NICOLA Perrin won Sunday’s hunter championship at the Tattersalls Ireland July Show on Solsboro Zeus who, on entering the Main Arena for the championship judging, quickly became favourite to lift the title among the ringside audience.

It’s not hard to understand why, as the Dignified Van’t Zorgvliet four-year-old is a tall, dark bay who immediately catches the eye. Also, beautifully-produced and ridden by Perrin, he never put a foot wrong in the Main Arena, where work on building the track for the Plusvital Premier Series Grand Prix continued, while England’s Rebecca Baker (ride) and Simon Somers (conformation) judged the six horses forward.