AP McCoy gets his OBE from The Queen at Buckingham Palace
Fifteen-time champion jump jockey Tony McCoy received his award from The Queen today
AP McCoy
AP McCoy OBE is the greatest National Hunt jockey of all time. He has been Champion Jockey 20 times (that’s every year since he went professional in the 1995/96 season), and has won almost every big race there is to win.
Among his most high profile winners are the prestigious Cheltenham Gold Cup, Champion Hurdle, Queen Mother Champion Chase, King George VI Chase and the 2010 Grand National.
He was also named BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2010 and retired in April 2015. AP joined the Channel 4 Racing team in November 2015 and will be offering his professional opinion on some of the biggest race meetings in the calendar.
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Top jockeys face puissance competition at Lambourn Open Day
BBC Sports Personality of the Year AP McCoy is to join the line-up of top former and current jockeys taking part in a puissance competition at this year’s Lambourn Open Day
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Big Buck’s is Cheltenham king for the third time
Ruby Walsh and Big Buck’s are Cheltenham Festival heroes after claiming a record third win in a row
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Protestor runs onto the track at Cheltenham Festival
Winner of the Ryanair Chase AP McCoy said he would have knocked the man out if he'd caused his horse to fall
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AP McCoy's Berkshire home up for sale for £2.5m
The Berkshire home of 15-times champion jockey and BBC Sports Personality of the Year AP McCoy is up for sale at £2.5m
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AP McCoy is BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2010
The champion jump jockey has become the first jockey to lift the prestigious Sports Personality of the Year title
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H&H backs AP McCoy for Sport Personality of the Year
Horse & Hound is supporting 15-times champion jockey AP McCoy in his quest to be named BBC Sports Personality of the Year this Sunday
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AP McCoy named Sportsman of the Year at British Sports Awards
AP McCoy was named Sportsman of the Year at the British Sports Awards yesterday (Wednesday, 8 December)
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Cheltenham gets behind AP McCoy for Sports Personality
Cheltenham's December Gold Cup will be run as the Vote AP Gold Cup on Saturday 11 December
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AP McCoy makes BBC Sports Personality of the Year shortlist
The 15-times champion jockey is one of 10 finalists up for the 2010 award — which is voted for by the public on Sunday, 19 December
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Exeter hosts two races in honour of champion jockey AP McCoy
Exeter is to host two races in an effort to help AP McCoy win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award
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AP McCoy heads host of equestrians in Queen's Birthday Honours
Grand National-winning jockey AP McCoy, MBE, headed a host of names from the equestrian world to be recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours released last weekend
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Fans campaign to make AP McCoy BBC Sports Personality of the Year
More than 5,000 people have joined a Facebook campaign to name AP McCoy as the BBC Sports Personality of the Year
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Grand National blog: best turned out and success at last
H&H's news writer reflects on the past couple of days at the Grand National meeting
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AP McCoy wins the 2010 Grand National
Champion jockey AP McCoy finally lays his Grand National hoodoo to rest by taking the race on Don't Push It
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Household Cavalry to perform at Lambourn Open Day
The Household Cavalry will be performing their famous Musical Ride at the Lambourn open day tomorrow (Friday, 2 April).
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Big Buck's wins the World Hurdle at Cheltenham Festival
H&H racing editor Catherine Austen watches Ruby Walsh and Big Buck’s deliver an outstanding performance in the Ladbrokes World Hurdle on day three of the Cheltenham Festival
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AP McCoy wins Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham Festival
The champion jockey raises the roof at Cheltenham with a brilliant victory in the first day’s main race
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AP McCoy reveals his Cheltenham Festival hopes
The champion jump jockey talks about the horses he is looking forward to riding at Cheltenham and reflects on being unseated by Denman at Newbury
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Horseracing stars gather to record charity single "Cheltenham"
Famous faces from the world of horse racing — including AP McCoy, Paul Nicholls and John McCririck — gather together to record chorus of charity single "Cheltenham"
