Kurten wins sportswoman of the month award for the eight time

Irish show jumper Jessica Kurten has won the Irish Times/Irish Sports Council Sportswoman of the Month Award for January, following her first major Grand Prix win of 2012 at Amsterdam’s four-star show in the Netherlands last month.

According to the Horse Sport Ireland, Jessica Kurten won the award for the eighth time since its creation in 2004. She will compete against the other monthly winners at the end of 2012 to be named the Sportswoman of the Year.

The Irish rider has recently moved from her former German location and is now based at the yard of businessman and fellow show jumper Edouard de Rothschild near Paris.