Jessica Kürten

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Jessica Kürten (née Chesney), (born 24 November 1969 in Cullybackey, Northern Ireland) is an Irish professional showjumper.

As a youth Kürten won several national pony championships. As of 2006, she is the best female showjumper and second overall.

In 1994 Jessica married Eckard Kürten and moved to Hünxe in the German Rhineland. She has twice represented Ireland at the Olympic Games, 1996 Atlanta on Diamond's Exchange finishing 26th individually and team 8th and in 2004 Athens on Castle Forbes Maike finishing 18th individually.

In 2006 Kürten was a judge on the BBC's Only Fools on Horses event. In April 2007 Jessica won the prestigious British Open Show Jumping Championships title at the NEC, Birmingham, UK.

In 2007, Kürten's horse Castle Forbes Maike was found tested positive for etoricoxib, after a competition in La Baule in France. She has since challenged the result.[1]

As of May 2008, she is second in the FEI World Rankings [1]

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[edit] Major achievements

  • 2008
    • Equal 4th, Rolex FEI World Cup Final, Gothenburg, (Castle Forbes Libertina)
    • Rolex FEI World Cup Final, Gothenburg Trophy, Gothenburg, (Quibell) [2]
    • Rolex FEI World Cup Final, Competition II, Gothenburg, (Castle Forbes Libertina)
    • Rolex FEI World Cup Qualifer (Grand Prix of Leipzig), CSI-W Leipzig, (Castle Forbes Libertina)
  • 2007
    • Rolex FEI World Cup Qualifer, CSI-W Olympia, London, (Castle Forbes Libertina)
    • NH Hoteles Trophy, CSI5* La Coruna, (Kalande des Grez)
    • Rolex Top Ten Final, CSI5* Geneva, (Castle Forbes Libertina)
    • Equal 2nd, Rolex Grand Prix, CSI5* Geneva, (Castle Forbes Libertina)
    • Prix Clarins, CSI5* Geneva, (Castle Forbes Vivaldo vh Costersveld)
    • Speed Class, CSI4*-W Verona, (Castle Forbes Libertina)
    • British Open Champion, CSI4* NEC, Birmingham (Galopin de Bioley)
    • Monaco Grand Prix, CSI5* Monaco, (Castle Forbes Libertina)
    • 2nd, Grand Prix de Cannes, CSI5* Cannes, (Castle Forbes Libertina)
    • Longines Grand Prix, CSIO5* La Baule (Castle Forbes Maike)
    • OBO Bettermann Prize, CSI3* Balve, Germany (Castle Forbes Libertina)
    • Preis der AachenMunchener, CSIO5* Aachen (Quibell)
    • Coruna City Council Grand Prix, CSI4* La Coruna, Spain (Quibell)
  • 2006
    • Dubai Grand Prix (Castle Forbes Libertina)
    • Dubai Masters (Castle Forbes Libertina)
    • Credit Suisse Grand Prix, Zürich (Quibell)
    • Mercedes Swiss Masters (winning a car), Zürich (Castle Forbes Libertina)
    • Chernyakhovsk Grand Prix, Russia (Quibell)
    • 2nd in the World Cup Final, Kuala Lumpur, (Castle Forbes Libertina)
    • Worldcup pre-Qualifier Competition, Leipzig
    • Qualifier young horses, Leipzig
    • Final young horses, Leipzig
    • Qualifier Worldcup Competition Göteborg
    • Göteborg Trophy, Göteborg
    • Intern. jumping class CSI Cannes
  • 2005
    • Estoril Grand Prix, Portugal (Castle Forbes Maike)
    • The knock out, Kiel (Laurus)
  • 2004
    • Team Trophy, Leipzig (Lady Preishammer)
    • Berlin World Cup Qualifier
    • Nations Cup: Dublin (Quibell)
  • 2003
  • 2002
    • Indoor-Derby, Vienna (Lady Preishammer)
  • 2001
  • 2000
    • Nations Cups: Calgary and Rotterdam, Dublin, San Marino & Modena - helping to win a record-breaking tenth Nations Cup, thus clinching Ireland’s place as outright winner of the Samsung Nations Cup Series 1999/2000 (all Paavo N)
  • 1999
    • Queen Elizabeth II Cup, Hickstead (Paavo N)
  • 1996
    • Helsinki Grand Prix (Diamond Exchange)
  • 1995
    • Mechelen Grand Prix (Diamond Exchange)
  • 1994
    • World Championships, WEG The Hague, 10th individually (Diamond Exchange)
    • Nations Cups: La Baule and Modena (Diamond Exchange)
  • 1992
    • Millstreet World Cup Qualifer (Diamond Exchange)

[edit] Horses

One of Kürten's most successful horses was Diamond's Exchange, a bay Irish Sport Horse gelding, foaled in 1983. He was by Diamond Serpent (who was by King of Diamonds) out of Water Burn II. Kürten had a successful partnership with this horse, including participation in the Olympic Games in Atlanta and the World Championships at The Hague.[2]

Other horses she's ridden include:

  • Paavo N
  • Bonita
  • Quibell[3]
  • Castle Forbes Meike
  • Castle Forbes Libertina
  • Castle Forbes Vivaldo van het Cost
  • Castle Forbes Bolivar
  • Galopin du Biolay

[edit] References

  1. ^ Kurten to challenge positive test - BBC Sport
  2. ^ "Former Horses"
  3. ^ Riderstour.de - Horses

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