Book description
Tony 'AP' McCoy is unquestionably the greatest and most successful
jump-jockey of all time. He has collected a record sixteen consecutive
jump jockey titles to date, and since 1992 he has ridden over 3,000
winners, saying 'I never stop dreaming of the day I'll reach 4,000.' In
2002, he beat Sir Gordon Richards' record of 269 winners in a season by
riding 289. In April 2010 AP achieved his lifelong ambition when he won
the Grand National at Aintree on Don't Push It. It was his fifteenth
attempt to win the race, a victory that captured the public's
imagination and irradiated a glittering career in which he had already
won all there was to win. It was the final missing piece in the racing
jigsaw for a champion jockey who had already had famous victories in the
King George VI Chase, Champion Hurdle, Champion Chase and Cheltenham
Gold Cup.
This powerfully honest autobiography looks at life at the very top in
National Hunt racing. These are the memoirs of a true champion, an icon
of sport, whose astonishing achievements over the past fifteen years are
unlikely to be surpassed. It is a great story of courage and modesty,
pain and professional setbacks, strong family values and sporting
triumphs, the good guy coming first - and staying there. Born in
County Antrim in 1974, A. P. McCoy rode his first winner in 1992. In
1996 he was crowned champion jockey for the first time and he has won
the jump jockeys' title ever since. He received an OBE in 2010, a year
after riding his 3,000th winner, and was the first jockey to be named
Sportsman of the Year at the British Sports Awards and first jockey to
win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. He lives with his wife
Chanelle and daughter Eve in Berkshire.
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