“TO breed a champion is something special.” The trio of Adrian, Shirley and Adrianna that make up the Hurst Show Team have won many a champion’s sash over the years, but the supreme hunter title was one that always got away. Until last weekend that is, when their home-bred lightweight mare Tattygare Me Me Me recorded a clean sweep in the Main Arena.

Standing reserve supreme was the four-year-old middleweight Solsboro Zeus, a multiple winner this summer for Nicola Perrin.