Kermond pocketed almost $16,000 Australian – to add to his $9000 purse for an earlier success – after guiding Yandoo Oaks Constellation over the jaw-dropping jumps in Paris on the weekend.

The event was part of the Longines Global Champions Tour – touted as the world’s premier five-star showjumping event.

It includes 15 events spread across 13 countries and brings together the top 30 showjumpers in the world, as well as other aspiring competitors. 

Kermond’s stepfather Shayne Fisher said his family was thrilled he notched a win in his first Global Champions Tour event.

“Bruce Springsteen’s daughter Jessica wasn’t able to attend so he took her place,” Fisher said.

Kermond jumped five clear rounds to edge out Switzerland’s Pius Schwizer, who knocked a rail in the last jump-off. His best effort was two-metres.

The Netherlands-based showjumper, who is eyeing a 2016 Olympic Games berth, was presented with his cheque and winning rug in the shadows of the Eiffel Tower.

“It is pretty impressive. He is competing against the best of the best, so it’s pretty exciting,” Fisher said.

“Thankfully with the internet it is (streamed) live so we were sitting here watching it, jumping up and down.

“It was a great thrill.”