McCoy to ride Iris Bleu in National

Champion jockey Tony McCoy, who made a successful return from injury on Deano’s Beeno at Ascot yesterday, has chosen to ride Iris Bleu in Saturday’s Martell Cognac Grand National.

Speaking on BBC TV, McCoy explained why he had picked the seven-year-old and deserted Blowing Wind, on whom he has finished third in the last two years.