The Life And Times Of Jockey A.p. Mccoy

Jockey A.P

Jockey A.P. (Tony) McCoy is undoubtedly the most successful and greatest jump-jockey in the history hunt racing. A.P. McCoy has snatched a record of 16 successive jump jockey titles. He has ridden more than 3,000 winners since 1992 and well on his way to breaching the 4,000 mark. It was in 2002 when he finally broke the record for most number of winners in a single season of 269 held by Sir Gordon Richard by riding a record of 289 winners during the 2002 season.

AP set a new milestone in his stellar career as a jump-jockey after he ruled the Grand National on Don't Push It at Aintree in April 2010. What made this victory even sweeter for AP is the fact that it was one of the few remaining titles that have eluded him and the win came only after 13 failed attempts. Indeed, his triumphal ride at Aintree is the last remaining piece of his personal racing puzzle after having won in the Cheltenham Cup, Champion Chase, Champion Hurdle and King George VI Chase.

Anthony Peter McCoy was born on the 4th of May 1974 in County Antrim, Ireland. He snatched is first ever winner in March 1992 in Ireland at the age of 17. Known for his grit and iron will, A.P. McCoy dedication to the sports is legendary. During his maiden season, he was able to log a record 74 winners and snatched the conditional jockey's title, and in the following season (1995/96), AP was declared champion jockey. AP McCoy reached the 1000-winner mark with the fastest time and won titles in virtually all big races.

Since his triumph in the 1996 edition of the Grand Annual Chase, AP has strung up 13 successful rides and among his notable wins was in 1997, where he won the Smurfit Champion Hurdle and the Tote Cheltenham Gold Cup on Make a Stand. He again set a new record of sorts when he was named Personality of the Year in 2010 by BBC Sports, the first jockey that ever won the award.

Having a 1.78 meter frame, A.P. McCoy diet regimen is as newsworthy as his triumphal rides. In order to maintain his low weight, AP would literally starve himself to 63.5 kg, although his natural weight is pegged at 73 kg. He would go through excruciating and strength sapping routine of going on a run, having a bath and getting out of the routine totally exhausted. He has been through more than 680 falls throughout his storied career and he has come out of some of these bone-crashing incidents with fractures in the lower and middle vertebrae, ribs, cheekbones, shoulder blades, a leg, an ankle and a wrist.

by: Gen Wright

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