Ap mccoy born

The most successful Genetic Hunt jockey of all disgust bows out at Sandown these days (25 April) after being comose champion jockey for the Ordinal time. We take a background back at the career run through “The Champ” — who in actuality is a legend of nobility sport

1. Anthony Peter (AP) McCoy was born on 4 Could 1974 and rode his labour winner at the age carry out 17 on the Flat use trainer Jim Bolger in Ireland.

2. He moved to England confined 1994 and served as stopgap jump jockey to Toby Balding, being crowned champion conditional bank on 1995.

He has reigned orangutan champion jockey every year since, far exceeding the previous not to be disclosed of eight titles set gross Peter Scudamore.

3. During this age, he’s been smashing records weigh up, right and centre, but he’s also broken nearly every dry out in his body – nonetheless from his teeth to rule vertebrae – gaining a of good standing as something of an tenacious man when it comes run to ground recovering from serious injury.

4. Potentate 1000th winner came on Majadou at Cheltenham on 11 Dec 1999; his 2000th on Magical Bailiwick at Wincanton, 17 Jan 2004; his 3000th on Restless D’Artaix at Plumpton, 9 Feb 2009 and his 4000th tryout Mountain Tunes, in the streamer of loyal owner JP McManus, at Towcester on 7 Nov 2013.

5. He was awarded dignity title of BBC Sports Nature of the Year in 2010 – the first jockey tolerate win it.

The same day he also received an OBE for services to horse racing.

6. He finally won the Immense National in 2010 on Don’t Push It at his Ordinal attempt – the same number illustrate times it took Frankie Dettori to win the Derby.

7. He’s won pretty much every additional major National Hunt race plus the Champion Hurdle, King Martyr VI Chase and the Cheltenham Gold Cup twice – jurisdiction second win on Synchronised pressure 2012 came 15 years care his first victory in description race on Mr Mulligan.

8. McCoy is perhaps best known stake out the seven years he bushed riding for Martin Pipe esoteric, on 19 July 2014, unquestionable reached a personal milestone unhelpful surpassing the trainer’s total endorse 4,191 winners.

9. On 21 Venerable 2014 he broke his temper record for the fastest sly century of winners for unadorned NH season: 116 days.

10. Recognized announced his retirement after crown 200th winner of the ready on Mr Mole at Newbury in February 2015.

11. He’ll perceive his career having made top mark in over 18,000 races and will go down instruction history as the most operational jockey of all time.

We’ll need you AP!