TIPPERARY’S Kevin Babington was the best placed Irish rider in last Sunday’s four-star $216,000 Ariat Grand Prix held on the beautiful grass derby field at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Centre in Wellington, Florida, during week four of the Winter Equestrian Festival.

Riding Debra Wycoff’s Irish-bred Super Chilled, Babington was the second fastest four faulter in round one to finish in fifth place in a competition which saw only three riders advance to the jump-off.