Kurten second in the Netherlands

Jessica Kurten took the runner-up spot in today's 1m 45 jump-off class at the three-star show in Den Haag, the Netherlands, this afternoon with Lady Georgina Forbes's eight year-old bay mare 'Myrtille Paulois'.

One of seven through to the final round from a startlist of 29, the Antrim-born rider was clear all the way, but local rider Mikael van der Vleuten beat her to the winner's enclosure by just over two seconds, riding 'VDL Groep Naomi'.