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-TV COMMENTARY: -..then Jay Are and Kingdom together, moving ahead | 0:00:08 | 0:00:11 | |
of Winner Massagot, who is just ahead of Buster Brown at the rear | 0:00:11 | 0:00:14 | |
of the field as they swing left-handed and halfway, | 0:00:14 | 0:00:17 | |
and begin their journey toward the last three flights of hurdles | 0:00:17 | 0:00:20 | |
in the home straight. | 0:00:20 | 0:00:21 | |
Risk A Fine | 0:00:21 | 0:00:23 | |
continues to have the lead, still about seven or eight lengths ahead | 0:00:23 | 0:00:26 | |
from in second position is Royal Vacation | 0:00:26 | 0:00:29 | |
and then Poker School, Bill Kennedy in the pink and red jacket, | 0:00:29 | 0:00:33 | |
the pink and green is Cardinal Walter. | 0:00:33 | 0:00:35 | |
Holds fourth place. White-faced Prairie Town is next, | 0:00:35 | 0:00:38 | |
the black jacket of Qewy behind this. | 0:00:38 | 0:00:40 | |
White sleeves, white cap, | 0:00:40 | 0:00:42 | |
Cloonacool making a bit of progress around the outside, | 0:00:42 | 0:00:45 | |
Bouvreuil is still right there | 0:00:45 | 0:00:46 | |
against the running rail in the red and pink | 0:00:46 | 0:00:48 | |
as they really close down on this leader now | 0:00:48 | 0:00:51 | |
as they level up into the home straight and come to three | 0:00:51 | 0:00:53 | |
from the finish. | 0:00:53 | 0:00:55 | |
Off to the right, the blue jacket of Risk A Fine, | 0:00:55 | 0:00:58 | |
only now a narrow leader. | 0:00:58 | 0:00:59 | |
Cardinal Walter, almost level with him, | 0:00:59 | 0:01:01 | |
has come there very strongly indeed | 0:01:01 | 0:01:03 | |
for Barry Geraghty. | 0:01:03 | 0:01:04 | |
Now in front as they head down towards the second last, | 0:01:04 | 0:01:07 | |
Qewy is trying to get there with Royal Vacation, | 0:01:07 | 0:01:10 | |
Prairie Town, Bouvreuil on the right in the red | 0:01:10 | 0:01:13 | |
coming into it as well... | 0:01:13 | 0:01:15 | |
It's like being an addict. | 0:01:15 | 0:01:17 | |
I'm an addict to my way of life... | 0:01:19 | 0:01:21 | |
..because it's like a drug. | 0:01:23 | 0:01:25 | |
I'm an addict to riding horses, I'm an addict to winning. | 0:01:29 | 0:01:32 | |
But it wears off and then you have to go chasing it again. | 0:01:36 | 0:01:38 | |
It's all about winning, that's what you're really addicted to. | 0:01:41 | 0:01:45 | |
That's why you go chasing that... | 0:01:47 | 0:01:49 | |
that kick that sort of makes it different. | 0:01:49 | 0:01:52 | |
I don't know where the excitement comes from, | 0:02:09 | 0:02:11 | |
just the riding and jumping the fences and... | 0:02:11 | 0:02:13 | |
..with lots of other horses around you. | 0:02:14 | 0:02:16 | |
You know, that there's not much room, you don't get to see much. | 0:02:17 | 0:02:20 | |
There's horses falling around you. | 0:02:22 | 0:02:23 | |
I suppose near the end, I suppose the adrenaline is in winning, | 0:02:32 | 0:02:35 | |
you know, I mean, that's all it's about, like, | 0:02:35 | 0:02:38 | |
it's all about winning. | 0:02:38 | 0:02:40 | |
I think you have to have goals in life, you know, | 0:02:50 | 0:02:52 | |
you have to have something to chase, | 0:02:52 | 0:02:54 | |
you have to chase the thing that you can't ever catch. | 0:02:54 | 0:02:58 | |
I don't think I was ever really content with my life... | 0:03:33 | 0:03:35 | |
..because no matter how much you have a go at it, | 0:03:38 | 0:03:40 | |
no matter how much you try, you can't... | 0:03:40 | 0:03:41 | |
..you can't be as good as you want to be. | 0:03:43 | 0:03:45 | |
HE BREATHES DEEPLY | 0:03:55 | 0:03:57 | |
'Previous injuries? | 0:03:59 | 0:04:01 | |
'Erm, cheekbone. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:03 | |
'OK, left or right? | 0:04:03 | 0:04:05 | |
'Left, yeah, because I never really got the feeling back. | 0:04:05 | 0:04:07 | |
'Left collarbone, twice, I think. | 0:04:07 | 0:04:11 | |
'Shoulder blade... Can't remember which one. | 0:04:11 | 0:04:15 | |
-'Sternum. -Yeah. | 0:04:15 | 0:04:17 | |
'The ribs are... They've all had a go, I think. | 0:04:17 | 0:04:21 | |
'My back is fused from T... | 0:04:22 | 0:04:25 | |
'..9 to 12. | 0:04:26 | 0:04:27 | |
'Done broke my right arm, erm, | 0:04:29 | 0:04:32 | |
'radius and ulna. | 0:04:32 | 0:04:33 | |
-'Both at the same time? -Both at the same time. | 0:04:33 | 0:04:35 | |
-'OK. -My right wrist as well. | 0:04:35 | 0:04:38 | |
'My left tib and fib.' | 0:04:38 | 0:04:40 | |
I think I got a kick there a few times, that's all that is. | 0:04:40 | 0:04:43 | |
'And my right ankle, I think. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:45 | |
'Never had a concussion? | 0:04:45 | 0:04:47 | |
'I've had lots of bangs on the head, | 0:04:47 | 0:04:49 | |
'but I've always been able to function and know where I am. | 0:04:49 | 0:04:51 | |
'Yeah, OK.' | 0:04:51 | 0:04:53 | |
Hands on the side of your thighs. | 0:04:53 | 0:04:55 | |
'As my career developed | 0:04:55 | 0:04:57 | |
'and I was lucky enough to become successful, I... | 0:04:57 | 0:05:00 | |
'It... It became a bit of a numbers thing, you know? | 0:05:00 | 0:05:02 | |
'When I started off, I wanted to be champion jockey, | 0:05:03 | 0:05:05 | |
'and when I was champion jockey | 0:05:05 | 0:05:07 | |
'then I, you know, wanted to ride more winners | 0:05:07 | 0:05:09 | |
'than any jump jockey had ridden before. | 0:05:09 | 0:05:12 | |
'In 2002, I was able to do that, I rode 289 winners in that season.' | 0:05:12 | 0:05:16 | |
'..opinions about who the greatest this, that and the other - | 0:05:16 | 0:05:19 | |
'it doesn't really matter about your opinions, | 0:05:19 | 0:05:21 | |
'the number of winners you've ridden.' | 0:05:21 | 0:05:22 | |
'Then you want to... you want to win more jockeys championships | 0:05:22 | 0:05:25 | |
'than any other jump jockey has before, | 0:05:25 | 0:05:27 | |
'and you want to ride more winners | 0:05:27 | 0:05:28 | |
'than any other jump jockey has before, and... | 0:05:28 | 0:05:30 | |
'Um, when I rode 3,000 winners, I actually thought, | 0:05:30 | 0:05:33 | |
'I will be able to ride 4,000 winners, | 0:05:33 | 0:05:35 | |
'I had it in my head, I thought this is achievable, you know?' | 0:05:35 | 0:05:39 | |
'But as I say, to be champion jockey 18 times, | 0:05:39 | 0:05:41 | |
'to ride 4,000 winners is incomparable.' | 0:05:41 | 0:05:44 | |
'Crispin is out in front here, Crispin from Panama Petrus. | 0:05:44 | 0:05:48 | |
'Mountain Tunes still staying on, surely he can't, can he? | 0:05:48 | 0:05:51 | |
'The final flight... | 0:05:51 | 0:05:52 | |
'And there jumps Crispin | 0:05:52 | 0:05:54 | |
'and Mountain Tunes and Tony McCoy | 0:05:54 | 0:05:56 | |
'now launching a tremendous attack on the outside. He's done it! | 0:05:56 | 0:06:00 | |
'What a hero! What a sportsman! What a jockey! | 0:06:00 | 0:06:03 | |
'4,000 up for Tony McCoy on Mountain Tunes, | 0:06:03 | 0:06:07 | |
'who played Crispin late, and Panama Petrus back in third place.' | 0:06:07 | 0:06:11 | |
'The thing about records is they always get broken, you know, | 0:06:11 | 0:06:14 | |
'they always get broken. | 0:06:14 | 0:06:16 | |
'So I want to make it as tough as possible | 0:06:16 | 0:06:18 | |
'for whoever is breaking them, you know? | 0:06:18 | 0:06:19 | |
'Because in, you know, in 20 years' time | 0:06:19 | 0:06:22 | |
'if someone is champion jockey for the 20th time, I'll be 60, | 0:06:22 | 0:06:26 | |
'or when I'm dead and buried, at least it won't annoy me.' | 0:06:26 | 0:06:29 | |
OK, we're going this way. | 0:06:33 | 0:06:36 | |
Evie, sweet... Sweet pea, can you stay with me? Thank you. | 0:06:38 | 0:06:42 | |
Put your thing on. | 0:06:42 | 0:06:43 | |
Right, please... Please stay with me. Right beside me. | 0:06:45 | 0:06:48 | |
Our award for this season's champion jockey. | 0:06:48 | 0:06:51 | |
He's been the champion every year | 0:06:51 | 0:06:53 | |
since he started riding, taking a conditional title | 0:06:53 | 0:06:56 | |
and 18 consecutive champion jockey titles. | 0:06:56 | 0:07:00 | |
He's won Gold Cups, Champion Hurdles, | 0:07:00 | 0:07:02 | |
Queen Mother Champion Chases, and a Grand National. | 0:07:02 | 0:07:05 | |
Ladies and gentlemen, a huge round of applause | 0:07:05 | 0:07:08 | |
for our champion jockey, Tony McCoy! | 0:07:08 | 0:07:11 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:07:11 | 0:07:12 | |
'I would love him to retire at the end of this year. | 0:07:17 | 0:07:20 | |
'Because the races are run at a faster pace, | 0:07:21 | 0:07:26 | |
'so when the jockey does have a fall, they hit the ground faster, | 0:07:26 | 0:07:29 | |
'and there has been a lot of bad injuries over the last, probably, | 0:07:29 | 0:07:32 | |
'two and three years.' | 0:07:32 | 0:07:33 | |
Is Daddy going to win this? | 0:07:33 | 0:07:36 | |
Well, that's the plan, Eve, right? | 0:07:36 | 0:07:38 | |
'The fact that we have two kids now, | 0:07:39 | 0:07:41 | |
'and I think the sport has been incredibly good to him, | 0:07:41 | 0:07:46 | |
'erm, and he is 40. | 0:07:46 | 0:07:48 | |
'You know, I know it's very young in some ways, | 0:07:48 | 0:07:51 | |
'but in his career it's old.' | 0:07:51 | 0:07:52 | |
Hold on, here's another one. | 0:07:52 | 0:07:53 | |
One more jump. One more jump. | 0:07:53 | 0:07:55 | |
He just needs to get over this. | 0:07:55 | 0:07:57 | |
Please, please, please don't fall. | 0:07:57 | 0:07:59 | |
Come on! Come on, hurry! | 0:07:59 | 0:08:02 | |
Come on! | 0:08:02 | 0:08:04 | |
Come on, Anthony! Come on, hurry! | 0:08:04 | 0:08:07 | |
Come on, Anthony! | 0:08:10 | 0:08:12 | |
And on the day he's crowned 19 times | 0:08:12 | 0:08:14 | |
champion jockey, Tony McCoy gets home in the first. | 0:08:14 | 0:08:17 | |
Whoo! | 0:08:18 | 0:08:20 | |
'So, yes, I would like him to retire this year,' | 0:08:22 | 0:08:25 | |
mainly because of safety reasons, and to get him in one piece, | 0:08:25 | 0:08:30 | |
I don't want to have a husband | 0:08:30 | 0:08:32 | |
that you have to help out of bed every morning, | 0:08:32 | 0:08:35 | |
and, you know, ideally, that would be... Erm, yeah. | 0:08:35 | 0:08:40 | |
Can you sum up what 19, what number 19 means to you? | 0:08:41 | 0:08:45 | |
You got to enjoy the moment, erm. Hopefully, | 0:08:47 | 0:08:49 | |
I can win another jockey's title, maybe win a few more. | 0:08:49 | 0:08:52 | |
Erm, I know a lot of people have asked me about riding 5,000 winners, | 0:08:52 | 0:08:55 | |
and my wife would kill me for saying that, | 0:08:55 | 0:08:57 | |
but, you know, you got to give yourself targets and goals. | 0:08:57 | 0:09:00 | |
'You know, I've been lucky... | 0:09:01 | 0:09:03 | |
