Champion jockey AP McCoy is one of the greatest sportsmen of all time. He has systematically broken all the records in jump racing, and it’s unlikely there will ever be a jockey as successful as him again.
To mark his retirement from racing, here are some of his career statistics and a gallery of career highlights.
1974
Born on the 4 Mayin Moneyglass, Country Antrim, Northern Ireland
17
His age when he had his first winner, back in 1992.
1995
The year he was awarded the Conditional Jockey’s championship, following the 1994/5 season.
253
The number of winners in the 1997-98 season, beating the previous record tally of jumps wins in a season of 221 – which was held by Peter Scudamore.
289
The number of winners ridden by AP in the 2001-02 season, a setting a new British record and surpassing Flat jockey Sir Gordon Richards’ previous record of 269 winners.
1,699
Richard Dunwoody’s record-breaking tally of winners – until AP McCoy surpassed that record too in August 2002.
4,000
AP clocked up his 4,000th career winner on Mountain Tunes at Towcester on 7 November 2013.
4,191
Former trainer Martin Pipe’s total number of winners – a record AP McCoy passed in July 2014.
4,348
His total number of career wins in Britain and Ireland.
20
The number of consecutive Champion Jump Jockey titles he was won, from 1995/6 to 2014/15.
1040
The number of weeks spent as the number one in his sport.
2003
Given an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours that year.
2010
In 2010 AP is awarded the OBE and also wins the BBC Sports Personality of the Year competition.
13
The number of bones he has broken during his career.
Two
Cheltenham Gold Cups:Mr Mulligan (1997) and Synchronised (2012).
Three
Champion Hurdles:Make A Stand (1997), Brave Inca (2006) and Binocular (2010).
One
Grand National – his win in Aintree’s famous race came in 2010 on Don’t Push It.