No wonder trainer James Owen had nearly lost his voice in the Cheltenham winner’s enclosure after Burdett Road had won the Unibet Greatwood Hurdle.

Keayang Zahara is by boom stallion Volstead out of the talented Muscles Yankee mare Keayang Yankee, who raced just 19 times for nine wins. Keayang Yankee’s dam, Dream Interest, is by Dream Vacation.

As the jumps season clicks into higher gear in Britain and Ireland, Steve Dennis remembers the Michael Dickinson-trained ...