Tipperary rider Shane Breen has high hopes for Zarnita, the nine-year-old mare that gave him his second win in the Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Hickstead, England, on Saturday.

LAUREN Hough knew there was room for improvement on her poor performance in Friday’s Nations Cup at the Discover Ireland Horse Show and proved it emphatically yesterday by winning the €200,000 Longines Grand Prix on a day when America dominated.