AP McCoy will join Channel 4’s racing team on an exclusive contract from this November, in a deal negotiated by LBM. AP’s first broadcast with the Channel 4 team will be on the Saturday (14th November) of The Open at Cheltenham and he will also work on some of Channel 4’s premier racedays and festivals across both codes of the sport.
The sporting icon joins a line-up of experts that includes Clare Balding, Nick Luck, Mick Fitzgerald, Emma Spencer, Alice Plunkett, Rishi Persad & Jim McGrath. Channel 4 Racing viewers will be able to enjoy AP’s opinion and insight forged from 20 years of unparalleled success. There has never been a jockey like AP McCoy who has a mind blowing 4357 victories to his name, 20 consecutive Champion Jump Jockey titles, and has won virtually every major race. In 2010, ‘The Champ’ was recognised as one of the greatest sportsman of our time by winning BBC Sports Personality of the Year.