Lennon called up, as Euro hero Babington flies home

IRELAND'S show jumping team will line out in today's Samsung Super League competition at Rotterdam without European Championship's hero Kevin Babington, who has crossed the Atlantic to compete at Spruce Meadows before heading home.
Lennon called up, as Euro hero Babington flies home
Fri, 29 Aug, 2003 - 01:00

Pennsylvania-based Babington was replaced on the five-man squad by Dermott Lennon.

But, an 11th-hour call to arms has seen the world champion replace Robert Splaine on the four-man team bidding to overtake France in the Samsung Super League. Lennon will ride Marie O'Brien's stallion OBOS Quality in the competition in what will be a big test for the former ride of Denis Coakley.

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