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I think to be great you have to have longevity. It's like a young lad that could turn up and be the best footballer for a year and then disappear and go off the rails. But they have the potential to really light up the Festival. There's a chance they could deliver wow performances.

In 2010, McCoy won the 'Jump off the Sofa Moment' Award at the Jaguar Academy of Sport Annual Awards ceremony for his Grand National win. [40] Independent (4 May 2020). "Remembering AP McCoy's legendary career in the saddle". Archived from the original on 8 May 2020 . Retrieved 6 May 2020. Jonjo O’Neill, trainer of Don’t Push It, needed little prompting to reel off a list of the horse’s ailments, including “kissing spines and bad stifles”. McCoy described his mount as “mentally unstable”. They tried ear plugs as a means of keeping him calm during the buildup but he still sweated up at the start.Armytage, Marcus (8 December 2010). "A P McCoy on a winning roll after being named Sportsman of The Year". The Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 15 December 2010 . Retrieved 8 December 2010. Fittingly his farewell came on a horse called Box Office. The only thing the script got wrong that afternoon on April 25, 2015 at Sandown is that the Jonjo O'Neill-trained gelding did not win. While tennis star Roger Federer was number one in his sport for 237 consecutive weeks, McCoy will bow out having been at the top of his for more than 1,000. McCoy had burst on the scene as a result of his first season riding in Britain and soon attracted the attention of leading trainer Martin Pipe and, then, upcoming Paul Nicholls. McCoy joined forces with powerful trainer Martin Pipe in 1997 and between them they proved to be an exceptionally strong partnership which dominated the sport. [8] Dave Roberts came for dinner and my wife, Chanelle, had no idea why he was coming down. The only person that I'd really spoken to about it was JP, my boss.

He has fallen an estimated 1,000 times from horses weighing half a tonne, travelling at speeds of up to 30mph. Teetotal McCoy's toll of injuries is sobering. He's broken both collarbones, shoulder blades, his lower and middle vertebrae, ribs, cheekbones, a leg, ankle, arm and wrist. He has punctured his lungs, chipped teeth and dislocated his thumb. However, a below-par run at Leopardstown last time has dampened enthusiasm about the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle favourite and Geraghty will be taking him on in the Festival opener. I was doing press-ups on the ground to show the doctors it wasn't sore. That's something I don't think I'd have been able to do 15 years ago. It's something I've trained my mind and body to cope with.Lee fell from his horse while racing in Newcastle last week and was taken to intensive care where he underwent surgery. While discussing his condition during a live ITV broadcast, McCoy began welling up when talking about the "long road" to recovery facing the Irishman. "It's been the most horrendous week," he said, as his voice began to quiver.

winners in the 2001-02 season, a British horse racing record and surpassing Sir Gordon Richards’ previous record of 269 winners on the Flat. Unlike in many previous attempts, McCoy was fortunate to get a drama-free trip around the Grand National course with Don’t Push It in 2010. Dunwoody, Richard (28 August 2002). "McCoy and Pipe lead the way". The Daily Telegraph. London, UK. Archived from the original on 29 February 2016 . Retrieved 2 April 2018. McCoy's announcement at Newbury in February that he would retire gave people notice that time was running out before he raced for the last time, at the season finale at Sandown Park on 25 April.

He certainly does encourage the horses to run for him. They understand him, he gets them in the right place at the right time, presents them correctly at a fence and goes at the right pace. James has been into the hospital and had scans and amazingly everything is OK. We had schooled about 40 horses and it was the second last to school. It was right in front of us – we were stood by that hurdle. McCoy kept his mount in mid-division in the early stages of the contest. He went second two fences out and then hit the front just before the last obstacle. The gelding stayed on strongly on the Flat around the elbow and was able to record a margin of success of five lengths. Honours which followed National Success