THE well-known King Flagmount, now in the ownership of his longterm rider Alicia Devlin Byrne, landed the EcoTrack & Access performance ridden Irish Draught championship for the Windmill Stud trophy in the Main Arena of Balmoral Park last Thursday.

The section was judged by Britain’s Sue Stewart (flat) and the home-based pair of Michael Kirwan (conformation) and Aubrey Chapman (ride) with the last-named saying: “There was a lot of quality in the two classes but, as you would expect, some of the four-year-olds were quite green.