McCoy spells out commitment to O’Neill
The record-breaking champion jump jockey left top trainer Martin Pipe after eight highly successful seasons to join O’Neill at the end of last term.
He had been quoted in a Sunday newspaper as saying: “As far as I’m concerned, Jackdaws Castle has to move up, and if it doesn’t do that, then I don’t want to be there. Simple as that. But I know Jonjo wants it, too.”
In the wake of the quotes, McCoy told At The Races yesterday: “Somebody put in that I said I didn’t want to be at Jackdaws, which is nonsense. I love working for Jonjo. He’s a great trainer. It made it look like I was in a bit of a strop because we weren’t having as many winners as other people, but the winners will come. He’s a great trainer and I like riding for him and I’ll be riding for him for a long time, hopefully.”
