BELGIAN rider Pieter Devos was crowned the king of the Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of Miami Beach, with the spectacular bay mare Claire Z, claiming the €99,000 first prize after a nail-biting eight-way jump-off from 32 starters.

Best of the Irish in the five-star 1.60m competition was Cork's Shane Sweetnam who finished ninth with Alejandro, taking home €6,000 while Galway's Michael Duffy was 20th with Quintano 35, followed by Shane Breen with Ipswich van de Wolfsakker.