Cheltenham Races: Daryl Jacob Conscious After Horse Port Melo Crashes Through Rail (VINE)

Jockey Jacob Conscious After Horse Crashes Through Rail
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Jockey Daryl Jacob with Lac Fontana after winning the Vincent O'Brien County Handicap Hurdle on Gold Cup Day, during the Cheltenham Festival.
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Jockey Daryl Jacob was taken to hospital, but conscious, after his horse Port Melo crashed through rails at the Cheltenham Festival.

Jacob, who won the Vincent O'Brien County Handicap Hurdle on board Lac Fontana, left the races on a stretcher following the collision and received oxygen from paramedics.

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