It meant even more that he did it in the green and gold colours of his great friend and supporter, JP McManus. It was during his recovery that he memorably remarked: "I think I'm unbreakable so I wasn't lying there thinking the worst, you can't think like that." I don't have too many regrets, but if I had one that haunts me a little bit - because I knew then, even if no one else knew, that there wasn't going to be any more. BBC head of radio sport Richard Burgess said: "This addition means our audiences will get a regular insight from one of the sport's greats. Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site.

McCoy has said he counts this as his biggest achievement, despite his multiple Champion Jockey titles and big race victories. [23], McCoy was retained by Irish racehorse owner, J. P. McManus and therefore rode all of his horses in Britain and occasionally Ireland. The 18,000 sell-out crowd was just as effusive, bursting into a rendition of 'for he's a jolly good fellow' as McCoy accepted the trophy. "I've given very little thought to it, other than I will definitely not be coming out of retirement," he said. The chaser finished third in …

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There's a very good chance if I had another go I'd end up not winning.".

A few weeks beforehand, McCoy was mulling over a choice of four mounts and did not seem especially thrilled by any of them, though he was prepared to make allowances for Don’t Push It’s flop at the Cheltenham Festival. I get that Ryan Moore or Frankie Dettori are not going to be involved in the jockeys' championship, they're involved in an international business, they're working for international operations. ‘The Grand National is a Wimbledon, it’s an FA Cup,’ says AP McCoy as he recalls his win in 2010 aboard Don’t Push It.

For winning is was what McCoy did best - 4,348 times over jumps in Britain and Ireland to be exact, plus another 10 on the Flat. McCoy had previously spent seven years as Martin Pipe's first jockey and many within racing were surprised of his decision to split from the successful Pipe stable. The 2010 race did not seem to hold particular promise. Fri 10 Apr 2020 05.00 EDT McCoy junior schooled jumpers, a job calling for strength and experience rather than youth and enthusiasm, by the age of 13 and soon realised his future lay in racing. Please be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our Community Guidelines. I think going to Sandown on the last day of the season and announcing I was retiring, I don't think the sport was going to get the best out of me - and it helped me mentally. Synchronised appeared outpaced during the first half of the extended 3 mile contest, however, Synchronised stayed on powerfully up the famous Cheltenham hill to pass both former winner Long Run and The Giant Bolster to land blue riband event at the Cheltenham Festival. McCoy beat Sir Gordon’s record of 269 winners in a season on Valfonic at Warwick on 2 April 2002, and he went on to end the campaign on 289 which also meant he had surpassed Richard Dunwoody’s record of all time jumps winners and was now the leading jumps rider of all time. It allows our most engaged readers to debate the big issues, share their own experiences, discuss real-world solutions, and more. I've heard a few say in the last couple of years we'll see how it goes or we'll do our best for connections and if they're happy I'm happy - forget that, do you want to be champion jockey? He said: "It should be every young jump jockey's dream - I get that Flat racing is a little different. Oh, well. //