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Weather you are a fan or not. Weather you follow Jumps racing or not. It can not be denied that had A.P. been any other athlete, he would not have been as over-looked for an accolade as he has been denied In the past.

It was only after protests that the BBC caved In and considered him for ' Sports Personality of the Year'.

Yet we see unheard of athletes from the Olympic games being showered with accolades. The same goes for football, cricket etc etc.

However tedious you think the sport Is, we find something underhand and sinister about the manner In which A.P. has been over-looked.

In short, we are demanding nothing less than a Knighthood.

AP McCoy's 4,000 wins is a sporting achievement that is unsurpassable - Telegraph

No milestone in the safer sports of football, cricket, tennis or golf could exceed the splendour of Tony McCoy’s 4,000 winners over jumps. Uninsurable, the great AP is also unsurpassable.

Boxing, rugby or motor racing might come to the debate with examples of comparable physical stubbornness. But after 15,000 or so races and a thousand falls - after 18 consecutive jockeys’ titles and 24 years in the saddle - McCoy is first past the post in sport’s Daily Courage Stakes. His food-deprived, bone-breaking, mud-speckled routine has stretched far beyond the limits of normal endurance.

Just as strikingly, McCoy’s appetite for throwing horses over hurdles and steeplechase fences ought to have been stated long ago: at 3,000 winners, say

oscar;1439756 wrote: Weather you are a fan or not. Weather you follow Jumps racing or not. It can not be denied that had A.P. been any other athlete, he would not have been as over-looked for an accolade as he has been denied In the past.- after 18 consecutive jockeys’ titles and 24 years in the saddle - McCoy is first past the post in sport’s Daily Courage Stakes. His food-deprived, bone-breaking, mud-speckled routine has stretched far beyond the limits of normal endurance.




What a bummer they rained on your parade.

You mudders should be use to it, whether you like it or not.:wah:

:yh_party:yh_worshp:yh_clap:yh_clap

valerie;1439773 wrote: :yh_party:yh_worshp:yh_clap:yh_clap


No taking away your fella's record Valerie...

What's the big deal? The horses did all the work.

LarsMac;1439780 wrote: What's the big deal? The horses did all the work.


Trust me, no-one can fling 18 hands of solid sinew over a hurdle quite like AP.

John Smith´s Grand National Chase 2010 - YouTube

Why do you think AP Is Uninsurable ????

oscar;1439779 wrote: No taking away your fella's record Valerie...


Ha-ha, no, but when you think about it, over fences, and add in the longer

races, and I think it about evens out!

LarsMac;1439780 wrote: What's the big deal? The horses did all the work. Actually, no, .

Steeplechasing and National Hunt Is an entirely different ball game to Flat racing and much Is down to the Jockey. Most National Hunt races will take place over 3 miles plus and Incorporate an average 16 fences.

The Jockey Is everything to that horse for one, simply, If the horse does not rust the man on board, he'll refuse to start, refuse a fence or even just dip his shoulders and put the Jockey In the first ditch.

The Jockey has to judge the animals cruising speed for two. Let him race off willy nilly and the horse will use up It's energy before an extra push and the whip Is needed In the final stages of the race. The Jockey has to judge when to allow the horse off the bridle or even as In the case of ' My Tent or Yours' not take him off the bridle at all.

If the cruising speed of other runners Is a little fierce, the Jockey has to judge weather he needs to let the horse lead from the front and If he has the stamina to ' stay' In the final stages or to keep up with the cruising speed by other horses and risk the horse being spent by the end of the race.

Importantly, It's the jockey that judges those hurdles and who has to get that horse over that hurdle safely.

He also has to ' read' other horses In front and around him to anticipate mistakes being made at fences that could ' bring down ' his horse.

I beg to differ.. there Is a huge amount of skill and horsemanship In National Hunt.

Just watch the first minute of this race and the first 4 fences... my case In point...



Tell you what Lars... you try this !!!

Video: Watch the moment AP McCoy wins 4,000th race on Mountain Tunes at Towcester - Telegraph

Look here Your Majesty.

We demand a Knighthood.

BBC Sport - AP McCoy: The old-fashioned hard guy