AUSTRALIA’s Edwina Tops-Alexander became the second female rider to win the five-star Grand Prix at the Longines Masters of Paris on its 10th anniversary last weekend, where Tipperary show jumper Denis Lynch completed with a podium finish.

Lynch was one of seven riders to make it through to the jump-off from the 43 combinations who started over Frank Rothenberger’s track, a tough test in the first round. Riding the 10-year-old gelding The Sinner (Sanvaro x Landgold 3), owned by Onyx Consulting Ltd & Zach Lukas, he posted the first clear against the clock in a time of 47.03 seconds when third last to go.