“UNBELIEVABLE,” is how Declan O’Flynn described his stallion Slackport Prince being crowned the 2018 Clifden Surpeme Champion. “We never expected this. We knew what we had and he is a serious pony but this is unbelievable.”

The 10-year-old stallion won Thursday’s stallion class before being crowned the Supreme Champion by judges Claire Oakes, Catherine Angel and Susan Byrne. Bred by Martin King in Ballyconneely, O’Flynn bought the Gurteen Cathal-sired stallion, who is out of Slackport Polly, as a two-year-old. His sire was Supreme Champion at the show in 2013