Jacob suffers multiple injuries

An eventful day ended prematurely for Daryl Jacob yesterday with the jockey suffering multiple injuries in a freak accident prior to the Albert Bartlett Novice’s Hurdle and he now faces a lengthy spell off the track.

The Wexford jockey was beaten by a nose in the Pertemps Network Final and saw his chances of claiming the JCB Triumph Hurdle ruined when Calipto’s stirrups were broken in the fall that left Ruby Walsh with a broken arm.

His luck — and that of trainer Paul Nicholls for whom he is retained rider — then appeared to change with their first victory of the week in the Vincent O’Brien County Handicap Hurdle on board 11/1 shot Lac Fontana.