McCoy never ceases to amaze

OCCASIONALLY, and less frequently as you get older, something happens in this game which grabs you by the throat, has you up out of your seat and just plain excited.

I suppose most at this stage believed Tony McCoy had just about exhausted his capacity to surprise and then he goes and produces one of greatest rides ever seen on an Irish racecourse.

At Fairyhouse on Sunday his performance aboard Justified in the Powers' Gold Cup had you, literally, gasping in admiration.