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Showjumpers selected for Tokyo to complete Australian Equestrian Team
Edwina Tops-Alexander and Identity Vitseroel.
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The Australian Olympic Equestrian Team for Tokyo has been finalised, with Edwina Tops-Alexander, Jamie Kermond and Katie Laurie selected by the Australian Olympic Committee.
Today’s selection of the three jumpers completes the nine-strong Equestrian team set to represent Australia at the Games, with the dressage and eventing teams named last week.
Tops-Alexander will compete in her fourth Olympics, while Kermond and Laurie will both make their Australian Olympic debut in Tokyo.
Kermond will ride Yandoo Oaks Constellation, owned by Kerrie Winning, and will be supported by groom Cody Mulder. Despite Tokyo being the first Olympics for the combination they are no strangers to success in the international arena, having been part of the 2018 World Equestrian Games Team which secured Australia’s team quota for Tokyo 2020.
Jamie Kermond and Yandoo Oaks Constellation.
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Laurie will ride Casebrooke Lomond, co-owned by Katie and Jackson Laurie with Sheena Ross, and will be assisted by groom Ashlyn Cuku. Laurie has ridden Casebrooke Lomond throughout his entire 10-year career, taking on the ride
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New faces join established star on Australian Olympic showjumping team
The Australian Olympic showjumping team heading to the Tokyo Games has been revealed as a three-time Olympian is called up for the fourth time, a rider makes their Olympic debut, and a former New Zealand rider flies the Australian flag.
The Australian showjumping team consists of:
- Edwina Tops-Alexander and her own Identity Vitseroel
- Katie Laurie and Casebrooke Lomond, owned by Katie, her husband Jackson and Sheena Ross
- Jamie Kermond and Yandoo Oaks Constellation, owned by Kerrie Winning
The alternate is:
- Rowan Willis and Blue Movie, owned by Rowan, David and Elsa Willis, Renee Willis, Michael and Wendy Jackson and Warren Coventry
Edwina, 47, will be making her fourth Olympic appearance, having competed at Rio 2016, London 2012 and Beijing 2008. She has owned the 13-year-old mare Identity Vitseroel since 2019, and the pair enjoyed a top-10 placing in the grand prix at the Valkenswaard leg of the Global Champions Tour in early June, so will be heading to the Olympics in good form.
Edwina said she is “honoured” and “privileged” to have been chosen to represent Australia again, adding it’s a team that has never ridden together before.
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