AP McCoy: a once in a lifetime game-changer

And so, on a routine Sandown Saturday it all came to an end and AP McCoy’s last competitive ride, Box Office will enjoy an historic legacy way above his ability as a racehorse.

AP McCoy: a once in a lifetime game-changer

People will long remain curious about Tony McCoy and will search for the essence of a man Aidan O’Brien once described as “every racehorse’s worst nightmare.”

Paradoxically McCoy was at once one of the most accessible and elusive athletes of our time, but these among his character traits are incontestable.

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