THE middleweight hunter Homegrown Phoenix was crowned supreme champion of show as the Pegus Gala Weekend drew to a close in the Gransha Equestrian Centre last Sunday evening.

Bred by his Newtownards owner Sylvia Henry out of her Hunter’s Delight mare Porthill Lass, the 12-year-old Obelix gelding got through to the finale having been crowned Saturday night’s Pipeline Solutions champion ridden hunter by visiting judges Leon Stuart King (ride) and Emily Shore (conformation).