cruising), who was bred in Co Clare by Vincent O’Callaghan, Coyle was one of 30 to qualify for the prestigious final and was clear when last to go in the first round, making it a six-horse jump-off.