'I've been lucky to work with great people | 0:09:03 | 0:09:05 | |
'that helped me win a lot, but... | 0:09:05 | 0:09:06 | |
'And I have a great agent in Dave Roberts, | 0:09:06 | 0:09:08 | |
'who books all my rides, you know, so, erm, | 0:09:08 | 0:09:10 | |
'you have to continue winning.' | 0:09:10 | 0:09:13 | |
The season finishes on the Saturday, | 0:09:19 | 0:09:21 | |
it starts again, I think, now on the Tuesday, | 0:09:21 | 0:09:23 | |
you're back to zero and you've got to be riding winners quickly | 0:09:23 | 0:09:26 | |
if you want to be champion jockey. | 0:09:26 | 0:09:28 | |
PHONE RINGS | 0:09:31 | 0:09:33 | |
Hi, Dave Roberts speaking. | 0:09:37 | 0:09:38 | |
'Hi, Dave, I'll pass you over to Alan.' | 0:09:38 | 0:09:40 | |
I'm just checking with Chepstow tomorrow... | 0:09:40 | 0:09:42 | |
'No, I don't run. I've just spoken to Frank, | 0:09:42 | 0:09:44 | |
'and we're not going to run him on heavy ground.' | 0:09:44 | 0:09:46 | |
OK, so AP won't be riding him tomorrow night. | 0:09:46 | 0:09:49 | |
'His kind of approach is numerical. | 0:09:49 | 0:09:52 | |
'If any horse can win any race, he will ride it, | 0:09:52 | 0:09:55 | |
'good jumper or bad jumper.' | 0:09:55 | 0:09:57 | |
-Was there anything else? -'OK, No, thanks, bye.' | 0:09:57 | 0:09:59 | |
'That's what's got him where he is, | 0:09:59 | 0:10:01 | |
'the fact that people know that he will always ride every day | 0:10:01 | 0:10:05 | |
'if it's physically possible, and that is the difference.' | 0:10:05 | 0:10:08 | |
Yeah, very well, no, that's fine for AP tonight. | 0:10:08 | 0:10:11 | |
'Getting to the tally of 4,000, | 0:10:11 | 0:10:13 | |
'that's probably a lot to do why he's got there, | 0:10:13 | 0:10:15 | |
'cos he'll go racing when' | 0:10:15 | 0:10:17 | |
a lot of people, years ago, wouldn't have done. | 0:10:17 | 0:10:19 | |
They would've took days off, but not him, no. | 0:10:19 | 0:10:22 | |
'Rushing round these | 0:10:23 | 0:10:24 | |
'little tracks, riding winners for a couple of thousand, | 0:10:24 | 0:10:27 | |
'and those, basically, are his championship months, aren't they? | 0:10:27 | 0:10:31 | |
'Yeah, they are. | 0:10:31 | 0:10:32 | |
'I think what makes it extraordinary | 0:10:32 | 0:10:34 | |
'is he's only got to compete against himself. | 0:10:34 | 0:10:36 | |
'Yet he's still willing to get in the car, | 0:10:36 | 0:10:38 | |
'drive five hours up to Newcastle for one ride, | 0:10:38 | 0:10:42 | |
'turn round and then do it all over again.' | 0:10:42 | 0:10:45 | |
11-2 in the field now... | 0:10:45 | 0:10:47 | |
Thank you very much, sir, and the best of luck to you. | 0:10:51 | 0:10:54 | |
'Yeah, that's right, I mean, we're betting on | 0:10:54 | 0:10:56 | |
'whether he'll reach 5,000 winners, | 0:10:56 | 0:10:58 | |
'this is the next enormous landmark, | 0:10:58 | 0:11:00 | |
'and, of course, when he got to 4,000, | 0:11:00 | 0:11:02 | |
'we thought it was highly unlikely.' | 0:11:02 | 0:11:03 | |
'It's all numbers. It's only ever been numbers.' | 0:11:03 | 0:11:06 | |
'It was about riding as many winners as quickly as possible, | 0:11:10 | 0:11:13 | |
'and give them as little time to dream about even being champion jockey, as possible, | 0:11:13 | 0:11:17 | |
'because the longer they have, | 0:11:17 | 0:11:19 | |
'the more, sometimes, it can become reality. | 0:11:19 | 0:11:22 | |
'I always wanted to just sicken them as quickly as possible. | 0:11:23 | 0:11:25 | |
'I wanted it to be over | 0:11:25 | 0:11:27 | |
'before it started if I could help it, you know?' | 0:11:27 | 0:11:30 | |
'You know, and it's always that thing, | 0:11:30 | 0:11:32 | |
'he wants them to look across at him and go, "Oh, no, it's AP," | 0:11:32 | 0:11:36 | |
'and that's what you do when you're riding against him, | 0:11:36 | 0:11:38 | |
'you just think, "Oh, yeah, I've got a chance, got a chance," | 0:11:38 | 0:11:41 | |
'then you look across, and go, "Oh, no, it's like Doctor Death."' | 0:11:41 | 0:11:44 | |
BELL RINGS | 0:11:44 | 0:11:46 | |
And they're off. | 0:12:01 | 0:12:04 | |
Lucky Prince is the first away, | 0:12:04 | 0:12:06 | |
being followed by Chalk It Down and Dresden, | 0:12:06 | 0:12:08 | |
they're chased by Fantasy King and Ballybriggan | 0:12:08 | 0:12:11 | |
and as they step over... | 0:12:11 | 0:12:12 | |
And they're rallying to the outside, | 0:12:12 | 0:12:14 | |
Chalk It Down, Dresden also trying to get on terms, | 0:12:14 | 0:12:17 | |
they make the run down towards the final flight... | 0:12:17 | 0:12:19 | |
And Dresden is down! | 0:12:19 | 0:12:20 | |
Dresden is down, and that has left Chalk It Down in front | 0:12:20 | 0:12:23 | |
in the hands of the champion jockey. | 0:12:23 | 0:12:25 | |
And going towards the finish, | 0:12:25 | 0:12:26 | |
it is Chalk It Down who will chalk up his first win over hurdles. | 0:12:26 | 0:12:31 | |
May be lucky. | 0:12:31 | 0:12:32 | |
Chalk It Down the winner, Fantasy King second, | 0:12:32 | 0:12:34 | |
Gracchus third, then Lucky Prince and Ballybriggan. | 0:12:34 | 0:12:36 | |
You kind of set yourself goals, | 0:12:48 | 0:12:51 | |
you know, I was thinking if I rode 20 winners in May, | 0:12:51 | 0:12:54 | |
then that would be good, you know? | 0:12:54 | 0:12:56 | |
And you're getting there now? | 0:12:56 | 0:12:57 | |
Well, I've ridden 21, so I'm thinking now, | 0:12:57 | 0:12:59 | |
hopefully, I can ride 30 winners in May, | 0:12:59 | 0:13:01 | |
so the goal posts have changed quickly. | 0:13:01 | 0:13:04 | |
I'll be disappointed if I don't ride 30 winners. | 0:13:05 | 0:13:09 | |
If I don't ride nine more in May, you know. | 0:13:09 | 0:13:12 | |
And what happens if you don't? | 0:13:12 | 0:13:13 | |
Uh, that'll be a bit of a failure, won't it? | 0:13:13 | 0:13:16 | |
'I do worry about maybe not being as good as I once was, | 0:13:23 | 0:13:26 | |
'or not having as many winners as I should have done, | 0:13:26 | 0:13:29 | |
'or worrying that people might think because I've had a lot of success in the past | 0:13:29 | 0:13:33 | |
'that I might not be as hungry to have it again, you know, so.' | 0:13:33 | 0:13:36 | |
'Or they might think that, you know, his time is up, | 0:13:39 | 0:13:42 | |
'he's not as good as he once was, | 0:13:42 | 0:13:43 | |
'which happens to every sports person, so.' | 0:13:43 | 0:13:45 | |
'I will give it a go, | 0:13:47 | 0:13:49 | |
'and try to ride my fastest ever 50th winner if I can, erm, | 0:13:49 | 0:13:53 | |
'but, also, I wanted to be champion jockey this year, | 0:13:53 | 0:13:55 | |
'cos if I am, it'll be my 20th season | 0:13:55 | 0:13:57 | |
'and, erm, you know, that's something I could never have dreamed of being able to do, | 0:13:57 | 0:14:02 | |
'so this season will be harder than any of the others, | 0:14:02 | 0:14:05 | |
'you know, to try and achieve that, so.' | 0:14:05 | 0:14:08 | |
Tornado Bob, Bob Keown is rallying on that flat. | 0:14:25 | 0:14:29 | |
Tornado Bob, Bob Keown is the first near the line. | 0:14:29 | 0:14:33 | |
McCoy getting it on close. His fastest ever 50. | 0:14:33 | 0:14:36 | |
Bob Keown, gone up in the shadows... | 0:14:36 | 0:14:40 | |
Does it mean that he's got a target in mind? | 0:14:41 | 0:14:43 | |
Maybe that magic number of 289, | 0:14:43 | 0:14:45 | |
his best ever season tally, perhaps even getting to that magic 300. | 0:14:45 | 0:14:50 | |
What an achievement that would be. | 0:14:50 | 0:14:52 | |
Is this realistic this season? | 0:14:52 | 0:14:54 | |
I think it is, there's no doubt about it, | 0:14:54 | 0:14:56 | |
he's got to the fastest 50, | 0:14:56 | 0:14:58 | |
he knows he's ahead of his schedule, he'll have that marked. | 0:14:58 | 0:15:02 | |
Now his next target will be 100, then the target after that 150, | 0:15:04 | 0:15:08 | |
then 200, then 250, and then that magic number. | 0:15:08 | 0:15:11 | |
'This time of the year, he comes maybe once or twice a week, really, | 0:15:37 | 0:15:40 | |
'just to school all the young horses, | 0:15:40 | 0:15:41 | |
'and even the older ones, just to give them a pop.' | 0:15:41 | 0:15:43 | |
Ah, ya do, yeah. | 0:15:46 | 0:15:47 | |
You'd need this for a week, wouldn't you? To be fair, to get in properly. | 0:15:47 | 0:15:50 | |
'So he has an idea of which one he would choose to ride | 0:15:50 | 0:15:53 | |
'if it came to that, you know.' | 0:15:53 | 0:15:55 | |
You're going to pop on Monday Gold first, | 0:15:57 | 0:16:00 | |
and Clubs Are Trumps, and Master Fortune. | 0:16:00 | 0:16:03 | |
'He's so much experience and what he tells you about them, | 0:16:05 | 0:16:08 | |
'you take it on board, really, | 0:16:08 | 0:16:10 | |
'and nine times out of ten, it comes true, you know, so having him on it is a great help.' | 0:16:10 | 0:16:16 | |
-He seems happy enough taking the big ones. -Mmm. Yeah. | 0:16:21 | 0:16:24 | |
Oh, he's clever, I suppose that's clever. I like to see him do that. | 0:16:26 | 0:16:30 | |
-Yeah, he's very good. Yeah. -He's good and brave, yeah? | 0:16:32 | 0:16:35 | |
But intelligent, like, cos he is a bit... | 0:16:36 | 0:16:38 | |
He was over the hurdle, he was a little bit grabby, you know? | 0:16:38 | 0:16:42 | |
Whoa... | 0:16:46 | 0:16:47 | |
Whoa... | 0:16:50 | 0:16:51 | |
'He has the horses basically talking to him, really, | 0:16:51 | 0:16:55 | |
'and he makes them do what they're supposed to do | 0:16:55 | 0:16:58 | |
-'and gives them a lot of confidence doing it.' -Whoa... | 0:16:58 | 0:17:00 | |
'Not everybody has that, that's a magical effect, really.' | 0:17:00 | 0:17:03 | |
'If he rides a horse for the first time, | 0:17:10 | 0:17:12 | |
'that horse has an uncanny knack of improving once he's sat on it.' | 0:17:12 | 0:17:15 | |
'It's uncanny how many times he's won on horses | 0:17:22 | 0:17:24 | |
'which shouldn't have won a race.' | 0:17:24 | 0:17:26 | |
'There's something he gets which the horse responds to. | 0:17:29 | 0:17:33 | |
'And it happens so many times, it can't be coincidence, | 0:17:36 | 0:17:39 | |
'it's as if the horse gets him on their back, | 0:17:39 | 0:17:42 | |
'and the horse grows in confidence, | 0:17:42 | 0:17:44 | |
'so the next time it runs, it's, "I quite like this."' | 0:17:44 | 0:17:47 | |
'His mentality is exceptional... | 0:17:59 | 0:18:02 | |
'..his knowledge of the formbook, | 0:18:06 | 0:18:08 | |
'you can ring up and ask him any horse, | 0:18:08 | 0:18:11 | |
'he would know of what that horse can do. | 0:18:11 | 0:18:13 | |
'The feedback he gives the trainer, | 0:18:14 | 0:18:16 | |
'you know, the horse might need blinkers, | 0:18:16 | 0:18:18 | |
'or it might need to be held up at the back, | 0:18:18 | 0:18:20 | |
