Jacob finally rattles the net after a few near misses

FOR a long time there this didn’t look like being Daryl Jacob’s week.

In the words of one commentator halfway through the festival, the Wexford jockey, who is based in England and is stable jockey to Nick Williams, had already “hit the crossbar and a number of posts”.

Among his near misses were Rock On Ruby who finished second in Wednesday’s Novices’ Hurdle as well as For Non Stop who fell at the second-last when challenging Carlito Brigante for the honours in the Coral Cup later that day.