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Sir Tony McCoy OBE
McCoy in 2014
Full name
Sir Anthony Peter McCoy
Occupation
Jockey (retired)
Born
(1974-05-04) 4 May 1974 (age 50) Moneyglass, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Spouse
Chanelle, Lady McCoy
Children
2
Career wins
4,348 GB & IRE Jumps winners. 10 Flat race wins.
Major racing wins
Grand National, Scottish Grand National, Cheltenham Gold Cup, Queen Mother Champion Chase, Champion Hurdle, King George VI Chase, Ryanair Chase, RSA Chase, Fighting Fifth Hurdle, Tingle Creek, Arkle Challenge Trophy, Welsh Grand National, Midlands Grand National, Irish Grand National, Lexus Chase, Galway Plate
Honours
Knight Bachelor
Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
BBC Sports Personality of the Year (2010)
RTÉ Sports Person of the Year (2013)
BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award (2015)
Sir Anthony Peter McCoyOBE (born 4 May 1974[1]), commonly known as AP McCoy or Tony McCoy, is a Northern Irish former National Hunt horse racing jockey. Based in Ireland and Britain, McCoy rode a record 4,358 winners, and was Champion Jockey a record 20 consecutive times, every year that he was a professional.
McCoy recorded his first winner in 1992 at age 17. On 7 November 2013 he rode his 4,000th winner, riding Mountain Tunes to victory at Towcester. Even in his first season riding in Britain, as an apprentice for trainer Toby Balding, McCoy won the Conditional Jump Jockeys Title with a record 74 winners for a conditional jockey. McCoy claimed his first Champion Jockey title in 1995/96 and went on to win it every year until his retirement in 2015.[2]
McCoy has won almost every major horse race on the British and Irish jumps circuit.[3] His most high-profile winners include the Cheltenham Gold Cup, Champion Hurdle, Queen Mother Champion Chase, King George VI Chase and the 2010 Grand National, riding Don't Push It.[4]
He was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2010, becoming the first jockey to win the award,[5] and in December 2013 he was named RTÉ Sports Person of the Year.[6] He was knighted in January 2016.
^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.
^Allison, Peter (28 April 2014). "Sire de Grugy finishes season on a high". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
^Lysaght, Cornelius (7 July 2014). "AP McCoy: Jockey closes on Martin Pipe winners record". Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
^Scott, Brough (11 April 2010). "AP McCoy nails the one prize that had eluded him". The Sunday Times. London, UK: News International. Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
^"Jockey Tony McCoy wins Sports Personality of the Year". BBC Sport. 19 December 2010. Archived from the original on 20 December 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
^"Perennial champion jockey McCoy wins RTÉ award". RTÉ Sport. 22 December 2013. Archived from the original on 23 December 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
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