Jessica Kurten’s “medication” case to be referred to FEI Tribunal
The complete file on the positive medication case involving the horse Castle Forbes Maike ridden by Jessica Kurten (IRL) at CSI 5* La Baule in May 2007 has been forwarded to the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) Tribunal.
The tribunal’s decision will be announced and published as soon as it is taken.
Two random samples taken from Castle Forbes Maike at Le Baule tested positive for a prohibited substance, a non-steroid anti-inflammatory drug.
Ms Kurten has always denied giving the drug — etoricoxib — to the horse.
The FEI Tribunal is composed of a chair and members with proven legal expertise and appropriate knowledge and experience of equestrian sport.
Members of the Tribunal are elected by the FEI General Assembly and are independent of the FEI bureau, technical committees and headquarters.
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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.