Murtagh aiming high as Zahrann is talk of the ‘town

JOHNNY Murtagh has big-race ambitions for Zahrann after the promising colt came from last to first to land the King George V Cup at Leopardstown yesterday.

- ALAN MAGEE

A close second on his Navan debut before going one better at cramped odds at Cork, the son of Night Of Thunder — who races in the colours of the late Aga Khan — faced a significant rise in class for this mile-and-a-half Listed contest and was given time to find his feet during the early stages by jockey Ben Coen.