AP McCoy's businesswoman wife Chanelle McCoy set to breathe fresh fire into Dragons' Den". Ireland. 12 February 2017. Archived from the original on 26 January 2018 . Retrieved 6 May 2020. He certainly does encourage the horses to run for him. They understand him, he gets them in the right place at the right time, presents them correctly at a fence and goes at the right pace. There were about six of us looking after him. He was unconscious and choking. AP had to get his mouth open which was proving extremely difficult. I am surprised he has any fingers left on his hands.

It was at about this point that David Casey, on Snowy Morning, noticed from a bookmaker’s board that Don’t Push It had halved in price from the morning 20-1 as casual punters lined up behind his famous rider. Casey pointed it out to McCoy and asked mischievously: “How are you going to explain getting beat on another Grand National favourite?” Relaxed and with no great expectations, McCoy joined in the joking. But when the tape went up a few minutes later it didn’t take long for things to become interesting. There's a lot of horses I wouldn't have minded another go on, but I wouldn't have liked to have been having another go on Synchronised and been trying to do the same again. And each time he gets up again, driven by his unquenchable thirst for winners and to set landmarks that he will never see beaten. Champion AP McCoy signs off with third-place finish". Rte Sport. 25 April 2015. Archived from the original on 16 September 2019 . Retrieved 6 June 2018. Evening Herald Champion Novice Hurdle (4): His Song (1998), Jered (2008), Shot From The Hip (2011), Alderwood (2012)

Jump Ride of the Year: 2009 (for the winning ride on Wichita Lineman in the William Hill Trophy at the Cheltenham Festival on 10 March 2009), 2012 (for the winning ride on Synchronised in the Cheltenham Gold Cup at the Cheltenham Festival on 16 March 2012) At 17, McCoy rode his first winner in Ireland in 1992 and began racing in England two years later. He says he has no firm plans for his retirement but would like to stay involved in racing. In 2010 he was named the BBC Sports Personality of the Year. That was the first time anyone from the world of horse racing had won the award. During the 2013 ceremony he finished third behind Andy Murray and Leigh Halfpenny. Fittingly his farewell came on a horse called Box Office. The only thing the script got wrong that afternoon on April 25, 2015 at Sandown is that the Jonjo O'Neill-trained gelding did not win.

McCoy has won just about every leading National Hunt race on the calendar, including the Cheltenham Gold Cup, Champion Hurdle and King George VI Chase. Up until 2010, when he prevailed on Don’t Push It, it was starting to look like the Grand National could elude him.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.