Offaly’s Darragh Kenny last night (Saturday) claimed victory in the $134,000 three-star Grand Prix at Kentucky Spring Horse Show in Lexington, USA – repeating his win in the same competition in 2018. The result completes a brilliant comeback for Kenny’s winning mount Babalou 41 who is owned by Jack Snyder. The 13-year-old mare missed out on a place last years World Equestrian Games after undergoing emergency colic surgery as Kenny explained: “After her win in last year’s Grand Prix, she was amazing through the summer but unfortunately she had colic surgery and we spent the whole winter working to get her back to her best again. She finally feels like she’s there. It’s nice to have her back to her old self again. Next she will jump two weeks in Spruce Meadows in both Grand Prix classes and then I will aim her for the Grand Prix in Aachen [Germany] […]
