A DAY short of his fourth birthday, the Irish Draught gelding Tulcon Hero was crowned Creightons supreme hunter champion at the 156th Balmoral Show.

Ridden by Craughwell’s William McMahon for his wife Grace Maxwell Murphy, the Gortfee Hero grey ended up in the Main Arena last Thursday week by winning the four-year-old heavyweight class in Horse Ring 1 as the show opened the previous day. He swopped places at the top of the first line-up with the Sarah Brashaw-owned and ridden Centre Stage gelding Shanaghan Benu.