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.
This time last week we were looking forward to the 163rd renewal of the World Sports Betting Cape Town Met
In a new weekly column we look at some of the past weekend’s highlights, and set the fractions with Saturday’s Hollywoodbets Kenilworth WSB Cape Town Met racemeeting
A seasoned racing fan writes that in the zone between 15 and 3 minutes before the official race time, nobody is interested in listening to the personal fancies and various constructions of the presenters’ exotic permutations
Leading South African-based owners Hollywood Racing have broken new ground with the acquisition of five yearlings during the Book 1 session at Karaka this week
