McCoy chases Dunwoody's record

Champion jockey Tony McCoy heads for Newton Abbot this afternoon still 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 on Monday.

McCoy, who has four booked rides today, partnered 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.