Show jumper Jessica Kurten’s date with the FEI tribunal
IRISH show jumper Jessica Kurten is to face an International Equestrian Federation (FEI) tribunal committee at Lausanne on 21 February.
Jessica had accused the FEI of “gross procedural errors” after tests from her horse, Castle Forbes Maike, were found positive for the banned anti-inflammatory drug Etoricoxib.
She called for a tribunal after claiming news of her case was leaked to the media “indiscreetly”, and that an independent analyst should have been allowed to witness the testing of the second sample.
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A self-confessed newshound, farmer’s daughter and journalist of many years' experience, Charlotte worked on regional papers before joining H&H in 2007. A regular rider, she visited Ireland in 2010 to investigate the fate of Irish horses through the recession, to much acclaim, and reported from the FEI General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro in 2011. She left Horse & Hound in March 2013.