McCoy gets his hands on Pulse

Tom Taaffe has snapped up the services of champion jockey Tony McCoy to ride leading hope Finger Onthe Pulse in the Boylesports.com Gold Cup at Cheltenham on Saturday.

The seven-year-old ran out an impressive winner on his seasonal reappearance at Limerick back in October and chased home subsequent John Durkan scorer Noland on his latest outing at Down Royal.