Potent partners split as McCoy joins O'Neill

RICHARD JOHNSON yesterday admitted the rider who gets the job as Martin Pipe's new stable jockey would be "a very lucky" man.

Tony McCoy has left the position he held at Pond House for eight years to become number one to Jonjo O'Neill, leaving a vacancy at Pipe's championship-winning yard.

For many, Johnson, McCoy's long-time rival, seems the likely contender for the position.