'and then the horse suddenly improves.' | 0:18:20 | 0:18:22 | |
Yeah, there's better ground out there, | 0:18:24 | 0:18:25 | |
you can see the divots on the end. | 0:18:25 | 0:18:27 | |
And then he'd be... He'd run on like... | 0:18:27 | 0:18:29 | |
We've done his palate, we did it in August. | 0:18:29 | 0:18:31 | |
At some point, you might be better off doing the whole job, | 0:18:31 | 0:18:34 | |
because that's why he's doing what he's doing. | 0:18:34 | 0:18:37 | |
'Do you know what, Luke? | 0:18:37 | 0:18:38 | |
'I think he's been picking his rides a little bit, too, | 0:18:38 | 0:18:40 | |
'because he's so desperate to do it in JP's colours. | 0:18:40 | 0:18:43 | |
'When you get someone that is as successful as JP McManus, | 0:18:43 | 0:18:46 | |
'he's polite, he's quiet, he's not exuberant.' | 0:18:46 | 0:18:48 | |
If he goes ten ahead of you, and you jump off with him, | 0:18:50 | 0:18:54 | |
-that's fine. At least he ends. -Yeah. | 0:18:54 | 0:18:55 | |
'You know, he sees in somebody like JP, | 0:18:55 | 0:18:58 | |
'somebody who's unbelievably loyal.' | 0:18:58 | 0:19:00 | |
Don't give him a gift. Don't give him a fucking gift. | 0:19:00 | 0:19:03 | |
'He's become really, really close to JP and Jonjo, | 0:19:03 | 0:19:07 | |
'they've got a little bond between them.' | 0:19:07 | 0:19:09 | |
There's AP, kind of looking for us, eh? | 0:19:09 | 0:19:11 | |
AP! | 0:19:11 | 0:19:13 | |
How are you, AP? | 0:19:17 | 0:19:18 | |
He's lazy enough, | 0:19:22 | 0:19:24 | |
if you have to hit him a slought now, | 0:19:24 | 0:19:26 | |
don't be frightened to hit him a slought. | 0:19:26 | 0:19:28 | |
But he is lazy, I'm telling you, he's fucking gone a bit old-fashioned. | 0:19:28 | 0:19:30 | |
If I see a lot behind him, like. | 0:19:30 | 0:19:32 | |
Yeah. Yeah. | 0:19:32 | 0:19:33 | |
You shouldn't have to. | 0:19:35 | 0:19:37 | |
BELL RINGS | 0:19:37 | 0:19:38 | |
And here is AP McCoy, | 0:19:42 | 0:19:44 | |
in the green and yellow hoops of JP McManus, | 0:19:44 | 0:19:47 | |
trained by Jonjo O'Neill, white cap. | 0:19:47 | 0:19:50 | |
'You see your husband putting themselves at risk every day, | 0:19:52 | 0:19:57 | |
'and, yes, you've chosen to marry them, | 0:19:57 | 0:19:59 | |
'and you've chosen to support them in the career.' | 0:19:59 | 0:20:01 | |
Come on! | 0:20:01 | 0:20:03 | |
'But he has lived with the hardship of having very bad injuries | 0:20:03 | 0:20:08 | |
'for the last 20-odd years he's riding.' | 0:20:08 | 0:20:11 | |
-Oh! -Oh, my God! | 0:20:16 | 0:20:17 | |
'His ability to control pain, to manage pain is, um... | 0:20:17 | 0:20:21 | |
'..is very unique, and, you know, very bizarre. | 0:20:22 | 0:20:27 | |
'I mean, it is quite unusual the way he can control concussion. | 0:20:30 | 0:20:34 | |
'Cos if you're out, then you step down. | 0:20:36 | 0:20:39 | |
'And he's gone out and ridden in the next race | 0:20:39 | 0:20:42 | |
'and has absolutely no recollection of riding in that race. | 0:20:42 | 0:20:45 | |
'He can control it because he's driven by fear... | 0:20:48 | 0:20:51 | |
'The fear of not being champion jockey.' | 0:20:52 | 0:20:55 | |
Go, go, go, go! | 0:20:55 | 0:20:56 | |
'Just everything is, "It's in the head, Chanelle. It's in the head," you know. | 0:21:02 | 0:21:05 | |
'He's like, "Pain is temporary, losing is permanent."' | 0:21:07 | 0:21:10 | |
You know, I mean, it's temporary. | 0:21:10 | 0:21:13 | |
So we're OK. Phew! | 0:21:13 | 0:21:15 | |
Up you come. | 0:21:17 | 0:21:18 | |
Ah, a nice little sleep. | 0:21:21 | 0:21:23 | |
How many are you putting in? | 0:21:27 | 0:21:29 | |
He'll have a bridge of four teeth. | 0:21:29 | 0:21:31 | |
It's like having your permanent courtesy car when your car goes in for repair or service. | 0:21:31 | 0:21:36 | |
He needs a courtesy set of teeth for everything. | 0:21:36 | 0:21:38 | |
And that's why, you know, we're not prepared | 0:21:38 | 0:21:41 | |
to put the implants in and put new teeth in straightaway, | 0:21:41 | 0:21:44 | |
because you have to be careful with that. | 0:21:44 | 0:21:46 | |
-So when he retires, then, we can... -We need to get on with this. | 0:21:46 | 0:21:50 | |
That's the idea. So you tell me as and when that's going to be... | 0:21:50 | 0:21:54 | |
-That's the million-dollar question. -Absolutely! | 0:21:54 | 0:21:57 | |
-I'm not going to make you answer. -We need to get on with this... | 0:21:57 | 0:22:00 | |
-We need to get going. -It's a strange process. | 0:22:02 | 0:22:04 | |
-Yeah. Right, we're ready to go. -OK. | 0:22:04 | 0:22:07 | |
-Super. Thank you so much. -Just give me a smile there. | 0:22:07 | 0:22:10 | |
-OK, we'll keep them nice and white for you. -Yeah, yeah. | 0:22:11 | 0:22:14 | |
'Most people would tell you they think he's made of something else | 0:22:14 | 0:22:17 | |
'because I'd say 60, 70% of jockeys would have stopped by now | 0:22:17 | 0:22:20 | |
'on what he's had.' | 0:22:20 | 0:22:22 | |
'I mean, you know, every time they go to ride, it could be their last ride. | 0:22:23 | 0:22:28 | |
'I sit and watch the race in here | 0:22:29 | 0:22:31 | |
'and whether it's one of my jockeys or someone else's jockeys, | 0:22:31 | 0:22:33 | |
'as soon as a horse falls and you think a jockey's had a bad fall, | 0:22:33 | 0:22:36 | |
'it just makes you sit back and you wince a bit, | 0:22:36 | 0:22:40 | |
'because you just don't know, | 0:22:40 | 0:22:43 | |
'you are, really, every time you ride, that could be your last one. | 0:22:43 | 0:22:46 | |
'There are no guarantees. It is a high-risk sport, I think.' | 0:22:47 | 0:22:50 | |
Nip and tuck between these two | 0:23:03 | 0:23:05 | |
as they come to the next flight. | 0:23:05 | 0:23:06 | |
AP McCoy out in the front with the racing... | 0:23:06 | 0:23:08 | |
Oh, my goodness, he's fallen! | 0:23:08 | 0:23:09 | |
AP McCoy takes a fall and then the oncoming horse | 0:23:09 | 0:23:12 | |
appears to step on AP at the same time. | 0:23:12 | 0:23:14 | |
That looked nasty. AP gingerly getting to his feet... | 0:23:14 | 0:23:17 | |
And you get no threes or fours... | 0:23:22 | 0:23:25 | |
-You only got ones or twos. -Mmm-hmm. | 0:23:25 | 0:23:27 | |
So we need to get rid of the twos and get all ones. | 0:23:27 | 0:23:30 | |
-And then we'll be away, won't we? -Mmm-hmm. | 0:23:30 | 0:23:33 | |
-What? Do you think you'll be able to do that? -Hmm. | 0:23:33 | 0:23:35 | |
Evie, are you having breakfast? | 0:23:35 | 0:23:38 | |
INDISTINCT CHAT | 0:23:46 | 0:23:47 | |
I'm sore, you know. | 0:24:07 | 0:24:09 | |
And then I rode a horse in the next race because I thought it would win. | 0:24:09 | 0:24:12 | |
And, erm... | 0:24:12 | 0:24:14 | |
Luckily it did win, and then I gave up the rest of my rides, | 0:24:15 | 0:24:19 | |
and I didn't ride yesterday, either, so... | 0:24:19 | 0:24:21 | |
Like, I knew it was obviously around my chest, | 0:24:23 | 0:24:25 | |
around my lungs area and that, | 0:24:25 | 0:24:27 | |
but I've punctured my lungs twice in the last...two years, | 0:24:27 | 0:24:32 | |
so I kind of know the feeling of what it's like whenever they're punctured or not. | 0:24:32 | 0:24:36 | |
Because your breath doesn't come back when you puncture your lung. | 0:24:37 | 0:24:40 | |
So it was kind of... | 0:24:40 | 0:24:41 | |
My breath wasn't great, but it did gradually come back. | 0:24:41 | 0:24:45 | |
But, um... | 0:24:45 | 0:24:46 | |
It got... | 0:24:48 | 0:24:50 | |
There's a guy there. I have to get up there. Please. | 0:24:50 | 0:24:53 | |
Right, here. My husband will help you. | 0:24:55 | 0:24:58 | |
-Hi, Dave, you all right? -Just put it on speaker. | 0:24:58 | 0:25:00 | |
Erm, good, yeah. | 0:25:00 | 0:25:02 | |
Have you many rides on Sunday, out of a matter of interest? | 0:25:02 | 0:25:05 | |
I might only ride a few of them on Sunday, then, | 0:25:07 | 0:25:09 | |
and see how I am. And suddenly if you think | 0:25:09 | 0:25:11 | |
any of us have got a chance, then I'll ride it, you know. | 0:25:11 | 0:25:14 | |
All right, thanks Dave. Cheers. Bye-bye, bye. | 0:25:14 | 0:25:16 | |
Tell him you're not riding on Sunday. | 0:25:18 | 0:25:20 | |
I am riding on Sunday. | 0:25:20 | 0:25:22 | |
It's just badly bruised, it's very sore, but it's grand. | 0:25:22 | 0:25:25 | |
It's getting better, I can lift my hand up now. | 0:25:27 | 0:25:29 | |
The 19-times champion aboard On The Record | 0:25:32 | 0:25:35 | |
moves alongside Roll On Ruby. | 0:25:35 | 0:25:37 | |
Now McCoy has to shake up On The Record, | 0:25:39 | 0:25:42 | |
and Bangkok Pete and Wayne Kavanagh | 0:25:42 | 0:25:44 | |
alongside, moving on down towards the second last. | 0:25:44 | 0:25:47 | |
On The Record, galvanised by AP, trying to see off | 0:25:47 | 0:25:51 | |
the attentions of Bangkok Pete. | 0:25:51 | 0:25:53 | |
Bangkok Pete just ahead. | 0:25:53 | 0:25:55 | |
On The Record though, a much cleaner leap. | 0:25:55 | 0:25:57 | |
And now presented with the advantage, McCoy driving away. | 0:25:57 | 0:26:02 | |
Bangkok Pete, On The Record, | 0:26:02 | 0:26:04 | |
back for more on the near side, McCoy pulls it out of the fire, | 0:26:04 | 0:26:07 | |
and On The Record, for the man who makes breaking records | 0:26:07 | 0:26:11 | |
look commonplace has got up to score. | 0:26:11 | 0:26:13 | |
And a personal milestone is almost reached. | 0:26:13 | 0:26:16 | |
'AP McCoy, as the champ has equalled the number of winners, | 0:26:17 | 0:26:21 | |
'trained by his former boss, Martin Pipe. | 0:26:21 | 0:26:24 | |
'Martin, hello there. How are you? | 0:26:24 | 0:26:26 | |
Hello, Mike. Very well. Thank you. | 0:26:26 | 0:26:27 | |
'I bet you can't believe that he's | 0:26:27 | 0:26:29 | |
'closing down on your record, can you? | 0:26:29 | 0:26:31 | |
'No, it's a challenge we've had between us for some time | 0:26:31 | 0:26:34 | |
'and he's getting so, so close. | 0:26:34 | 0:26:37 | |
'It really is incredible. | 0:26:37 | 0:26:39 | |
'To ride so many winners and still keep going. | 0:26:39 | 0:26:42 | |
'And riding better than ever.' | 0:26:42 | 0:26:43 | |
'Kirbys Glen at the rear of the field. | 0:26:45 | 0:26:47 | |
'So, Tony McCoy disputing third place, | 0:26:47 | 0:26:48 | |
'seeking to surpass Martin Pipe's record of career wins | 0:26:48 | 0:26:52 | |
'which he equalled today at Uttoxeter. | 0:26:52 | 0:26:54 | |
'At the moment, Old Pals Act is still right in the thick of things. | 0:26:54 | 0:26:57 | |
'As indeed is virtually every single runner here, | 0:26:57 | 0:27:00 | |
'as Quinsman leads the turn, just about a circuit under their belts. | 0:27:00 | 0:27:03 | |
