Pony Racing ::Rider Profiles

Name: Anthony McCoy

Date of Birth: 04/05/1974

Schools Attended:

Marital Status: Married

Children: not yet

Occupation: National Hunt Jockey

Equestrian Sporting Relatives:none

When/Why first started riding: 1976, it seemed like a good idea

Name of first pony: Chippy

First Racing Experience: Phoenix Park 1990. Flat Race, finished 7th

Trainer (s) ride for: Everyone except Charlie Man

First race won: Legal Steps at Thurls 20th March 1992

Best Horse Ridden: Gloria Victis, Best Mate

Worst Injury: Broken Leg in 1992

Most admired rider(s) and why:Mick Kianne, Brilliant all round jockey

Most admired sportsman/woman:

Least favourite part of racing:

Favourite racecourse and why: Cheltenham, home of jump racing

Best advice given: Can't think of any

What other career would you have chosen: An Assasin

Who would you most like to have dinner with: Muhammed Ali

Ideal holiday:

Favourite colour: Black with horrible prints

Favourite number: 1

Favourite item of clothing: I don't have one

Favourite meal: Roast Chicken with all the trimmings

Favourite drink: Ribena

All Major results:
Ten Times Champion National Hunt jockey1995- 2005
Reached fastest 200 winners riding Fataliste, Kempton on February 28 1998, beating Scudamores record by 58 days
Passed Scudamore's record of 221 wins in a season by riding winner no.222 on Petite Risk at Ludlow 25 march 1998
Rode a total of 253 winners, beating Scudamore's record by 32
Equalled record for most winners, beating Scudamore's record by 32
Equalled record fro most winners ridden at a single Cheltenham festival(5)
1999/00 Reached 1000 career winners in Britain in five years and 95 days, (11.12.1999) baeting peter Scudamore's record for 5 years and 72 days.
Reached fastest 200 winners for a jump jockey on february 18, beating his own record by 10 days and becoming the first british jump jockey to make it to 200 twice
2001/02 Reached fastest 50 winners
2001/02 Reached fastest 100 winners (17.09.01) beating own record by 7 weeks.
2001/02 Winner of 7 races at the Thomas Pink Meeting at Cheltenham 17/18/19 Nov 2001 riding Manx magic, It Takes Time, Shooting light, Image de Marque, Tarxien, Seebald and Westender.
Rode 1500th winner (20.12.01) on Celtic Native at Exeter.
Reached record fastest 200 winners on (11.01.02) on Native Man at Huntingdon beating his own record by 38 days.
2001/02 Passed own winning jumps record of 253 winners in a season when riding firetree to make winner 254 and a 'personal best' at Huntingdon (2.3.03)
2001/02 Broke record for the most winners ridden in one season( record was held by Sir Gordon Richards) rode Valfonic at Warwick (2.4.02) for winner no 270 and the new record.