WITH just 20 points accumulated so far in her bid to be at the World Cup Show Jumping Final in Milan two weeks from now, Ireland's Jessica Kurten tonight (Friday) stretched herself to take first place in the World Cup Preliminary class at Gothenburg, the last of the World Cup qualifying venues.

Riding the 10 yr old bay mare <Quibell>, Kurten now puts herself in pole position for Sunday's World Cup competition at the Swedish event, and will hope for another win to earn her a place at Milan.

Jessica currently lies in joint 40th position in the World Cup points league.

SHOW JUMPING RESULTS: CSI-W GOTEBORG SWEDEN 8-11 APRIL 2004

FEI World Cup Preliminary Competition
International Jumping Competition
FEI Art. 238.2.1 Table A 1m50 against the clock
Qualifier for the FEI World Cup (Class 14)
Friday, 9 April 2004

1) QUIBELL; Jessica KURTEN (IRL) Faults 0.00 Time 64.09
2) ANKA 191; Marcus EHNING (GER) Faults 0.00 Time 64.38
3) PORTOFINO; Michael WHITAKER (GBR) Faults 0.00 Time 65.49

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