Nick Grant speaks to the man himself about his career and what life has been like since retirement. Fittingly his farewell came on a horse called Box Office. Anthony Peter McCoy, universally known as 'AP’ has obliterated virtually ever record possible, from the quickest and highest amounts of winners achieved during a National Hunt season, to his career total, which stands at more than 4,000. Synchronised was in the biggest race of them all.“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.“Probably that’s not even close for JP and if I said what was the second best he’d be even less happy – maybe Pridwell, when he beat Istabraq because he beat the best hurdler there was in his prime.“It was two and a half miles at Aintree on soft ground, but he still beat him.

There hasn’t been one yet that hasn’t.“I’d told JP about it (being his last season), but no one else. What makes Messi? Bowing out: Legendary jockey Tony McCoy is quitting racing at the end of the season If I looked back and thought ‘I should have done another year, I should have done another year’, I’d still be riding.“I knew after winning 15 jockeys’ championships that it was possible if I stayed in one piece I could win another five, but every sportsperson has a time limit. He’s just unbelievably talented.”

“Racing has given me a brilliant way of life, and this just seemed a good time,” he said.

I know I’m never going to find anything to replace that buzz.” Before joining McManus a decade ago, McCoy formed a formidable partnership with Martin Pipe and one of his final serious achievements was to pass the 4,191 winner mark of the pioneering Devon trainer last July. I was weaning myself off riding.”If there was unfinished business, it was McCoy’s quest to ride 300 winners in a season.

Lots of people win the Grand National and lots of people win the Gold Cup, but lots of people don’t break Sir Gordon Richards’ record.“Winning the Grand National was brilliant and winning the Gold Cup was brilliant, but that’s definitely the one.”Many point to McCoy’s incredible effort in getting Wichita Lineman up to win at the 2009 Cheltenham Festival as perhaps the definitive ride of the Ulsterman’s career.But he said: “I think Wichita Lineman would probably be about third maybe.

I think going to Sandown on the last day of the season and announcing I was retiring, I don’t think the sport was going to get the best out of me – and it helped me mentally.“I got it out and was on a detox if you like for the last six weeks or two months. The Ulsterman, 40, had revealed his decision to only two people by early last week – his jockeys’ agent Dave Roberts and JP McManus, the Irish multimillionaire owner who retains McCoy to ride his substantial string of horses – before even telling his wife, Chanelle.

For a week or two weeks after that fall I was emotionally drained. He’s tough, competitive and so brave.” Weighing room colleague Ruby Walsh said: “It sounds a strange thing to say for someone so good, but I’ll definitely miss riding against him. Click to Exit.This site uses cookies. What makes Federer? “His records will never be surpassed in my lifetime. It's five years since legendary jump jockey AP McCoy retired. “It’s going to be the last time I ride 200 winners,” McCoy said.

AP McCoy questioned retirement decision "Dave Roberts came for dinner and my wife, Chanelle, had no idea why he was coming down. I’m so proud to know him, he gave us so much fun.

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