Kürten notches a hat-trick at Leipzig show

SHOW JUMPER Jessica Kürten notched up a hat-trick of wins at Leipzig over the weekend, but failed to make a major impression in yesterday’s World Cup Qualifier.

The 36-year-old four-faulted in the first round on Castle Forbes Libertina to be denied a place in the jump-off. However, her time was good enough to ensure her 14th place and net her three points in a competition won by Austrian Thomas Frühmann on The Sixth Sense. Kürten’s performance elevated her two places on the Western European League to equal 18th on 22 points.

On Friday, the German-based Antrim rider won the pre-qualifier on Lady Georgina Forbes’s 10-year-old mare.