The owner of a 5,200-acre country estate who said he wanted to "downsize" by buying an abandoned manor house with 230 acres and do it up has failed in High Court application to force the completion of a €1.37m purchase deal.

Ireland's Jessica Kurten took her first win of the weekend at Geneva, Switzerland this afternoon with a decisive victory in the big 1m50 jump-off competition, with Castle Forbes Vivaldo.