'And for the first time, Andrew Thornton giving the impression he just wants to press on slightly, | 0:27:03 | 0:27:07 | |
'but he hasn't shaken off the pursuers...' | 0:27:07 | 0:27:09 | |
'Quinsman by a length as he approaches the next... | 0:27:21 | 0:27:25 | |
'Again, they're all over, in fact Kirbys Glen | 0:27:25 | 0:27:27 | |
'just beginning to struggle slightly, just like | 0:27:27 | 0:27:29 | |
'so many we've seen. Tony McCoy improving on a horse that so far | 0:27:29 | 0:27:33 | |
'hasn't really warmed to his jumping but between the fences is travelling up well. | 0:27:33 | 0:27:36 | |
'Old Pals Act, then King of Dubai. | 0:27:36 | 0:27:38 | |
'Then Ned The Post.' | 0:27:38 | 0:27:40 | |
'I might have won more races than anyone else, | 0:27:40 | 0:27:42 | |
'but I've lost a lot more than everyone else, too, so... | 0:27:42 | 0:27:45 | |
'So I might have the record for the most wins, | 0:27:45 | 0:27:48 | |
'but I've got the records for the most losses as well. | 0:27:48 | 0:27:51 | |
'I've got the record for probably who's fallen off the most as well.' | 0:27:52 | 0:27:55 | |
'Because you can win the biggest horse races in the country, | 0:27:58 | 0:28:01 | |
'and then the next race, you can be in the back of an ambulance. | 0:28:01 | 0:28:05 | |
'So, you can go from a very huge high | 0:28:05 | 0:28:08 | |
'to a very sad low very quickly.' | 0:28:08 | 0:28:10 | |
Quinsman hasn't been left, Old Pals Act is on the far side. | 0:28:20 | 0:28:24 | |
And it's Quinsman! No record this time for Tony McCoy. | 0:28:24 | 0:28:27 | |
But Quinsman moves Andrew Thornton another closer | 0:28:27 | 0:28:30 | |
to his personal milestone of 1,000. | 0:28:30 | 0:28:32 | |
Old Pals Act in second place... | 0:28:34 | 0:28:36 | |
It feels a bit sore right down the middle. | 0:28:48 | 0:28:51 | |
-OK. -So it does. | 0:28:51 | 0:28:52 | |
But, obviously, as I said to you, about going to the garage, | 0:28:54 | 0:28:58 | |
if you were a mechanic, | 0:28:58 | 0:29:00 | |
the mechanic will fix you and you'll be better when you leave... | 0:29:00 | 0:29:03 | |
That's pretty much how I... how I want to feel. | 0:29:03 | 0:29:06 | |
Whenever you leave, I'm supposed to feel better. | 0:29:06 | 0:29:08 | |
-I've told you my theory on this as well, though. -AP LAUGHS | 0:29:08 | 0:29:12 | |
Mechanics don't work with old bangers, do they? | 0:29:12 | 0:29:14 | |
HE SIGHS HEAVILY Oh, dear. | 0:29:14 | 0:29:17 | |
Have you coloured your hair? | 0:29:18 | 0:29:20 | |
Have I what? | 0:29:20 | 0:29:22 | |
There's less grey in it today. | 0:29:22 | 0:29:23 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:29:23 | 0:29:24 | |
Fucking hilarious, you are! | 0:29:28 | 0:29:30 | |
I've got to have a good sense of humour to work with you. | 0:29:31 | 0:29:33 | |
-Yeah, see, there it's quite sore. -Yeah. | 0:29:35 | 0:29:37 | |
-That's the... -That's the old fracture. | 0:29:38 | 0:29:41 | |
So, is that... Is that just... | 0:29:41 | 0:29:43 | |
Cos I don't think that's been sore before. | 0:29:43 | 0:29:46 | |
But you were sore last time when I saw you last week. | 0:29:46 | 0:29:48 | |
I'm just going to work through, trying to release any tension | 0:29:48 | 0:29:51 | |
through your soft tissue here. | 0:29:51 | 0:29:52 | |
It'd be so much easier | 0:29:59 | 0:30:00 | |
if they didn't stand on you whenever they fall. | 0:30:00 | 0:30:03 | |
Don't fall off. | 0:30:03 | 0:30:04 | |
Thanks(!) | 0:30:04 | 0:30:06 | |
..It's A Gimme being lifted home | 0:30:11 | 0:30:15 | |
by Tony McCoy, this is the one he wanted, | 0:30:15 | 0:30:17 | |
he breaks Martin Pipe's record on It's A Gimme. | 0:30:17 | 0:30:20 | |
Second goes to Lost Legend... | 0:30:20 | 0:30:22 | |
Right, don't get me, guys. I'm with the kids, OK? | 0:30:27 | 0:30:29 | |
We're all against AP. | 0:30:29 | 0:30:31 | |
That little terror, yous got me! | 0:30:31 | 0:30:34 | |
I got a fall, and when I fell, | 0:30:34 | 0:30:35 | |
I fell away but the horse come behind me. | 0:30:35 | 0:30:37 | |
Landed on you? | 0:30:37 | 0:30:38 | |
Stood on me on the way past, stood right in the middle of my chest. | 0:30:38 | 0:30:41 | |
It's my own fault it fell, cos it stepped on me, right? | 0:30:41 | 0:30:43 | |
It was going to win. I couldn't breathe. | 0:30:43 | 0:30:45 | |
I swear I was on the ground thinking, "Oh, my God..." | 0:30:45 | 0:30:48 | |
And then I was worried because this side of my chest is fucked... | 0:30:48 | 0:30:50 | |
CHILDREN SHOUT | 0:30:50 | 0:30:52 | |
Just kick it up there out the way! Oh, Jesus! | 0:30:55 | 0:30:58 | |
He's in denial but I think he's cracked his sternum and four ribs. | 0:30:58 | 0:31:03 | |
Yeah. | 0:31:05 | 0:31:06 | |
I remember breaking two ribs, thinking it was the most painful thing ever. | 0:31:06 | 0:31:09 | |
He's popped them. | 0:31:09 | 0:31:12 | |
Come on, Evie. Get stuck in, Evie. | 0:31:12 | 0:31:14 | |
Go on, Evie. | 0:31:16 | 0:31:17 | |
'Hopefully, for me, it will be the last year, but | 0:31:23 | 0:31:27 | |
'it's a difficult subject to, you know, approach with him. | 0:31:27 | 0:31:30 | |
'You know, he's just ridden 50 winners in 37 days. | 0:31:32 | 0:31:35 | |
'It's the best season he's ever started off in the history of his career. | 0:31:35 | 0:31:39 | |
'So there's reasons why he should continue riding for another possibly three years, | 0:31:42 | 0:31:47 | |
'and there's very good reasons why he should stop this year. | 0:31:47 | 0:31:50 | |
'I can't force him and I wouldn't, you know. | 0:31:53 | 0:31:57 | |
'The decision has got to be his | 0:31:57 | 0:31:58 | |
'because he's got to live with the consequences, you know.' | 0:31:58 | 0:32:01 | |
Come on! | 0:32:23 | 0:32:24 | |
Tony McCoy, the fastest 100, wins it! | 0:32:28 | 0:32:30 | |
And it's not even out of August. | 0:32:30 | 0:32:32 | |
Well, I've had an unbelievable summer, really, to be honest. | 0:32:34 | 0:32:37 | |
Just that, I think... | 0:32:37 | 0:32:38 | |
I don't what I've been doing the last 20 years cos | 0:32:38 | 0:32:40 | |
this summer's been better than any of them. | 0:32:40 | 0:32:43 | |
For some reason, I've been luckier this time. | 0:32:43 | 0:32:45 | |
Well, I know why I've been luckier this time around, | 0:32:45 | 0:32:47 | |
I'm riding for a lot of people. | 0:32:47 | 0:32:49 | |
Erm, Jason Maguire, unfortunately for him, got a really bad injury... | 0:32:49 | 0:32:53 | |
Erm, the Monday before Cheltenham and he hasn't ridden since. | 0:32:53 | 0:32:56 | |
You know, he was... Well, he was practically dead, to be honest. | 0:32:56 | 0:33:00 | |
Erm, you know, I think he was resuscitated | 0:33:00 | 0:33:03 | |
at one point on the way to hospital and he hasn't ridden since then. | 0:33:03 | 0:33:08 | |
And Jason is first jockey to Donald McCain who is, um... | 0:33:08 | 0:33:12 | |
you know, a very powerful stable and I've been lucky enough to ride | 0:33:12 | 0:33:16 | |
the best part of 25 winners for him that I wouldn't have ridden. | 0:33:16 | 0:33:20 | |
Erm, I've also ridden, I think, 12 winners for Kim Bailey, | 0:33:20 | 0:33:25 | |
which Jason would have ridden as well, so, | 0:33:25 | 0:33:27 | |
you know, I've probably ridden the best part of 40 winners that Jason might've ridden. | 0:33:27 | 0:33:30 | |
So it is possible to ride 300 winners. | 0:33:30 | 0:33:33 | |
300 winners means you've got to ride a winner every day | 0:33:34 | 0:33:38 | |
other than 65 days in the year. | 0:33:38 | 0:33:40 | |
There's only 65 days in the year that you cannot ride a winner. | 0:33:40 | 0:33:43 | |
Hi, you're smelling good. | 0:33:47 | 0:33:49 | |
Well, hey, how it's going? Hey, guys. | 0:33:49 | 0:33:51 | |
Good. Cheers, lads. See you in a minute. | 0:33:53 | 0:33:55 | |
Erm... | 0:33:57 | 0:33:58 | |
It'll be getting worse now as he's getting better, you know. | 0:34:00 | 0:34:03 | |
-Because you'd be feeling like he's nearly... -Like he can get back, you know? | 0:34:03 | 0:34:06 | |
That's the worst of it but, look... | 0:34:06 | 0:34:08 | |
He's a lucky boy, Chanelle, he was bloody dead. | 0:34:09 | 0:34:12 | |
And there was something else he was quite lucky with as well. | 0:34:13 | 0:34:16 | |
Do you know, just when you just say that, it actually nearly puts me off my food. | 0:34:21 | 0:34:25 | |
Hmm? | 0:34:25 | 0:34:26 | |
In the space of ten minutes, | 0:34:26 | 0:34:28 | |
we are talking about two jockeys being resuscitated. | 0:34:28 | 0:34:31 | |
It's just the way it is, Chanelle. | 0:34:33 | 0:34:35 | |
I don't know, honey, I mean, | 0:34:36 | 0:34:38 | |
I know you're absolutely flying this year and I know it's hard, | 0:34:38 | 0:34:41 | |
but I think... | 0:34:41 | 0:34:43 | |
I think, this year is a good year, honey, to call it a day. | 0:34:43 | 0:34:48 | |
-What? -You heard me. | 0:34:48 | 0:34:51 | |
-This year is a good year to call it a day? -Yeah. | 0:34:55 | 0:34:57 | |
I've too many bones in my fish. | 0:34:59 | 0:35:00 | |
Why on earth would any year be a good year to call it a day? | 0:35:02 | 0:35:07 | |
What's meant to be is meant to be. | 0:35:10 | 0:35:12 | |
I know, but you can't, you know, I mean, you can't... | 0:35:12 | 0:35:14 | |
Yes, I agree to that, but unfortunately, with some things... | 0:35:16 | 0:35:19 | |
You know, some things you have to make a decision... | 0:35:21 | 0:35:23 | |
-I know that, but... -..you can't until the decision is made for you. | 0:35:23 | 0:35:27 | |
I've had enough of that conversation now. | 0:35:33 | 0:35:35 | |
OK, I know, but I'm just... All I'm saying to you is | 0:35:35 | 0:35:37 | |
if the season doesn't go the way you planned, right? | 0:35:37 | 0:35:41 | |
God forbid you get an injury... God forbid. | 0:35:41 | 0:35:43 | |
How did I let you get on this conversation during dinner? | 0:35:43 | 0:35:46 | |
Well, I just... | 0:35:46 | 0:35:48 | |
Cos I... It's hard to talk to you about it at home | 0:35:48 | 0:35:50 | |
because you're watching Sky Sports and your Sky Plus, | 0:35:50 | 0:35:53 | |
and this and that and you're not... | 0:35:53 | 0:35:55 | |
Like... | 0:35:55 | 0:35:58 | |
-Yeah. -You're not engaged. | 0:35:58 | 0:35:59 | |
-What happens now? -OK, so the other scenario is... | 0:36:02 | 0:36:04 | |
So, suddenly my life goes from being... | 0:36:04 | 0:36:06 | |
Doing everything I wanted to do for last 20 odd years | 0:36:07 | 0:36:10 | |
to waking up and thinking, "Mmm, what happens today, then?" | 0:36:10 | 0:36:14 | |
Well, listen, there'll be a few lunchboxes for you to pack, honey. | 0:36:16 | 0:36:19 | |
SHE CHUCKLES | 0:36:19 | 0:36:21 | |
They'll be a few bins for you to take out. | 0:36:21 | 0:36:23 | |
Seriously. | 0:36:25 | 0:36:26 | |
