MEATH’s Cian O’Connor was crowned Leading Show Jumper of the Year, after winning the curtain-closing Grand Prix at the Horse Of The Year Show in Birmingham last Sunday.

O’Connor produced an outstanding double clear round with the 10-year-old gelding Super Sox, stopping the clock in 32.49 seconds to take the title by four-hundredths of a second ahead of British legend John Whitaker, riding Ornellaia.