Anthony Peter McCoy Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Anthony Peter McCoy OBE (born 4 May 1974), commonly known as AP McCoy or Tony McCoy, is a Northern Irish horse racing jockey, currently based in England. He was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2010, becoming the first jockey to win the award. In December 2013, he was named RTÉ Sports Person of the Year.McCoy recorded his first winner in 1992 at age 17. On 7 November 2013 McCoy rode his 4,000th winner, riding Mountain Tunes to victory at Towcester. McCoy has been Champion Jockey every year he has been professional. Even in his first season riding in Britain, as an apprentice for now retired trainer Toby Balding, McCoy won the Conditional Jump Jockeys Title with a record 74 winners for a conditional jockey. McCoy claimed his first Champion Jockey title in 1995/6 and, as of 2013/2014, has won 19 consecutive Champion Jockey titles, beating the previous record of 7 consecutive titles set by Peter Scudamore. McCoy has won almost every big race there is to win. His most high profile winners include the prestigious Cheltenham Gold Cup, Champion Hurdle, Queen Mother Champion Chase, King George VI Chase and the 2010 Grand National, riding Don't Push It.
BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award
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To break the 300 barrier in a season, everything would have to go well and then some. My main target this season is to reach 2,000.
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On being awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in June 2003: It is an honor to be recognized in this way but I feel it's not just an honor for me but an honor for the whole of jump racing. It was a big surprise and I don't know what I've done to deserve it. All I know is it's not for my golf. The only sadness is that Billy Rock, the trainer who started me, has just died of cancer. He'd have been very proud. I must also thank the other main trainers in my life: Jim Bolger, Toby Balding, and of course, Martin Pipe, who is a CBE himself. I am a team who just turns up at the races. Dave Roberts books all my rides and Gee Armytage organizes the rest of my life. Without them both, I'd be stuck, and they deserve a big thank you.
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He was awarded the Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 2016 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to H Horse Racing. He lives in Hungerford, Berkshire, England.
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Hungerford, Berkshire, England [June 2010]
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He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2010 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to Horse-Racing. He is a Jockey.
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He was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to sports.
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Being AP
2015
Documentary
Himself
Play to the Whistle
2015
TV Series
Himself - Team Member
An Audience with AP McCoy
2015
Himself
Breakfast
2010
TV Series
Himself - Jockey
A Question of Sport
2004-2009
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Mystery Guest
Today with Des and Mel
2004
TV Series
Himself
Kelly
2002-2004
TV Series
Himself
The Grand National
1948
TV Series
Himself - Expert
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Question of Sport
2008
TV Series
Himself
Known for movies
Being AP (2015) as Himself
The Grand National (1948) as Himself - Expert
An Audience with AP McCoy (2015) as Himself
A Question of Sport (2004-2009) as Himself / Himself - Mystery Guest
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