Kurten fails to qualify for final

Jessica Kurten didn't manage to keep up her remarkable run of performances at the Global Champions' Tour show in Doha, Qatar on Thursday night when she failed to qualify for Saturday's final.

But Tipperary's Denis Lynch finished in 16th place when incurring just four faults with the gelding, All Inclusive NRW and so goes through to the second and final round.

Only the top 18 from the 25 qualified competitors are allowed to compete for the €300,000 prize in Saturday night's final at Doha, but Kurten, who finished 25th with Castle Forbes Myrtille Paulois on nine faults, will not now get a chance to repeat her 2008 victory, when she took the top prize with Castle Forbes Libertina.