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Sir Anthony Peter McCoy OBE (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.
Tony McCoy was champion jockey a record twenty times. In Great Britain's National Hunt racing , the title of champion jockey is bestowed on the rider who has the most wins during a racing season. From its inception in 1900 to 1925, the award was given to the jockey who had the most winners during a calendar year.
This is a list of notable jockeys, ... Tony McCoy; Kerrin McEvoy; James McDonald; Miguel Mena; Joe Mercer; Richard Migliore; Kirsty Milczarek; Walter Miller; Kousei ...
The 2006 Grand National (officially known as the John Smith's Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 159th official annual running of the Grand National steeplechase which took place at Aintree near Liverpool, England, on 8 April 2006 [1] and attracted the maximum permitted field of forty competitors for total prize money of £689,360 including £399,140 to the winner.
Selected quotes from the jockeys including winner at the fifteenth attempt, Tony McCoy, 17-year-old Sam Twiston-Davies who was aiming to become the second-youngest winning jockey ever, and Nina Carberry attempting to be first female rider to win the race: [10]
The 2024 Kentucky Derby field for the May 4 Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs is coming together. Here's what you need to know about the horses.
Balding was instrumental in the careers of jockeys Adrian Maguire and Tony McCoy, providing them both with their first jobs in England. [1] He was based at Fyfield near Andover, Hampshire and finally retired on the final day of the 2004 flat season, having trained over 2,000 winners.
A winning jockey will take 10% of the horse’s purse at the Kentucky Derby, so $186,000 for this year’s Derby winner, John Velazquez (although this could change depending on the current ...