JJ Babu

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JJ Babu was a horse that excelled in the sport of eventing, under American rider Bruce Davidson.

  • Lived: 1974-April 1989
  • Sex: Gelding
  • Color: Bay
  • Markings: Small star
  • Breeding: by Babu Dancer, by My Babu, out of Polymelia by Tudorka
  • Breeder: Charles B Eiler
  • Place of Birth: Germantown, Maryland
  • Rider: Bruce Davidson

JJ Babu was purchased by Davidson as a yearling. He was not only a good-looking horse, but was well-tempered. The gelding excelled in all three phases, which explains his incredible success.

Partnered for 15 years with Davidson, the horse not only won the team gold at the 1984 LA Olympics, but also the Rolex Kentucky Three Day in 1983. He competed at the advanced level for nine seasons, and started in 12 CCIs.

JJ Babu was destroyed at the age of 15, after he fractured a pastern bone at the Fair Hill Horse Trials.

[edit] Competition Record

1988

1987

  • 1st Stockholm CCI *** (Sweden)
  • 1st Somborne

1986

1985

  • 11th Badminton CCIO ***
  • 2nd Brigstock

1984

  • Team gold and individually 13th the Los Angeles Olympics

1983

1982

1981

  • 1st Chesterland Three Day Event (Advanced)

1980

  • 1st Essex Three Day Event (Preliminary)
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