Silver Oak Jumper Tournament

from Elite Equestrian magazine July August 2021 issue

by Elite Equestrian LLC

Buying A Trailer In Trying Times

Silver Oak Jumper Tournament Supports Kevin Babington

or the second F season, or year in a row,

Babington Benefit Classic

The Silver Oak Jumper Tournament takes place September 8-12th, 2021

we at The Silver Oak Jumper Tournament will feature a very special class. The Babington Benefit Classic, sponsored at Silver Oak by Greenberg Taurig. This important class was won last year by the way, by fellow Irishman Paddy McNamara as cosmic fate would have it. The point here is to honor a lifetime of contribution to the sport of Show Jumping from the Olympics to the many students Kevin’s contributions have affected. By contributing the entry fees for this class, we also aide in the long road to Kevin’s recovery.

We at the Silver Oak Jumper Tournament and The Morrissey Management Group are proud of our involvement and prouder still that so many other icons of the summer circuit in other locations have agreed to follow our lead and continue this effort. If you’re watching this at any one of those great shows you can feel good being there.

The tenacity, patience, kindness, and passion Kevin, and for that matter, the entire Babington Family have poured into the hard, grueling physical work he has endured should come as no surprise to anybody who knows the sport and knows Kevin. Never in all the hours, days and nights of struggle have any of us known Kevin to lose heart, to lose patience or to stop caring more about those around him, than himself. It’s not surprising because it’s always been Kevin’s way.

Through all this, the families continued involvement in the sport has been of great comfort to Kevin as have the extensive teaching and training regimen he and Dianna have kept up. That connection makes this class even more important. All of us are witnessing an iron will, and a heroic force that is emblematic of the best in us, the pinnacle of what our partnership with our great equine partners must be to succeed.

There is no better example, there is no better ambassador for our sport and there is nobody more deserving of our support. Ladies and gentlemen welcome to the “Babington Benefit Classic”, let’s really make some noise and get behind each rider that passes through these gates today. Thank You. www.SilverOakJumperTournament.com

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