The international team captain Hayley Turner is going to struggle to win a race in the International Jockeys’ Challenge without an allowance of sorts. Well that is if Tony McCoy’s suggestion carries any ‘weight’
He could be the subject of one of the biggest plunges in betting history and would be on the shortest-priced favourite since Red Rum was sent off at 7-2 in 1975
AP McCoy, one of the greatest jump jockeys of the modern era, has officially announced his retirement. However, there is a small silver lining for fans as he will ride at Cheltenham and still plans to get that 20th Champion Jockey title.
English jockey Ryan Moore has been named Flat Jockey of the Year by his colleagues at the Lesters awards ceremony
Tony McCoy has become synonymous with horse racing and is an example of the determination to succeed in the sport
“If I was going for the spread I’d say three or four winners. Two I’d be disappointed. I’m happy with four, but there will be people out there unhappy I didn’t have more”
It’s nice that he won. I’ve had a few steering jobs and I was hoping one would win and this horse was appropriately named. It’s nice that it’s one of Jonjo’s and one of JP’s.
Champion jockey Tony McCoy is expected to wait until the last moment before deciding which horse to ride in Saturday’s big race, with two plausible winners available to him. Will it be Double Seven?
Tony McCoy rode his 4000th winner a week ago. It’s hard to imagine anyone equalling, nevermind surpassing what McCoy has achieved.
The jury is out on the 2012 John Smith’s Grand National to be run at Aintree on Saturday. Love it or hate it, it is a spectacle of endurance that tests man and beast and has captured the imagination of millions around the world.
The R1 million Gr1 Douglas Whyte Stakes Grade is the opening leg of the projected R15 million Pick 6 pool at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday
A Cape jockey has told of the enormous relief and the burden lifted from his shoulders on Friday after two well-known racing men took the cudgels up on his behalf some months ago to defend the father of four against an NHRA charge
A Pick 6 carryover of R2 million is set to take the exotic pool to R15 million, while the World Pool Gr3 Gold Cup sees a Quartet carryover of R1 million and a likely pool of R5 million
