Cheltenham Festival-winning jockey Daryl Jacob opens up on tragic death of horse in fall
Mirror
19/02/2021
Melissa Jones
Leading jockey Daryl Jacob has opened up on the loss of a horse he was riding at Lingfield earlier this week.
The Cheltenham Festival-winning rider said the fall of Eau Top, just yards from the finish, was an "awful experience."
The 20-1 shot was making rapid headway around a furlong from the finish in a jumpers' bumper, when he came down.
Jacob was thrown from the saddle and was heartbroken that his mount's injury was unsurvivable.
He wrote in his Sporting Life column : "My commiserations go out to Ben Pauling, his team and the connections of Eau Top who lost his life when he fell with me at Lingfield on Tuesday.