Hi, Rebecca. Just to say, erm, AP can ride both horses tomorrow. | 0:36:32 | 0:36:36 | |
How about it in the 1.40 at Chepstow? | 0:36:36 | 0:36:39 | |
AP is available if you want him. No? | 0:36:39 | 0:36:42 | |
OK, no problem. | 0:36:44 | 0:36:47 | |
'The only time you'll realise what he's achieved | 0:36:47 | 0:36:50 | |
'is when he retires. | 0:36:50 | 0:36:51 | |
'We've never spoke about it, apart from once, | 0:36:53 | 0:36:55 | |
'and the conversation lasted about five seconds. | 0:36:55 | 0:36:58 | |
'It's not on the agenda at the moment. | 0:36:59 | 0:37:01 | |
'No, I hope he goes on as long as possible. | 0:37:02 | 0:37:05 | |
'What he's achieved, I don't think will ever be matched. | 0:37:07 | 0:37:10 | |
'I... I honestly don't think in my lifetime | 0:37:10 | 0:37:13 | |
'someone will get to 4,000 winners again.' | 0:37:13 | 0:37:16 | |
To be able to stay in one piece for 20 years | 0:37:18 | 0:37:21 | |
and to ride 200 winners a year in that time, | 0:37:21 | 0:37:24 | |
I can't see that happening. | 0:37:24 | 0:37:26 | |
He's just had a fall, just to interrupt, he's just fell. | 0:37:33 | 0:37:36 | |
That did not look very good. | 0:37:41 | 0:37:43 | |
If in doubt, just to put his foot in the ditch, yeah. | 0:37:53 | 0:37:56 | |
I'm leaving you with the results? | 0:38:13 | 0:38:15 | |
Erm, I think someone was going to send them on to my doctor, I think. | 0:38:15 | 0:38:18 | |
OK. | 0:38:18 | 0:38:19 | |
-'Hi.' -Hey, I went in to see the doctor. | 0:38:22 | 0:38:26 | |
And he said I was fine, Chanelle. | 0:38:26 | 0:38:29 | |
He said I'm perfect, you know. | 0:38:29 | 0:38:30 | |
'Did he see your broken rib?' | 0:38:32 | 0:38:35 | |
He said he'd seen in my X-rays | 0:38:35 | 0:38:37 | |
that there was lots of old broken ribs and, yeah, | 0:38:37 | 0:38:39 | |
everything else looked perfect, he said. | 0:38:39 | 0:38:41 | |
'But it wasn't like you convincing him, "I'm fine to ride"? | 0:38:46 | 0:38:49 | |
-'Did he say you can ride.' -Chanelle... | 0:38:49 | 0:38:51 | |
'But did you ask him if you have a fall, and, you know, could it...' | 0:38:51 | 0:38:55 | |
I did, Chanelle. He said... | 0:38:55 | 0:38:58 | |
'Could your problem get bigger?' | 0:38:58 | 0:39:00 | |
He said, "There's a bigger risk of you on a horse | 0:39:00 | 0:39:02 | |
"than there is your lung being a problem." | 0:39:02 | 0:39:04 | |
'OK, so if you have a fall tomorrow, | 0:39:04 | 0:39:06 | |
'and you get any impact around your lung, | 0:39:06 | 0:39:09 | |
'then it shouldn't be dangerous?' | 0:39:09 | 0:39:13 | |
It's no different than normal, you know... | 0:39:13 | 0:39:16 | |
He said there is no more risk than there is normal risk. | 0:39:16 | 0:39:18 | |
-How do you feel today? -Perfect. | 0:39:20 | 0:39:22 | |
When you say perfect...? | 0:39:25 | 0:39:26 | |
If you'd asked me on Friday, what I feel like, | 0:39:26 | 0:39:29 | |
I'd have been delighted if I felt the way I do today. | 0:39:29 | 0:39:31 | |
'OK, so you're going to ride then tomorrow?' | 0:39:32 | 0:39:34 | |
I am, I am. | 0:39:34 | 0:39:36 | |
I'll see you when I get home. | 0:39:37 | 0:39:39 | |
-'OK, bye-bye.' -Bye-bye. | 0:39:39 | 0:39:41 | |
..with Tidal Way battling on. | 0:39:55 | 0:39:57 | |
On the outside, it is Goodwood Mirage | 0:39:57 | 0:39:59 | |
in the hands of Tony McCoy driven out here. | 0:39:59 | 0:40:01 | |
About a length or so ahead of Lightening Rod | 0:40:01 | 0:40:03 | |
who tries hard to fight back and does so. | 0:40:03 | 0:40:05 | |
Goodwood Mirage, just! | 0:40:05 | 0:40:06 | |
Goodwood Mirage, the far side. | 0:40:06 | 0:40:08 | |
We'll call that the 150th for AP this season. | 0:40:08 | 0:40:10 | |
Lightening Rod in the centre, to the outside is Tidal Way... | 0:40:10 | 0:40:16 | |
HE BREATHES DEEPLY | 0:40:25 | 0:40:28 | |
What we can do today is just, erm, | 0:40:36 | 0:40:38 | |
help the healing of the injury with the injection. | 0:40:38 | 0:40:41 | |
-Are you happy with that? -Yeah. -Yeah? OK. | 0:40:41 | 0:40:43 | |
OK, so just spin that around there. | 0:40:48 | 0:40:50 | |
-Are you all right, there? -Yeah. -We'll give it a quarter of an hour. | 0:40:50 | 0:40:53 | |
-All done. -Thank you. | 0:41:09 | 0:41:11 | |
-Feel OK? -Yeah. -Sure? -Absolutely. -Take it easy. | 0:41:11 | 0:41:13 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:41:24 | 0:41:28 | |
I think he IS better looking! | 0:41:28 | 0:41:31 | |
What do you think, Evie? | 0:41:31 | 0:41:32 | |
-Can you sit down? -Yeah, yeah. | 0:41:35 | 0:41:37 | |
No, I'm all right now. I'm all right. I was sore yesterday. | 0:41:37 | 0:41:40 | |
I've been very badly wounded as well, you know. | 0:41:40 | 0:41:42 | |
I was on the ground and I could not get a breath. | 0:41:42 | 0:41:45 | |
He gave me a shot of morphine, I was away then. | 0:41:45 | 0:41:47 | |
And he said to me... He stood in the kitchen and he said to me, | 0:41:49 | 0:41:52 | |
"I'm going to retire at the end of the year." | 0:41:52 | 0:41:54 | |
And I said to him, "What?" | 0:41:54 | 0:41:56 | |
And he said to me, "Yeah, I'm going to retire at the end of the year." | 0:41:56 | 0:42:00 | |
And then about five minutes later, he sat down and says to me, | 0:42:00 | 0:42:03 | |
"I'm only joking, Chanelle, but you know what, | 0:42:03 | 0:42:05 | |
"I did that because I wanted to see what it felt like, me saying, | 0:42:05 | 0:42:08 | |
"'I'm going to retire.'" | 0:42:08 | 0:42:10 | |
And I said to him, "Well, you know, how did it sit with you?" | 0:42:10 | 0:42:12 | |
And he said to me, "I just felt like getting sick after I said it." | 0:42:12 | 0:42:16 | |
Do you know, it was... | 0:42:17 | 0:42:19 | |
Bye, darling. | 0:42:19 | 0:42:21 | |
Four years. | 0:42:21 | 0:42:22 | |
Four years, it has to be like... 250... | 0:42:22 | 0:42:25 | |
Even if I ride 250 winners in the next three years, | 0:42:25 | 0:42:27 | |
that three years is enough. | 0:42:27 | 0:42:29 | |
No, OK, anyway. | 0:42:29 | 0:42:31 | |
-Three years is enough, right? -But I think we're making baby steps. | 0:42:31 | 0:42:35 | |
Yeah, he only said it to know what it feels like. | 0:42:35 | 0:42:37 | |
I wanted to hear myself saying, I wanted to see what it felt like. | 0:42:37 | 0:42:39 | |
-It didn't work. -It didn't work. -No. -OK. | 0:42:39 | 0:42:42 | |
We didn't like that. | 0:42:42 | 0:42:43 | |
And now I think I'm invincible, so I'm all right. | 0:42:43 | 0:42:45 | |
..and unseats McCoy. | 0:43:24 | 0:43:26 | |
Gives him a tumbling fall... | 0:43:26 | 0:43:27 | |
And If In Doubt gave the rider no chance. | 0:43:56 | 0:43:59 | |
Tony McCoy had no chance. | 0:44:00 | 0:44:01 | |
-Hi, Chappers, how are you? -'I'm all right. | 0:44:19 | 0:44:21 | |
'Well, I'm a lot better than you. How are you?' | 0:44:21 | 0:44:24 | |
Erm, I'm not sure whether I'm worse physically or mentally, | 0:44:24 | 0:44:27 | |
but, erm, neither's probably great at the moment, to be honest. | 0:44:27 | 0:44:31 | |
But I suppose, probably for the last month I've been, | 0:44:31 | 0:44:34 | |
erm, I've been suffering a little bit, | 0:44:34 | 0:44:36 | |
and obviously because of that, I, you know... | 0:44:36 | 0:44:38 | |
See, I was wanting to ride 300 winners this season, | 0:44:38 | 0:44:41 | |
I couldn't afford to have any time off, and, erm... | 0:44:41 | 0:44:44 | |
because of that, you know, you try and keep going, | 0:44:44 | 0:44:47 | |
you try and keep going through it | 0:44:47 | 0:44:48 | |
and then I had another fall on Tuesday, and, erm... | 0:44:48 | 0:44:50 | |
I've been trying to get through it | 0:44:50 | 0:44:52 | |
and sadly I'm going to have to sit out for a couple of weeks, | 0:44:52 | 0:44:54 | |
which is not good, mentally or physically, | 0:44:54 | 0:44:56 | |
but probably worse mentally at the moment. | 0:44:56 | 0:44:58 | |
I wouldn't have carried on what I did, | 0:45:00 | 0:45:02 | |
only that I thought I was going to ride 300 winners, | 0:45:02 | 0:45:04 | |
so that's gone now. | 0:45:04 | 0:45:06 | |
That's the end of that. | 0:45:07 | 0:45:08 | |
-Have you packed my bags? -This... OK... | 0:45:10 | 0:45:12 | |
Remind me why I'm bringing you again? | 0:45:12 | 0:45:14 | |
I'm on suicide watch. That's why. | 0:45:14 | 0:45:17 | |
I'm not packing for you, by the way, just so you know. | 0:45:19 | 0:45:22 | |
So, what are the advantages of being married to you? | 0:45:22 | 0:45:24 | |
Well, I've given you two nice kids, haven't I? | 0:45:24 | 0:45:27 | |
Seriously. | 0:45:28 | 0:45:29 | |
All right. Come on. | 0:45:32 | 0:45:33 | |
If you want me to pack your bag, I will. | 0:45:33 | 0:45:35 | |
I don't actually want to go on holidays. | 0:45:40 | 0:45:42 | |
-Do you not? -No. | 0:45:42 | 0:45:44 | |
God, Ant, talking about, like... | 0:45:44 | 0:45:48 | |
wrecking my buzz. | 0:45:48 | 0:45:49 | |
Why do you not want to go on holidays? | 0:45:49 | 0:45:51 | |
Well, do I need to state the obvious? | 0:45:52 | 0:45:56 | |
Because the only reason you're going on holiday | 0:45:56 | 0:45:58 | |
-is because you're not riding. -Yeah. | 0:45:58 | 0:46:00 | |
Yeah. | 0:46:00 | 0:46:01 | |
But you've a week now to recharge your battery, | 0:46:01 | 0:46:04 | |
get your collarbone in the sun, vitamin D. | 0:46:04 | 0:46:08 | |
And can you just try and accept you have an injury | 0:46:08 | 0:46:12 | |
and you are... You know what I mean, | 0:46:12 | 0:46:16 | |
that you're not just going to be completely... | 0:46:16 | 0:46:18 | |
Actually, can I just ask, | 0:46:18 | 0:46:21 | |
you're not going to be completely frying my head for the next week. | 0:46:21 | 0:46:23 | |
Because that's what'll happen. | 0:46:23 | 0:46:25 | |
And, you know what, honey, it's not all about you. | 0:46:26 | 0:46:29 | |
Since when? | 0:46:29 | 0:46:30 | |
It's not... | 0:46:31 | 0:46:33 | |
Because I have a job, I work, | 0:46:33 | 0:46:37 | |
and it's nice for me to get away and de-stress as well | 0:46:37 | 0:46:40 | |
from... on holidays, | 0:46:40 | 0:46:42 | |
you know? | 0:46:42 | 0:46:44 | |
I wonder if I just ate the whole packet, would it help me? | 0:46:44 | 0:46:46 | |
No, Ant, because your liver can only absorb so much... | 0:46:47 | 0:46:51 | |
You know, so much of the tablet. | 0:46:53 | 0:46:55 | |
Right. How many nights are we there for? | 0:46:56 | 0:46:59 | |
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday... | 0:46:59 | 0:47:02 | |
..Friday. Five nights. | 0:47:03 | 0:47:05 | |
You're starting to do my head in now | 0:47:06 | 0:47:08 | |
and we haven't even got outside the door. | 0:47:08 | 0:47:10 | |
I mean, I'm quite glad now that we're settled into the house | 0:47:10 | 0:47:12 | |
