Jacob delighted with Diamond Harry

GOLD CUP hopeful Diamond Harry was “bouncing” when teamed up with his big-race jockey Daryl Jacob yesterday morning.

Jacob delighted with Diamond Harry
Fri, 21 Jan, 2011 - 00:00
Nick Robson

The Hennessy Gold Cup winner, trained in Devon by Nick Williams, is going straight to the Festival without another run and the race cannot come soon enough.

Diamond Harry finished 15 lengths in front of Denman at Newbury, but will be nearly two stones worse off at Cheltenham and while Jacob is aware of that, he is also keen not to dismiss the chances of Denman’s stablemate Kauto Star.

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