McCoy draws a rare blank

Champion jockey Tony McCoy remained seven short of Richard Dunwoody’s all-time record for a jump jockey of 1,699 winners after drawing a blank from his five rides at Southwell today.

McCoy rode Martin Pipe’s Douceur Des Songes, the 6-4 favourite in the Mike Molloy Novices’ Hurdle, but the combination could only manage third place behind the impressive winner Welsh Border.