KILKENNY’S Kevin Babington may have thought a special tribute to his great show jumper Carling King was going to be the highlight of his day at the Silver Oak Jumper Tournament in Halifax last Sunday.

There wasn’t a dry eye left by the end of the moving tribute to Babington’s late superstar but yet more was to come when the Irishman went on to win the highlight competition, the $75,000 Agero Grand Prix on Shorapur.