DARYL Jacob, who paid a successful visit to Roscommon earlier in the month, made his presence felt at another western venue as number one jockey to Simon Munir and Isaac Souede when Fan De Blues took the BoyleSports Chase.

The Willie Mullins inmate ran an excellent third in the Galway Blazers Handicap Chase last month and showed versatility in coming back in distance from just short of three miles to an extended two miles. This very useful seven-year-old produced a fine effort to account decisively for the 152-rated Cape Gentleman whom he was meeting on somewhat unattractive terms.