Life has been as good to Richard Dunwoody since retiring from the saddle as it was in it. 

A leading medical expert on concussion in sport has cast doubts on rugby’s current reliance on Pitch Side Concussion Assessments (PSCAs) to determine whether players suspected of taking blows to the head should be removed from play.

Retiring champion jockey Tony McCoy believes he has over achieved in his career.

Irish Examiner racing correspondent Pat Keane joined Channel 4 experts Jim McGrath, Graham Cunningham, Tanya Stevenson and Mick Fitzgerald, along with Racing UK presenters Rishi Persad, Oli Bell and Gordon Brown and former jockey Kirsty Milczarek, to offer some guidance and insight into who and what to look out for in the year ahead.

There have been plenty of National Hunt jockeys with far more talent than Tony McCoy, but none with the almost savage will to win, durability and the sheer bloody- mindedness of the man most refer to as AP.

Tony McCoy has ruled out any notion of retirement when he reaches 4,000 career wins over jumps.

Tony McCoy has ruled out any notion of retirement when he reaches 4,000 career wins over jumps.

Monbeg Dude benefited from a brilliant Paul Carberry ride to prevent Teaforthree and Tony McCoy giving the home crowd a Welsh-trained winner in the Coral Welsh National at Chepstow.

Lucinda Russell’s high-class chaser Silver By Nature has been ruled out of the current campaign with a leg injury.

ROBERT Thornton rode his 1,000th career winner, and his 50th of the season, when steering Araldur home in the Free Bets At gg.com Novices’ Hurdle at Towcester yesterday.

Silver By Nature has been given the go-ahead to run in the John Smith’s Grand National following discussions between owners Geoff and Joyce Brown, trainer Lucinda Russell and her partner, former champion jump jockey Peter Scudamore.

Irish jockey Tony McCoy was joined in the parade ring by his John Smith's Grand National-winning partner Don't Push It as he was crowned champion jockey for the 15th consecutive year on the final day of the season at Sandown.

Leading National Hunt trainer Nicky Henderson branded as “harsh” the British Horseracing Authority’s decision to stop him from making entries for three months.

AS perennial champion jockey Tony McCoy sets another incredible record, his weighing-room colleagues, past and present, pay tribute to a fantastic achievement.

Lucinda Russell was left singing the praises of her conditional jockey Campbell Gillies after the victory of Nelliedonethat at Musselburgh.

Madison Du Berlais gave trainer David Pipe and jockey Tom Scudamore their first Hennessy Gold Cup triumph at Newbury.

Heltornic, winner of the Red Square Vodka Gold Cup at Haydock last season, has been retired due to injury.

The Wicketkeeper will not bid to follow up his impressive Ascot victory at Huntingdon this week.

Kempton Park will stage a unique race that will bring together some of the greatest National Hunt jockeys of all time on October 21.

Labelthou made just about all the running to land the Grade Two Casino 36 Stockport Rendlesham Hurdle at Haydock.

MARTIN PIPE yesterday joined a growing list of leading figures within the British racing industry to pay tribute to old rival David Nicholson following the sad death of the former champion trainer at the age of 67.

DON'T know about you, but here's one who will be desperately sorry to see the back of the National Hunt season.

RUBY WALSH, fresh from his comeback success on Cornish Sett at Newbury on Saturday, heads the panel for the Cashmans Bookmakers Cheltenham Preview at the Silversprings Hotel in Cork tonight at 8pm.

Champion jockey Tony McCoy is to quit his position as number one rider to Martin Pipe to take up a similar role with Jonjo O’Neill, whose major backer is leading Irish owner JP McManus.

Tony McCoy is to quit his position as stable-jockey to Martin Pipe to take up a similar role with Jonjo O’Neill.

RICHARD JOHNSON surpassed the total of John Francome to become the fourth winning-most jumps jockey of all time in Britain when scoring a double at Huntingdon yesterday.

Richard Johnson surpassed the total of John Francome to become the fourth winning-most jumps jockey of all time in Britain when scoring a double at Huntingdon today.

Mick Fitzgerald joined an elite club of jockeys when he rode his 1,000th career winner aboard Orswell Crest at Sandown today.

Granville Again, winner of the 1993 Champion Hurdle, and a former stalwart of Martin Pipe’s stable, has died aged 17.

JONJO O’NEILL looks certain to saddle the first two in the betting for the Smurfit Champion Hurdle as he bids to become the first since Fred Winter to train as well as ride a winner of the opening day feature of the Cheltenham Festival.

FORMER champion jockeys Peter Scudamore and Richard Dunwoody yesterday appeared as witnesses for Graham Bradley on the second day of his hearing at the Jockey Club.

TONY MCCOY fulfilled a boyhood ambition at Uttoxeter yesterday when he became the winning most jump jockey at the expense of his idol Richard Dunwoody.

Former champion jump jockey Richard Dunwoody today paid tribute to current title holder Tony McCoy after seeing his all-time winners record broken at Uttoxeter.

The life and times of Tony McCoy.

Tony McCoy's records

Nigel Twiston-Davies is set to carry on handling Grand National hero Bindaree despite declaring he may hand in his trainer's licence.

Tony McCoy has equalled Gordon Richards' record for the most winners in a season when he won on Shepherds Rest at Warwick.

Irishman Adrian McGuire has become the seventh only jockey to ride 1000 National Hunt winners in Britain.

Jump jockey Peter Niven, who is approaching the 1,000-winner mark, has no plans for retirement.