08 November 2013

Horse Riding: McCoy reaches 4,000th Career Victory

AP McCoy became the first jump jockey to ride 4,000 winners when he triumphed with the second of two rides at Towcester on Thursday. The 18-time champion reached the unprecedented milestone on Mountain Tunes in the 15:10 GMT race. "It was just amazing, it couldn't have worked out any better," said McCoy, 39. "Racing people are fantastic, they are so pleased for me."

Rod Street, chief executive of Great British Racing, paid tribute to McCoy after his historic triumph and claimed he belonged in "sport's pantheon of greats".
"After all he's achieved in racing, AP was already a legend and this latest incredible achievement just confirms his position amongst sport's pantheon of greats," he said.
"If you were going to imagine the perfect ambassador for the sport, you would, only in your wildest dreams, dare to come up with AP - a man whose incredible talent is matched only by his unrelenting will to win and his phenomenal mental and physical toughness. "He is the ultimate sportsman but also just an incredibly nice, funny and modest bloke. McCoy's 3,999th win came at Chepstow on Wednesday after switching to Jonjo O'Neill's-trained Minella For Steak when original ride Mission Complete was declared a non-runner. All hail the champion. Lots of Congrats to an heroic rider.

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