Horses - SHOW JUMPING WORLD CUP FINAL - KURTEN 12TH IN FINAL STAGE, 16TH OVERALL - April 2001 - Equiworld

SHOW JUMPING WORLD CUP FINAL - KURTEN 12TH IN FINAL STAGE, 16TH OVERALL

Ireland's Jessica Kurten, riding <Paavo N> made it to equal12th Place in the third and final stage of the FEI World Cup Show Jumping Final at Gothenburg Horse Show (Sweden) today, giving her a total of 28 penalties, and 16th Place overall, after all three stages had been completed.

The World Cup was won by Switzerland's Markus Fuchs, riding <Tinka's Boy> (5 penalty points), who knocked the reigning World Champion Rodrigo Pessoa (Brazil) into Second Place in a jump-off in the Third Stage. Third overall was Gt. Britain's Michael Whitaker, riding <Handel ll>, who finished with a total of 8 penalties.

Fuchs and Pessoa both finished Day Three on a total of Five Penalties, and in the Jump-Off Fuchs had no penalties and a time of 35.25, while Pessoa had 8 penalties and a time of 33.90. Pessoa had been World Champion for the previous three years (1998, 1999, 2000), while Fuchs had never taken the World Cup before. (Rodrigo Pessoa has been World Champion since 1998, and will remain so until 2002, when the title will once again be contested. He has also won the World Cup Final in 1998, 1999, and 2000. )

SHOW JUMPING RESULT- GOTHENBURG HORSE SHOW, SWEDEN

? FEI World Cup Jumping, Final III
International Jumping Competition
Table A not against the clock over two rounds
FEI Art. 658.2.5, 1.50 - 1.60 m.
Monday, April 16th 2001
Class: 18

1) CALVARO V; Willi MELLIGER (SUI)
Prize Money 35000 Swiss Francs
Faults 0.00 0.00
2) TINKA'S BOY; Markus FUCHS (SUI)
Prize Money 23000 Swiss Francs
Faults 1.00 1.00
=3) BALOUBET DU ROUET; Rodrigo PESSOA (BRA)
Prize Money 9000 Swiss Francs
Faults 0.00 4.00
=3) PRIOBERT DE KALVARIE ; Leslie HOWARD (USA)
Prize Money 9000 Swiss Francs
Faults 4.00 0.00
=3) FEIN CERA; Peter WYLDE (USA)
Prize Money 9000 Swiss Francs
Faults 4.00 0.00

=12) PAAVO N; Jessica KURTEN (IRL)
Prize Money 1575 Swiss Francs
Faults 8.00 4.00
Seven riders tied for 12th Place

29 starters

Prize Money at Gothenburg is paid in either Swedish Kronors or Swiss Francs
Conversion rates: 1 IEP = 11.4581 SEK (Swedish Kronor)
1 IEP = 1.92994 CHF (Swiss Francs)

For results directly from the Gothenburg Horse Show, go to Sport Computer Graphics http://www.scg-nl.nl/vervolg.ws

Gothenburg Horse Show's own website is
http://www.scandinavium.se/horseshow/default.htm

Results will also be carried on the Equestrian Federation of Ireland site
http://www.horsesport.ie