Kurten second in Madrid speed competition

Jessica Kurten racked up the best Irish result so far at this weekend's five star show in Madrid, Spain when taking second place this morning in the 1m40 speed class with her new nine-year-old chestnut mare Kalande de Grez.

Kurten was almost two seconds off the pace of Portuguese winner Luis Sabino Goncalves, who had also beaten her in Friday's Two-Phase competition at Madrid, both riding the same horses.