BURKE PREDICTS THAT ZEUS MAY BE LEGENDARY

ZEUS OLYMPIOS stretched his perfect record to 4-4 in Newmarket's BOYLE Sports Joel Stakes - and trainer Karl Burke can't wait for 2026.

- BY DAVID YATES

Punters made the Charlie Appleby-trained Opera Ballo the 4-5 favourite for the Group 2 one-mile test.

But the hotpot had no answer when Clifford Lee sent Zeus Olympios to the front under the stands’ rail a furlong out en route to a two-and-a-quarter-length supremacy.