Aug 11, 2014 | Sir Anthony McCoy, OBE
AP McCoy steered hot favourite Thomas Edison to a popular victory in the Guinness Galway Hurdle. He galloped through the 250,000 euro contest with style, beating Fergal and the well-fancied Bayan to the post, much to the delight of owner JP McManus who said:...
Aug 11, 2014 | Sir Anthony McCoy, OBE
Champion jockey AP McCoy has broken Martin Pipe’s all-time winners record. Legendary trainer Pipe trained 4,191 winners in his outstanding career, but AP has now broken that record with his own number of career wins. He reached this milestone on “It’s a Gimme”, owned...
Aug 11, 2014 | News, Sir Anthony McCoy, OBE
AP McCoy has received an honours degree from the University of Ulster for his “outstanding contribution to sport”. The world’s greatest ever jump jockey was among 13 personalities from the worlds of sport, the arts, public life, business and...
Aug 11, 2014 | News, Sir Anthony McCoy, OBE
Champion jockey AP McCoy and Olympic eventer Zara Phillips faced each other at the Barbury Horse Trials in July. It was a race between jump jockeys and event riders on a specially designed course, including a water jump in Barbury’s main arena. McCoy competed...
Aug 11, 2014 | Sir Anthony McCoy, OBE
AP McCoy has been crowned champion jump jockey for the 19th successive year at Sandown. McCoy, who is 40 next month, rode more than 200 winners this season despite missing the start through injury. The record-breaking Northern Irishman was hurt in a fall at Cheltenham...
