DENIS Lynch was the individual leader of the Longines Global Champions Tour going into the Shanghai show at the Juss International Equestrian Centre last week and he contributed handsomely to his team, New York Empire, finishing third in the Longines Global Champions League on Friday night.

However, a failure to add to his score in the Longines Shanghai Grand Prix led to him dropping to fifth in the overall individual standings, with Edwina Tops-Alexander (AUS) taking over at the top of the table.