JONNY Steele recorded his first win of the season when Zermatt won the Horse Sport Ireland EI110 eventing series qualifier at Knockany on Saturday and then doubled up when landing the EI100 on Boss Quality.

One of four horses competing on the day by Steele’s oft-time partner Centre Stage, Zermatt led after dressage (31.3) and was never headed, although picking up 0.8 of a cross-country time penalty. Clare Abbott completed on her first phase score to take second with the bang-in-form Malcolm X (33.5) while 2.4 cross-country time penalties proved expensive for the third-placing pairing of Robbie Collins and Dunrath Navigator (34.2).