Mighty success seals winners’ record for McCoy

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.

McCoy galloped into racing folklore with victory number 1700 on Mighty Montefalco in the Everidge Handicap Hurdle.

And while it took Dunwoody 16 years and over 9300 mounts to amass 1699 winners, McCoy has needed just half that time and about 3000 fewer rides. McCoy did it in style at sunkissed Uttoxeter where a worshipping 7000-plus crowd flocked to hail their hero.