(Photo: AP) McCoy Tyner, the groundbreaking and influential jazz pianist and the last surviving member of the John Coltrane Quartet, has died. But it was fatherhood that ultimately saved him from complete immersion in his sport. McCoy rode his first winner of his career on the Jim Bolger trained Legal Steps, in a flat race at Thurles racecourse in Ireland, on 26 March 1992 at the age of 17. GREENSBORO, N.C. -- A Greensboro native will become North Carolina's first Black lieutenant governor. [12], McCoy made a delayed start to the 2013/2014 National Hunt season after breaking his ribs from a heavy fall on the Nicky Henderson trained Quantitativeeasing in a handicap hurdle at Cheltenham's end of season April meeting. "Basically from that morning I thought that I would never be one of those people [who permanently lose shape after the end of their sporting career] and I started going back to the gym and eating healthily. You're always chasing something more and the goalposts always move no matter how well you do. His natural weight, based on his physiology, should be about 75 kg (one and a half stone more). Yet despite achieving fame, fortune and a glittering sporting career, that's precisely how the 20-time champion jockey categorises his position in the McCoy clan. Even in his first season riding in Britain, as an apprentice for trainer Toby Balding, McCoy won the Conditional Jump Jockeys Title with a record 74 winners for a conditional jockey. [8], By the end of the decade McCoy had set a new National Hunt record for winners in a season (253), equaled the record of five winners at the 1998 Cheltenham Festival, and became the fastest jockey to reach the 100 winner mark in a season in 2001. Mount Airy man cooks up ‘mystery healing salve’ first created during Spanish flu pandemic, Live updates: What we know as presidential vote counts move into Thursday. SIR Anthony Peter, or AP, or Tony McCoy as he's known throughout the world, has to be the most celebrated 'black sheep' of any family. [18], On 30 November 2013, Tony McCoy had the choice to ride at Newbury, or Newcastle. [13] McCoy, who spent seven nights in hospital, returned to action a month later at Ludlow and immediately opened his account for the season on the JP McManus owned horse Church Field. McCoy reached the 150 winners landmark for the 2013/2014 season after riding a double at Ffos Las racecourse on 16 December 2013. McCoy's debut novel, Taking the Fall, was published in 2013. Far taller than most jockeys, he stands 1.78 m (5'10"). I left home, so that's it.". [15][16][17] His mount, Mountain Tunes, looked to have little chance with two hurdles to jump yet McCoy managed to get up in the final strides to beat Kris Spin ridden by Jamie Moore. On 7 November 2013 he rode his 4,000th winner, riding Mountain Tunes to victory at Towcester. [23], McCoy was retained by Irish racehorse owner, J. P. McManus and therefore rode all of his horses in Britain and occasionally Ireland. The following season he became champion jockey for the first time. I know the psychology of it is not right, but I think you enjoy the torture. Fellow Irish jockey Ruby Walsh also pays tribute to McCoy, who won the Grand National in 2010 on Don't Push It, the same year he collected the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. [14], McCoy sealed his 4000th career win riding the Jonjo O'Neill trained Mountain Tunes, in the colours of owner JP McManus, to a hard-fought victory in the Weatherbys Novices' Hurdle at Towcester on 7 November 2013. "[34], In 2017, his wife, Chanelle McCoy was unveiled as the new dragon in RTE's Dragons' Den, replacing former dragon Eamonn Quinn. The McCoy family had recently purchased the property near Croydon to use as a breeding block, with Damon overseeing the operation. On 19 July 2014, McCoy reached a significant personal milestone by surpassing the total of 4,191 winners which friend and mentor Martin Pipe achieved as a licensed trainer before retirement in 2006. "I said to someone not long ago that I don't think I was content the 20 years I was riding but I must have been happy because that was why I did it. A retiree at 43, McCoy now has time to wake up and smell the coffee, do the school runs, and eat steak and chips and sweets, which he couldn't before due to the strict diet regime he needed to adhere to. BY CLAIRE WILLIAMSON January 22 2014 04:17 PM "People say that you must love being on TV. Life is very different now for the father-of-two – Eve (10) and Archie (four) – and his wife, Lady Chanelle McCoy, a successful businesswoman who joined the dragons on Ireland's Dragons' Den earlier this year. However, Synchronised continued running riderless, until attempting to jump the 11th fence where he fell and incurred a fracture of the tibia and fibula in his right-hind leg, which resulted in him being put down. Based in Ireland and the UK, McCoy rode a record 4,358 winners, and was Champion Jockey a record 20 consecutive times, every year he was a professional. Read about our approach to external linking. ", Get the day's headlines delivered directly to your inbox, Tony McCoy with wife Chantelle at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2015 at Belfast's SSE Arena Picture: Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker, Low-cost test could pick out breast cancer patients at higher relapse risk – scientists. Success in Ireland soon led to a move across the Irish Sea, and he began riding in England in 1994. I keep thinking over the last two and a half years that something will come up. Then, during Royal Ascot, where I was working for ITV, I went to put on one of my waistcoats and I couldn't get it on. Follow us on Twitter @IrishMirror- the official Irish Mirror Twitter account - real news in real time. THOMASVILLE, N.C. — The Mccoy family has lived in their Thomasville home for the past 14 years, but it’s since been destroyed by the effects of Tropical Storm Zeta. "Somebody said to me not long after I retired that sports people are the only people who die twice," he tells me when we chat, on one of his flying trips back home to see his family. [10], In spite of wins in the biggest races on the jumps racing calendar, including the Cheltenham Gold Cup, Champion Hurdle, Queen Mother Champion Chase, and King George VI Chase, it was the Grand National which had eluded McCoy. McCoy rode his 3000th winner at Plumpton on the Nicky Henderson trained Restless D'Artaix in the Tyser & Co Beginners' Chase on 9 February 2009. To maintain a suitable racing weight, McCoy had to keep his weight down to 63.5 kg (10 stone). He was knighted last year and amid rubbing shoulders with other sporting greats such as Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, was recently guest speaker at the Irish News Allstars awards. “We’ve actually found a new home yesterday so we’re trying to get stuff together to get moved in.”. "But he's realistic, too, and success hasn't changed him one bit," she added. McCoy was born in Moneyglass, County Antrim. Ipso, An INM Website Map shows state-by-state election results as they roll in, First time voter? [25], McCoy was made the bookmakers' favourite for the award after his Grand National victory, however there were concerns that those beyond the horse racing fraternity may not fully understand his incredible achievements in racing and subsequently decide to vote for other contenders from "mainstream" sports. He was named 2013 RTÉ Irish Sports Personality of the Year on 21 December 2013. I'm not getting it back. Sections. Join Facebook to connect with Ap McCoy and others you may know.
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