that you have stopped telling me to pinch myself | 0:47:12 | 0:47:15 | |
that I'm so lucky to be married to you. | 0:47:15 | 0:47:16 | |
You've been injured every time we've been there. | 0:47:18 | 0:47:20 | |
Even when we went on our honeymoon, you were in a sling. | 0:47:20 | 0:47:22 | |
PHONE RINGS | 0:47:22 | 0:47:25 | |
Well... | 0:47:25 | 0:47:27 | |
Yeah, me collarbones. | 0:47:27 | 0:47:29 | |
Erm, I dislocated it and it's broke as well | 0:47:29 | 0:47:31 | |
so I was kind of getting through it | 0:47:31 | 0:47:34 | |
then I got a fall on Tuesday and I kind of... | 0:47:34 | 0:47:36 | |
That kind of ended it. | 0:47:37 | 0:47:38 | |
So, we're going away in the morning, myself and Chanelle. | 0:47:39 | 0:47:41 | |
Going to Barbados for a week. | 0:47:43 | 0:47:44 | |
I'm only going, really, because the sun might help it. | 0:47:45 | 0:47:48 | |
'For the first four or five days when I was off, | 0:47:48 | 0:47:50 | |
'I was wanting to bang my shoulder off the walls, | 0:47:50 | 0:47:52 | |
'you know what I mean, cos I was kind of thinking that | 0:47:52 | 0:47:54 | |
'it deserves to be punished for doing this to me.' | 0:47:54 | 0:47:57 | |
Some part has to take the blame, why should it be me? | 0:47:58 | 0:48:01 | |
I'm not the one that's being weak, | 0:48:03 | 0:48:05 | |
part of my body is being weak, not me. | 0:48:05 | 0:48:07 | |
That was me. | 0:48:14 | 0:48:15 | |
Yeah. | 0:48:15 | 0:48:16 | |
That was me as well. Yeah. | 0:48:24 | 0:48:26 | |
'I've not seen him since he went off to Barbados, | 0:48:39 | 0:48:41 | |
'he looks healthier now. He looks as though the rest has done him good. | 0:48:41 | 0:48:45 | |
'He has been severely beaten up | 0:48:45 | 0:48:47 | |
'over the past few weeks, he hasn't ridden since November the 5th. | 0:48:47 | 0:48:50 | |
'Yeah, I mean, he's had a nightmare... | 0:48:51 | 0:48:53 | |
'The sort of run he couldn't afford. | 0:48:53 | 0:48:55 | |
'He could hardly walk into the room. | 0:48:55 | 0:48:59 | |
'White as a sheet, haggard. | 0:48:59 | 0:49:01 | |
'For example, Muhammad Ali had a great chin, | 0:49:03 | 0:49:05 | |
'no-one ever knocked him out. AP has got an amazing pain threshold. | 0:49:05 | 0:49:09 | |
'And he's proud of it. | 0:49:09 | 0:49:11 | |
'This was one of his last great frontiers, | 0:49:11 | 0:49:13 | |
'the 300 winners in a season.' | 0:49:13 | 0:49:15 | |
AP McCoy! | 0:49:17 | 0:49:19 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:49:19 | 0:49:22 | |
Another incredible time, | 0:49:31 | 0:49:34 | |
it seems you are going from strength to strength. | 0:49:34 | 0:49:38 | |
Yeah, it's going well but, you know, though as I say, | 0:49:38 | 0:49:40 | |
just keeping it going, that's the thing, isn't it? | 0:49:40 | 0:49:43 | |
You know, making your job as hard as possible | 0:49:43 | 0:49:45 | |
because you've been struggling pretty much all night, you know, | 0:49:45 | 0:49:47 | |
with your interviews. | 0:49:47 | 0:49:49 | |
I'm not sure whether you'll be back or not, will you? | 0:49:49 | 0:49:51 | |
No, you're absolutely fine, you can keep talking as long as you want. | 0:49:51 | 0:49:55 | |
I'm off, best of luck, thanks. | 0:49:55 | 0:49:56 | |
When are you going to hang your coat up? | 0:49:56 | 0:49:58 | |
Ah, look, as you said, you're only as good as your luck was. | 0:49:58 | 0:50:01 | |
Well, I was going to say, you're only as good as your last winner. | 0:50:01 | 0:50:03 | |
In your case, you're only as good as your last haircut. | 0:50:03 | 0:50:06 | |
And in your case, I don't know what the fuck you're still doing here. | 0:50:06 | 0:50:11 | |
Ladies and gentlemen, AP McCoy! | 0:50:11 | 0:50:14 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:50:14 | 0:50:16 | |
'Alan, what do you think, in his mind, is the benchmark | 0:50:31 | 0:50:35 | |
'when he says, "I've done it, that's enough"? | 0:50:35 | 0:50:38 | |
'Is it 20 titles? Is it 5,000? | 0:50:40 | 0:50:43 | |
'Is it to win another Gold Cup? Is it to win another National?' | 0:50:45 | 0:50:48 | |
Oh, you want to try one, yeah? I don't think that'll be very good. | 0:50:48 | 0:50:51 | |
'He obviously wants to win the big races, | 0:50:51 | 0:50:53 | |
'but the fact is he's won them all. | 0:50:53 | 0:50:55 | |
'I think he constantly wants to do things he hasn't done before | 0:50:57 | 0:51:01 | |
'and that's why the 300 was such a big thing for him. | 0:51:01 | 0:51:04 | |
'And that's why I still, in my mind, | 0:51:04 | 0:51:06 | |
'wonder how that's going to affect him, | 0:51:06 | 0:51:09 | |
'the failure to do it. | 0:51:09 | 0:51:10 | |
'It could mean that he wants to go on even longer. | 0:51:12 | 0:51:15 | |
'Failure in his mind.' | 0:51:15 | 0:51:17 | |
So, Chanelle just said, "Can you come for dinner?" | 0:51:20 | 0:51:22 | |
Yep, just said... Yeah, you know, we've been trying to get together, | 0:51:22 | 0:51:28 | |
obviously, but it's, uh... She said, "Can come this week?" | 0:51:28 | 0:51:32 | |
Er, | 0:51:32 | 0:51:34 | |
and it was all arranged by Chanelle, nothing to do with AP. And... | 0:51:34 | 0:51:37 | |
So, I don't honestly know is the answer. | 0:51:41 | 0:51:45 | |
May just be dinner. I don't know. | 0:51:47 | 0:51:49 | |
Well, I got injured after that. | 0:51:57 | 0:51:59 | |
And then I was gone riding for three days after that, | 0:51:59 | 0:52:03 | |
but that was brain dead. | 0:52:03 | 0:52:05 | |
But... | 0:52:05 | 0:52:08 | |
-I actually... -Should we tell him our secret now? | 0:52:08 | 0:52:12 | |
I actually said, I still think one of the best rides | 0:52:12 | 0:52:14 | |
you'll ever give a horse was Good Mirage at Weatherby. | 0:52:14 | 0:52:17 | |
-Oh, yeah. -Because you were riding that with one hand, | 0:52:17 | 0:52:20 | |
-weren't you... -I know. -And proudly... -And it pulled like mad, | 0:52:20 | 0:52:23 | |
it was a horrible horse to ride, in that sense. | 0:52:23 | 0:52:25 | |
And the whole thing was that you were so stubborn about it, | 0:52:25 | 0:52:29 | |
you know, that it was like well, you know, | 0:52:29 | 0:52:31 | |
"I'm not listening to my collarbone, | 0:52:31 | 0:52:33 | |
"I'm not, so what if it's shattered, | 0:52:33 | 0:52:35 | |
"it's hanging off, my lung is punctured, | 0:52:35 | 0:52:37 | |
"my ribs are broken. I will continue riding." | 0:52:37 | 0:52:40 | |
That really mentally fucked with my head. Broke my heart, that did, | 0:52:40 | 0:52:45 | |
thinking that I actually was going to ride 300 winners, and then, | 0:52:45 | 0:52:48 | |
I'm not going to ride 300 winners. | 0:52:48 | 0:52:50 | |
Oh, it was just... | 0:52:50 | 0:52:52 | |
The thought of it makes me want to cry. | 0:52:52 | 0:52:54 | |
And... And then I was, you know, | 0:52:54 | 0:52:58 | |
and then I was thinking, you know, | 0:52:58 | 0:53:00 | |
I should retire at the end of the year. | 0:53:00 | 0:53:02 | |
I should retire at the end of the year and then I'm thinking, | 0:53:05 | 0:53:07 | |
I don't even know when I should retire. | 0:53:07 | 0:53:10 | |
I don't know whether I should announce I'm going to retire | 0:53:10 | 0:53:12 | |
at the end of the year? I don't. | 0:53:12 | 0:53:14 | |
You know, should I retire when I ride my 200th winner, | 0:53:15 | 0:53:17 | |
or just retire in a week's time or six weeks' time or two months' time? | 0:53:17 | 0:53:23 | |
Personally for me, I would like to go out on a winner. | 0:53:23 | 0:53:27 | |
-What have you got now 1...9... -182, was it? | 0:53:27 | 0:53:31 | |
184, I think... So say you said that on the 200th you announce it... | 0:53:31 | 0:53:36 | |
Mmm-hmm. | 0:53:36 | 0:53:37 | |
So on a normal run of things, 16 winners. | 0:53:37 | 0:53:41 | |
Announcing it on | 0:53:41 | 0:53:44 | |
February 14th, 15th, around that time. | 0:53:44 | 0:53:48 | |
Be the same as the 4,000 winners, you were on tour for like three or four days. | 0:53:48 | 0:53:51 | |
Like I am, just because it's the right thing to do, | 0:53:51 | 0:53:55 | |
I will hopefully retire on one of Jonjo's horses that JP owns. | 0:53:55 | 0:53:58 | |
Yeah. So it should be on the green and gold colours. | 0:53:58 | 0:54:00 | |
It's got to be one of Jonjo's in the green and gold colours. | 0:54:00 | 0:54:02 | |
Yeah, exactly. | 0:54:02 | 0:54:04 | |
I'm not shocked. | 0:54:04 | 0:54:05 | |
I'm upset because it's the end of a great story if you want to | 0:54:07 | 0:54:11 | |
look it like that, but then in the cold light of day, | 0:54:11 | 0:54:15 | |
what we've achieved, as I say, I... Whether you agree with me or not, | 0:54:15 | 0:54:18 | |
no-one will... No-one will do that, it's not possible. | 0:54:18 | 0:54:22 | |
Mmm. | 0:54:22 | 0:54:23 | |
For someone to ride 2,000 winners, they've got to ride for 20 years, | 0:54:23 | 0:54:27 | |
and ride 100 winners a year, for 20 years. | 0:54:27 | 0:54:30 | |
That's half of what you've got. | 0:54:30 | 0:54:31 | |
I think... | 0:54:33 | 0:54:34 | |
-So that's the plan. -I think 200 is good. | 0:54:34 | 0:54:36 | |
Yeah. No, I think 200 is right. Definitely. | 0:54:36 | 0:54:39 | |
I think it's a good decision. | 0:54:39 | 0:54:40 | |
-To me, it feels right. -Yeah, I think it feels right too. | 0:54:40 | 0:54:42 | |
Let's just have a group hug! | 0:54:42 | 0:54:44 | |
I... I think it feels right, I actually think it feels right. | 0:54:44 | 0:54:48 | |
I actually feel happy now that I've spoke about it. | 0:54:48 | 0:54:51 | |
I think once you get to that 200, and announce it, | 0:54:51 | 0:54:53 | |
and then the... | 0:54:53 | 0:54:55 | |
I think it'll take a lot of pressure, takes it... | 0:54:55 | 0:54:57 | |
-It's there, it's done. -Yeah. -You know. | 0:54:57 | 0:55:00 | |
I... I think there will be a bit of relief... | 0:55:00 | 0:55:02 | |
-Yeah. -..that I've been able to do it. | 0:55:02 | 0:55:04 | |
-Do you feel relieved now? -A bit, yeah. | 0:55:04 | 0:55:07 | |
BELL RINGS | 0:55:07 | 0:55:09 | |
It's a cold winter's day here at Kempton, | 0:55:35 | 0:55:37 | |
using the running rail, coming up the stand side, | 0:55:37 | 0:55:40 | |
the danger looks to be Barry Geraghty, his great friend and rival | 0:55:40 | 0:55:43 | |
on board West Wizard, but it's Minella Rocco | 0:55:43 | 0:55:46 | |
in the JP McManus colours, | 0:55:46 | 0:55:47 | |
those distinctive colours and now it's still out in front, | 0:55:47 | 0:55:50 | |
Minella Rocco. | 0:55:50 | 0:55:52 | |
West Wizard is the danger as AP McCoy gets into the drive position, | 0:55:52 | 0:55:55 | |
as he closes in once again, on the magic 200. He's at 197. | 0:55:55 | 0:55:59 | |
Jumping the final flight, jumps it well, | 0:55:59 | 0:56:01 | |
