Well done Jessica Kurten!!

[buzzles]

and Libertina of course

!

They won the final of the Global Champions tour in Brazil, jumped one of only 4 clears to get into the jump off with Ludger Beerbaum, Meridith Michaels-Beerbaum and a french guy. Jessica jumped an amazing clear in the jump off, the mare was absolutely flying and it's great to see how much she loves the mare, she was thrilled!! M MB was second and LB third. Tim Gredley finished in 5th with the fastest four faults but John Whittaker did not have a good round, pretty much demolished the triple, I don't know how he stayed on

!

Jessica Kurten really is one of the best riders in the world, it's a pity she doesn't get the recognition she deserves, especially over here

. I would have loved to have seen her jump in the olympics but in hindsight maybe it was the right decision for her. Libertina is absolutely awesome, she has such heart and scope and they have a really special partnership

 

[RLF]

I agree Jessica is a fab rider and isn't given the recognition.
She is definately one of my fav riders

 

[clairel]

Fantastic!
I really love Jessy! I was really pleased that she won the Grand Prix in Dublin in front of a home crowd and she got such a good response!
Go her! she really is one of the best with so many big class wins.

 

[lucretia]

i like her also but was gratified to see it was the immortal shutterfly in second. i know i have a one trck mind where this horse is concerned but i wonder how much he has earned in his life time now.

 

[buzzles]

Shutterfly jumped very badly in the semifinal on thurs, he finished on 4 faults and was lucky to only finish with that

. He was like a different horse yesterday, jumped for fun in the first round and in the jump off she just took a couple of checks where Jessica didn't, there was .75 of a second between them. Ludger jumped a safe clear, obviously saving All Inclusive for better things and was 2 seconds off M MB, the french guy went a bit hell for leather and had 2 silly fences down. A great competition though

.

 

[clairel]

calzy... where did you see it?

 

[CorvusCorax]

Yay! She is from my hometown, delighted for her.

 

[buzzles]

clairel it was live on eurosport thurs and sat, I posted on fri that it was going to be on. I think they might repeat it though.

 

[lucretia]

and usually you can watch the GCT live on their web site also x

 

[Loupride]

Delighted for her, she is without a doubt our best rider

she was in Fab form in Dublin and the crowd gave her a great welcome; It was a pleasure to watch her ride