Edwina Tops-Alexander sails to win at seaside global tour event

AUSTRALIAN champion showjumper Edwina Tops-Alexander showed she’s well and truly back in action after the birth of her baby girl last July.

AUSTRALIAN champion showjumper Edwina Tops-Alexander showed she’s well and truly back in action after the birth of her baby girl last July.

Two-time winner: Edwina Tops-Alexander on California wins in Miami. Picture: Stefano Grasso

Tops-Alexander won the Miami Beach leg of the Global Champions Tour on the mare California in a jump-off, with Bassem Mohammed of Qatar finishing in second place, followed by Ireland’s Darragh Kenny and Cassini Z in third.

The venue for the event was just metres from the beach.

“It’s amazing, I wasn’t here last year because I was pregnant, so nice to be back again,” Tops-Alexander said.

“I really didn’t think I’d won actually, I had to keep looking at the screen.”

It was Tops-Alexander’s second win at Miami Beach. She is trying to become the first rider to win the tour three times, and moved to third place in the overall standings with 54 points.

Britain’s Scott Brash, the winner in Mexico City, is in the lead with 67 points, followed by Belgium’s Pieter Devos with 60 points.

The tour will move to Asia for the Shanghai leg at the end of this week.