West Wizard rather dives at that and is left floundering. | 0:56:01 | 0:56:04 | |
But it's going to be another win for AP McCoy, | 0:56:04 | 0:56:07 | |
the champ moves to 198 here in Kempton, | 0:56:07 | 0:56:10 | |
with an effortless victory here on Minella Rocco. | 0:56:10 | 0:56:13 | |
And, basically, I'm going to retire at the end of the season. | 0:56:13 | 0:56:17 | |
So, um... | 0:56:18 | 0:56:20 | |
-Wow, I'm so excited. -So... | 0:56:24 | 0:56:27 | |
-So, it's, you know... -It's a sad thing. | 0:56:29 | 0:56:30 | |
So, I may as well just go away and die now. | 0:56:30 | 0:56:33 | |
Oh, my goodness. | 0:56:33 | 0:56:34 | |
You can't, look at all these pages of things for you to do. | 0:56:34 | 0:56:37 | |
Claire, you're... Claire's only getting warmed up now. | 0:56:38 | 0:56:42 | |
All the things she's being saying no to. | 0:56:42 | 0:56:44 | |
I've been waiting for this moment for so long. | 0:56:44 | 0:56:46 | |
However, I do see, it is sad. | 0:56:46 | 0:56:47 | |
-It is... -You can just do whatever you want | 0:56:47 | 0:56:49 | |
with my tour, I don't care. | 0:56:49 | 0:56:51 | |
-So... -I hate it. | 0:56:51 | 0:56:52 | |
Would you like to be the face for peanut butter? | 0:56:54 | 0:56:59 | |
Not the face of peanut butter, but there's this man versus horse, | 0:56:59 | 0:57:03 | |
I don't know, it's like 40 miles or something. | 0:57:03 | 0:57:05 | |
They have to race against a horse | 0:57:05 | 0:57:07 | |
and see who gets to the finish line the quickest. | 0:57:07 | 0:57:09 | |
However, it depends on what their strategies are, and it might fit in. | 0:57:09 | 0:57:13 | |
Yeah, it's so... | 0:57:14 | 0:57:16 | |
-Peanut butter? -That could be quite easy. | 0:57:18 | 0:57:20 | |
It's a day of media work. | 0:57:20 | 0:57:21 | |
And then, obviously, it's the face of this festival | 0:57:21 | 0:57:24 | |
and lots of people race. | 0:57:24 | 0:57:26 | |
So, he won't be on the front of a peanut butter jar? | 0:57:26 | 0:57:28 | |
I won't have to look at him. | 0:57:28 | 0:57:29 | |
-Like, up in the press. -No, he's not that kid. | 0:57:29 | 0:57:32 | |
That peanut butter kid, or whatever... | 0:57:32 | 0:57:34 | |
That's just a possibility. | 0:57:40 | 0:57:42 | |
Depressing, isn't it? Such a depressing thought. | 0:57:45 | 0:57:49 | |
Oh, honey. | 0:57:50 | 0:57:52 | |
Anyway, I'm grand. | 0:57:55 | 0:57:56 | |
Oh, well. | 0:57:59 | 0:58:00 | |
You are struggling. | 0:58:00 | 0:58:01 | |
You're not bad, it was always going to be a really hard decision | 0:58:01 | 0:58:06 | |
and I think everyone's going to be pretty sad when they read it. | 0:58:06 | 0:58:08 | |
Mmm. | 0:58:08 | 0:58:10 | |
BELL RINGS | 0:58:10 | 0:58:12 | |
Last call, thank you. | 0:58:18 | 0:58:19 | |
'Flags up. Starters ready and are about to line up. | 0:58:55 | 0:58:58 | |
'Line-up's over. We're off.' | 0:58:58 | 0:59:02 | |
Mr Mole has just shied at the tape there. | 0:59:02 | 0:59:05 | |
He was lined up in first place | 0:59:05 | 0:59:07 | |
but he's dropped ten lengths behind the others, | 0:59:07 | 0:59:09 | |
and gets away in last position. | 0:59:09 | 0:59:12 | |
They take the water just once. | 0:59:12 | 0:59:15 | |
It's fence number three, Uxizandre up and over safely. | 0:59:15 | 0:59:18 | |
Show's in second place, behind Sire De Grugy. | 0:59:23 | 0:59:27 | |
Red jacket, Jamie Moore. | 0:59:27 | 0:59:29 | |
One length ahead of the nose band is Mr Mole and AP McCoy... | 0:59:32 | 0:59:36 | |
It's going to be the first of the ditches. | 0:59:39 | 0:59:41 | |
Number 11 will also be an open ditch. | 0:59:41 | 0:59:43 | |
MUFFLED COMMENTARY | 0:59:46 | 0:59:50 | |
..on the far side, coming up. | 0:59:50 | 0:59:52 | |
Uxizandre, a big leap over... | 1:00:00 | 1:00:03 | |
Into the straight. | 1:00:16 | 1:00:17 | |
Four more fences to jump, Uxizandre on the right leading, | 1:00:17 | 1:00:21 | |
on the left with a nose band is Mr Mole and between them | 1:00:21 | 1:00:24 | |
the white face of Sire De Grugy, beginning to get closer... | 1:00:24 | 1:00:27 | |
Fence four from the finish there. Mr Mole on the left, | 1:00:27 | 1:00:30 | |
comes through to take it upside, | 1:00:30 | 1:00:34 | |
Uxizandre's in second. | 1:00:34 | 1:00:35 | |
Here's the final one of the ditches now and Mr Mole | 1:00:35 | 1:00:39 | |
at the third last fence comes in towards him, | 1:00:39 | 1:00:42 | |
over safely. And Sire De Grugy has unseated Jamie Moore! | 1:00:42 | 1:00:45 | |
Sire De Grugy unseats Jamie Moore on the third last. | 1:00:45 | 1:00:48 | |
And Mr Mole is left clear. | 1:00:48 | 1:00:49 | |
Upsilon Bleu has joined Uxizandre in the second position. | 1:00:49 | 1:00:53 | |
At the second last. | 1:00:53 | 1:00:54 | |
And it's AP on Mr Mole as he heads down towards the final fence, | 1:00:54 | 1:00:58 | |
he's 15 lengths ahead. | 1:00:58 | 1:01:00 | |
Uxizandre with the riderless Sire De Grugy next to him. | 1:01:00 | 1:01:03 | |
Upsilon Bleu is next at the final obstacle. | 1:01:03 | 1:01:06 | |
Mr Mole up and over the last safely. | 1:01:06 | 1:01:09 | |
Uxizandre's unseated Barry Geraghty at the last to leave Upsilon Bleu in third position. | 1:01:09 | 1:01:15 | |
Karinga Dancer in fourth. | 1:01:15 | 1:01:17 | |
And it's Mr Mole, messed around at the start, | 1:01:17 | 1:01:19 | |
but he will give AP McCoy his 200th winner of the season. | 1:01:19 | 1:01:23 | |
'200 of the season for Tony McCoy, | 1:01:25 | 1:01:28 | |
'it's doubtful he's ridden many more dramatic races this year.' | 1:01:28 | 1:01:31 | |
I'm going to reel off a stat here. | 1:01:58 | 1:02:00 | |
I hope you don't just take it lightly but it's your tenth time | 1:02:00 | 1:02:05 | |
that you've brought up a double century of winners. | 1:02:05 | 1:02:07 | |
That is quite an incredible achievement. | 1:02:07 | 1:02:10 | |
I'm going to tell you something else, | 1:02:10 | 1:02:11 | |
it's going to be the last time I ride 200 winners. | 1:02:11 | 1:02:14 | |
Because, I'm going to be retiring at the end of the season, | 1:02:14 | 1:02:17 | |
-so there's a bit of news for you. -But... | 1:02:17 | 1:02:19 | |
That is a bit of a bombshell. | 1:02:19 | 1:02:21 | |
What's been the deciding factor in that, AP? | 1:02:21 | 1:02:24 | |
Ah, look. It's just, um... I want to go out at the top, | 1:02:24 | 1:02:27 | |
I want to go out as champion jockey, it'll be my 20th year | 1:02:27 | 1:02:31 | |
if I can win the Jockey's Championship and... | 1:02:31 | 1:02:34 | |
And, I want to go out while I still enjoy riding, | 1:02:34 | 1:02:37 | |
and while I'm still at the top, so, erm... | 1:02:37 | 1:02:40 | |
My mum and dad don't even know | 1:02:41 | 1:02:42 | |
so they're going to find out on television. | 1:02:42 | 1:02:44 | |
So, I think they'll be happy, to be fair. | 1:02:44 | 1:02:46 | |
Well, AP that is amazing news. | 1:02:46 | 1:02:49 | |
Just all I can say is congratulations and well done. | 1:02:49 | 1:02:53 | |
AP's just announced he's retiring at the end of the season. | 1:02:55 | 1:02:58 | |
A shell-shocked winners' enclosure here at Newbury. | 1:02:59 | 1:03:02 | |
20 is a good number and I still enjoy it, | 1:03:05 | 1:03:08 | |
I wanted to, hopefully, while I was still riding well, | 1:03:08 | 1:03:11 | |
I wanted to go out while I was at the top, so... | 1:03:11 | 1:03:15 | |
Uh, look, | 1:03:15 | 1:03:17 | |
time waits for no man and it's not going to wait for me. | 1:03:17 | 1:03:19 | |
-Quite emotional, aren't you? -I am, because I love riding. | 1:03:19 | 1:03:22 | |
-You must be a very happy lady. -I am, but I don't know. | 1:03:22 | 1:03:25 | |
It's funny because you don't know whether to be feeling happy or sad, | 1:03:25 | 1:03:28 | |
but I think it's definitely a mix of both. | 1:03:28 | 1:03:32 | |
What are you going to do? Get a job? | 1:03:36 | 1:03:39 | |
You're just milking the PR again, aren't you? | 1:03:40 | 1:03:42 | |
-Milking it. -You know what? | 1:03:42 | 1:03:44 | |
No pressure to keep on. | 1:03:44 | 1:03:45 | |
-Next year might just be your year. -My last! | 1:03:45 | 1:03:47 | |
No pressure, Richard, but... | 1:03:47 | 1:03:49 | |
Huh? I mean, I could just finish with you. | 1:03:50 | 1:03:52 | |
Anyway, here's to a new life, here's to a new husband. | 1:03:55 | 1:03:57 | |
Here's to a husband! I can have him on a Saturday and Sunday night. | 1:04:00 | 1:04:03 | |
-Maybe? -Yeah. | 1:04:03 | 1:04:05 | |
'What's the best decision you've ever made, | 1:04:05 | 1:04:07 | |
'with regards to your riding career?' | 1:04:07 | 1:04:08 | |
I think to become a jockey was the best decision I ever made. | 1:04:09 | 1:04:12 | |
I've got a great way of life and I will really miss it. | 1:04:12 | 1:04:16 | |
So I don't know what I'm going... | 1:04:16 | 1:04:17 | |
I'll never find anything that's going to replace that buzz but | 1:04:17 | 1:04:20 | |
I'm aware in sport you can't keep going forever. | 1:04:20 | 1:04:22 | |
Thank you. | 1:04:22 | 1:04:24 | |
AP McCoy, quite simply a legend. | 1:04:24 | 1:04:27 | |
"..Just got back to the room | 1:04:31 | 1:04:34 | |
"and loads of texts on phone about your husband's announcement. | 1:04:34 | 1:04:37 | |
"I know it was going to always happen someday, | 1:04:37 | 1:04:40 | |
"but my God, I'm still speechless. | 1:04:40 | 1:04:42 | |
"The void left will be unfulfilled. | 1:04:42 | 1:04:46 | |
"Love to you all and see you soon, Graham and Becky Lee." | 1:04:46 | 1:04:51 | |
Tch. Aw. | 1:04:51 | 1:04:52 | |
That is sweet. | 1:04:54 | 1:04:55 | |
That was a lot of sadness. | 1:04:58 | 1:04:59 | |
I don't think it's probably the first time | 1:04:59 | 1:05:01 | |
that I've probably won a race. | 1:05:01 | 1:05:02 | |
Didn't really think that I'd just won | 1:05:02 | 1:05:04 | |
or didn't really think that I was really happy, | 1:05:04 | 1:05:07 | |
you know, because of what was ahead. | 1:05:07 | 1:05:09 | |
Convincing yourself that now is the time, you have to spit it out. | 1:05:11 | 1:05:16 | |
'Well, it's a day we've all been looking forward to. | 1:05:38 | 1:05:40 | |
'The start of the festival. | 1:05:40 | 1:05:42 | |
'The biggest event of its type in the sport, | 1:05:42 | 1:05:45 | |
'with four days of the most brilliant racing in prospect. | 1:05:45 | 1:05:48 | |
'But there's going to be a strange feel about this year's festival | 1:05:48 | 1:05:51 | |
'because we know it's going to be the last time we're going to see | 1:05:51 | 1:05:54 | |
'AP, the champ in action...' | 1:05:54 | 1:05:56 | |
There is nowhere, nowhere like Cheltenham, | 1:05:56 | 1:05:59 | |
and, as a jockey, you'll always be judged on the amount of winners | 1:05:59 | 1:06:03 | |
