Nick Townsend speaks to Johnny Burke about hope and cool ambition

While, for the majority of the National Hunt fraternity the air has been heavy with anticipation at the coming of the Cheltenham Festival, there are exceptions – as you swiftly discover when you raise the subject with Jonathan Burke.
It says much about the remarkable progress of the young Irishman - better known as Johnny - that he’s living purely for the moment.
On the 57-winner mark when we speak, he’s comfortably heading for his best season yet as stable jockey to the progressive Fergal Oȁ...