Release date: 23/07/2011 |    

Chantilly is becoming a lucky venue for the women who are regulars on the Global Champions Tour as three girls visited the podium again this year.

Edwina Alexander (pictured above) scored her second biggest win this season matching her Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of Cannes success. She likes France and so too does her French bred trusted partner Itot du Chateau.

Of the eighteen riders who went to the second round, nine jumped clear of which only three were double clean to demand the jump-off.

Penelope Leprevost (France) Edwina Alexander (Australia), and Luciana Diniz (Portugal) were the only three to jump double clean to factor the exciting jump-off.

The all girl jump-off was a top class performance with the 6,000 strong spectators hanging on the edge of their seats.

In the jump-off Penelope took every angle possible with Mylord Carthago and was over the finish line in 44.16 seconds.

Although Itot de Chateau is a smaller horse in stature, Edwina had the horse covering the ground well, turning up on a very short track to the second last vertical before putting in a hard gallop to the last to be home in 41.88 seconds.

Sitting in pole position to go last in the jump-off Luciana looked quicker over the ground with Lennox but fell short in time by .03 of a second, finishing on 41.94 seconds to be runner-up.

Victory for Edwina and Itot du Chateau to place yet another Global Champions Tour trophy on the mantelpiece.

There has been a soft shoe shuffle again as the Global Champions Tour ranking changed following Edwina’s win of the Grand Prix of Chantilly. She has boosted her position on the GCT rankings from 155 to 195 points to take the lead over Ludger Beerbaum who now sits with 186.50.  He is just ahead of Luciana Diniz who is in third position with 186.00 points

Photo credits: Stefano Grasso/GCT