McCoy handed Gift ride

Tony McCoy will partner 2004 Stayers’ Hurdle hero Iris’s Gift in a race for the first time when he makes his eagerly-awaited seasonal debut at Market Rasen tomorrow.

McCoy handed Gift ride
Fri, 23 Sep, 2005 - 16:37

Tony McCoy will partner 2004 Stayers’ Hurdle hero Iris’s Gift in a race for the first time when he makes his eagerly-awaited seasonal debut at Market Rasen tomorrow.

The champion jockey replaces regular pilot Barry Geraghty after owner Robert Lester made what he described as “one of the hardest decisions of my life.”

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