Hopes high for Zaiyad

Herve Barjot, racing manager to Irish owner Sean Mulryan, believes Zaiyad holds a live chance of notching up a first victory at the Cheltenham Festival for the property tycoon.

Mulryan has a string of horses in training with Arnaud Chaille-Chaille in south-west France as well as established chaser Forget The Past with Michael O’Brien in his native Ireland, but out of a possible five runners, it is Zaiyad who gets Barjot’s blood pumping.