Plenty more to come, says AP

TONY McCOY was warmly congratulated by his fellow riders and offered three cheers by the crowd as he entered the winner’s enclosure after his historic win on Restless D’Artaix.

“The attention has been very flattering and the way people have been talking about it makes me feel as if it is an even better achievement,” he said.

“I would never play it down – I have put in a lot of hard work and a lot of miles to ride 3,000 winners.

“I am delighted to have achieved it and hopefully there are plenty more to come.

“Last week was disappointing as I had at least five or six odds on shots and racing was off but I never felt it wasn’t going to happen.

“I have always worked for great people. I rode a lot of winners for Martin Pipe and am now lucky enough to be riding for JP McManus and Jonjo O’Neill. My agent Dave Roberts is a bigger workaholic than I am.

“I just have to ride as many more as possible. You always want to ride big winners on a Saturday and I was lucky enough to ride two great horses this season in Binocular and Master Minded.

“I will move on to 3001 and carry on. Ask me if I’d ride 4,000 winners – who knows? Never say never.”