Tops-Alexander is currently the highest ranked rider of the 2014 Longines Global Champions Tour (LGCT) and represented Australia in the 2012 and 2008 Olympics. Married to gold medal-winning Dutch show jumping rider and trainer Jan Tops, she has featured at the highest level with Pialotta, Itot du Chateau and Socrates.

Ramiro Cruise, by Ramiro B, was bred by Patrick Connolly, Co Galway, and began his competition career with Olivia and Shane Burns in Co Sligo and was then produced in Britain by Dave and Sharon Quigley, who went on to record a number of international wins and placings.