you rode there. | 1:06:03 | 1:06:04 | |
There's been so much written, Tony, about this week | 1:06:04 | 1:06:07 | |
and you in particular because it will be your final festival. | 1:06:07 | 1:06:10 | |
Has that in any way affected your preparations or thinking? | 1:06:10 | 1:06:13 | |
Um, not really to be honest, I'm quite lucky, | 1:06:13 | 1:06:16 | |
that whenever I get out on a horse, | 1:06:16 | 1:06:18 | |
then I'm pretty much on my own anyway. | 1:06:18 | 1:06:20 | |
So, I'm quite good at blanking it all out. | 1:06:20 | 1:06:22 | |
It will be a little different this year, | 1:06:22 | 1:06:24 | |
obviously, because I know that this is the last chance, really, | 1:06:24 | 1:06:27 | |
and it's going to be very different than it ever has been before, | 1:06:27 | 1:06:30 | |
so I'm going to try and enjoy it but it's like any sport, | 1:06:30 | 1:06:34 | |
it's a lot easier to enjoy it when you're winning, so... | 1:06:34 | 1:06:36 | |
It's important to try and win. | 1:06:36 | 1:06:38 | |
Tony, many thanks indeed. | 1:06:38 | 1:06:39 | |
There we are, the great legendary Tony McCoy. | 1:06:39 | 1:06:42 | |
He really is up there with some of the greatest sportsmen in the world | 1:06:42 | 1:06:45 | |
and, of course, all eyes will be on him at Cheltenham this week | 1:06:45 | 1:06:48 | |
and should he ride further winners here, | 1:06:48 | 1:06:50 | |
it literally will bring the house down. | 1:06:50 | 1:06:52 | |
'12 o'clock on Tuesday at Cheltenham, | 1:06:56 | 1:06:58 | |
'especially for the first race, | 1:06:58 | 1:07:00 | |
'you could hear a pin drop, but once it gets started | 1:07:00 | 1:07:04 | |
'and the first winner's in, it becomes business as usual again. | 1:07:04 | 1:07:08 | |
'And, obviously, the highs are higher and the lows are lower.' | 1:07:08 | 1:07:11 | |
'It's high pressure, tense, it's what can define a year for everyone. | 1:07:11 | 1:07:18 | |
'A win there means a hell of a lot and you have to be mentally tough | 1:07:20 | 1:07:25 | |
'going to Cheltenham, | 1:07:25 | 1:07:26 | |
'because however how much success you have there, | 1:07:26 | 1:07:29 | |
'there's going to be more disappointments | 1:07:29 | 1:07:32 | |
'than there is delight.' | 1:07:32 | 1:07:33 | |
'The pressure is slightly more on you for those four days. | 1:07:33 | 1:07:37 | |
'And it can be a very long week if things don't go, you know, | 1:07:37 | 1:07:40 | |
'go your way, it can be the longest week of the year I think.' | 1:07:40 | 1:07:43 | |
-COMMENTATOR: -Here it becomes a real reality | 1:07:43 | 1:07:45 | |
and it could only happen here at Cheltenham. | 1:07:45 | 1:07:47 | |
No other place in the world, | 1:07:47 | 1:07:49 | |
it brings those dreams to fruition... | 1:07:49 | 1:07:52 | |
'For AP, he knows he ain't going to get another chance, | 1:07:52 | 1:07:55 | |
'this is it, and if he doesn't ride the winner here, | 1:07:55 | 1:07:57 | |
'he will never be able to go back there and that will... | 1:07:57 | 1:08:00 | |
'That will haunt.' | 1:08:00 | 1:08:02 | |
They're off. | 1:08:07 | 1:08:08 | |
And as they head down to the first of eight flights. | 1:08:10 | 1:08:13 | |
But Douvan has taken it up, as they race to the final flight. | 1:08:22 | 1:08:26 | |
He's suddenly over. And he's getting away. | 1:08:26 | 1:08:29 | |
Douvan, five lengths, too good, Douvan wins the Supreme. | 1:08:29 | 1:08:32 | |
A shake of the hands from Ruby Walsh. A great start to the meeting | 1:08:34 | 1:08:37 | |
for the festivals leading rider, | 1:08:37 | 1:08:39 | |
and hot favourite to be the leading rider this week. | 1:08:39 | 1:08:41 | |
Douvan 2-1 favourite, Douvan wins the first race of the meeting. | 1:08:41 | 1:08:47 | |
Barry Geraghty is level, AP is in third place, | 1:08:47 | 1:08:50 | |
Indian Castle in the black and grey colours showing at fourth. | 1:08:50 | 1:08:54 | |
But they will never get... | 1:08:54 | 1:08:55 | |
And Barry Geraghty has won. | 1:08:56 | 1:08:58 | |
AP McCoy, the champion jockey, on Jezki, green and yellow hoops, | 1:09:01 | 1:09:04 | |
white cap, the defending champion for JP McManus, | 1:09:04 | 1:09:07 | |
whose birthday it is today. | 1:09:07 | 1:09:08 | |
Ruby Walsh in control at the moment. | 1:09:08 | 1:09:11 | |
Jezki and AP McCoy tracking his old friend and rival | 1:09:11 | 1:09:14 | |
on the inside there with Sam Twiston-Davies. | 1:09:14 | 1:09:16 | |
But it's Faugheen who's bounded and clear up the hill, | 1:09:16 | 1:09:19 | |
and he is a machine, Faugheen maintains his unbeaten record. | 1:09:19 | 1:09:22 | |
And it's a treble for Willie Mullins and Ruby Walsh. | 1:09:22 | 1:09:25 | |
Faugheen is the champion. | 1:09:25 | 1:09:26 | |
Arctic Fire in second. | 1:09:26 | 1:09:27 | |
'Do you know what's interesting about this? | 1:09:32 | 1:09:34 | |
'It's the first day of McCoy's final festival | 1:09:34 | 1:09:37 | |
'and, yet, he's not even a supporting story so far.' | 1:09:37 | 1:09:41 | |
'What will you notice, in Cheltenham, | 1:09:45 | 1:09:47 | |
'as a rider, more so than anywhere else is the disappointment. | 1:09:47 | 1:09:51 | |
'To watch different guys sitting by their pegs, staring into space, | 1:09:51 | 1:09:55 | |
'white as sheets. | 1:09:55 | 1:09:57 | |
'It's a funny place, a hard place.' | 1:09:57 | 1:09:59 | |
'You know, this is an emotional time for AP, whatever anyone says. | 1:10:01 | 1:10:04 | |
'He's a very cool, calm, calculated character but, you know, the time is running out for | 1:10:04 | 1:10:09 | |
'this wonderful place to be his centre stage.' | 1:10:09 | 1:10:12 | |
These are the smaller jumps, the hurdles. | 1:10:12 | 1:10:15 | |
..In the black colours, who is out very wide on the track. | 1:10:15 | 1:10:18 | |
He's then being stalked by Lyvius who's out wide. | 1:10:18 | 1:10:21 | |
So too Tagliatelle as they go over the flight. | 1:10:21 | 1:10:24 | |
Dell' Arca is down and Clondaw Kaempfer was badly hampered. | 1:10:24 | 1:10:28 | |
And Ttebbob has been brought down. | 1:10:28 | 1:10:30 | |
Dell' Arca fell in a dispute of second. | 1:10:30 | 1:10:32 | |
Goodwood Mirage is now onto a strong ride | 1:10:32 | 1:10:34 | |
as they go over the second. | 1:10:34 | 1:10:37 | |
Goodwood Mirage made a bad mistake. | 1:10:37 | 1:10:38 | |
He made a mistake. | 1:10:38 | 1:10:40 | |
Go on, AP! | 1:10:45 | 1:10:48 | |
He got involved in the finish but in the end, | 1:10:48 | 1:10:50 | |
he's flattened out, and another disappointing race for AP | 1:10:50 | 1:10:53 | |
on day two of the festival. | 1:10:53 | 1:10:55 | |
'You know, I came into the week with a few chances | 1:10:55 | 1:10:58 | |
'and knew it wasn't going to be easy. So... | 1:10:58 | 1:11:00 | |
'You've just got to keep your head down and keep going | 1:11:00 | 1:11:02 | |
'and hopefully it will happen at some point. | 1:11:02 | 1:11:04 | |
'I'm not going to miss riding till the end of the season. | 1:11:04 | 1:11:06 | |
'I'm lucky I can go out again | 1:11:06 | 1:11:08 | |
'to the next race and have another go. So I'm just going | 1:11:08 | 1:11:11 | |
'to try and enjoy my job for what's left of it, anyways.' | 1:11:11 | 1:11:13 | |
'His valets, this morning, were telling us on the Morning Line, | 1:11:19 | 1:11:22 | |
Chris Maude was saying that he's been a bit more subdued this week, very reflective, | 1:11:22 | 1:11:25 | |
'as he, is trying to take it all in at his last festival, in that way. | 1:11:25 | 1:11:29 | |
'It must be a very odd experience for him.' | 1:11:29 | 1:11:31 | |
He's very melancholic this week. He hasn't had a winner. | 1:11:34 | 1:11:37 | |
We've had two days gone and I didn't realise going into Cheltenham | 1:11:37 | 1:11:44 | |
how much he desperately wanted a winner. | 1:11:44 | 1:11:46 | |
He said, "I know I've got nothing to prove going into Cheltenham, but..." | 1:11:47 | 1:11:50 | |
But he said, "This year, more than any year, in Cheltenham," he said, "I want a winner. | 1:11:50 | 1:11:55 | |
"I just want to walk into that winner's enclosure one more time | 1:11:55 | 1:11:59 | |
"and punch the air before I retire." | 1:11:59 | 1:12:00 | |
So swinging the top turn | 1:12:25 | 1:12:27 | |
and on towards the next and open ditch, it's six out | 1:12:27 | 1:12:30 | |
and here's the champion jockey on Uxizandre | 1:12:30 | 1:12:33 | |
who flies over with a growing lead again | 1:12:33 | 1:12:36 | |
from Hidden Cyclone. | 1:12:36 | 1:12:37 | |
And the pace looks really strong, | 1:12:37 | 1:12:40 | |
it must be questionable if Uxizandre can keep this up. | 1:12:40 | 1:12:43 | |
AP McCoy riding an aggressive race here. | 1:12:43 | 1:12:46 | |
Uxizandre is jumping like a bunny rabbit, in front with a clear lead. | 1:12:47 | 1:12:52 | |
Over Hidden Cyclone and Don Cossack. | 1:12:52 | 1:12:55 | |
So, can AP McCoy win here on his festival farewell, | 1:12:55 | 1:13:00 | |
in this right-hand chase still going great guns | 1:13:00 | 1:13:02 | |
on Uxizandre, but they are a long way, still, from the finish. | 1:13:02 | 1:13:06 | |
Uxizandre will be trying to save a little bit | 1:13:06 | 1:13:09 | |
as they reach the top of the hill. | 1:13:09 | 1:13:11 | |
Three fences to jump, it's AP on Uxizandre, | 1:13:11 | 1:13:14 | |
who heads down the hill. | 1:13:14 | 1:13:17 | |
Still out in front, leading to Eduard in the red and yellow. | 1:13:17 | 1:13:20 | |
Uxizandre is over in front. | 1:13:20 | 1:13:22 | |
Ma Filleule is still in there with a chance. | 1:13:22 | 1:13:25 | |
They're followed by Wonderful Charm. Ballycasey is pulling up. | 1:13:25 | 1:13:28 | |
Johns Spirit making ground on the rail, red with the black cap. | 1:13:28 | 1:13:33 | |
Uxizandre continues to lead. | 1:13:33 | 1:13:35 | |
Ma Filleule now scampering after the leader. | 1:13:35 | 1:13:37 | |
Hidden Cyclone, Johns Spirit, Eduard and Don Cossack, | 1:13:37 | 1:13:41 | |
these are the ones that count as they race towards the second last | 1:13:41 | 1:13:45 | |
and Uxizandre is still out in front. | 1:13:45 | 1:13:47 | |
Absolutely superb. Ma Filleule within two and a half lengths. | 1:13:47 | 1:13:51 | |
Johns Spirit and Eduard on the outside. | 1:13:51 | 1:13:54 | |
Coming to the final fence, can Uxizandre hold on for AP McCoy? | 1:13:54 | 1:13:59 | |
Over safely. | 1:13:59 | 1:14:01 | |
Ma Filleule hasn't given up the gallop. | 1:14:01 | 1:14:02 | |
Now they race up the hill, | 1:14:02 | 1:14:04 | |
Uxizandre went very fast from the outset from Ma Filleule. | 1:14:04 | 1:14:07 | |
He's holding on, he's keeping up gamely, | 1:14:07 | 1:14:10 | |
under the drive of a racing legend. | 1:14:10 | 1:14:13 | |
AP McCoy, on his festival farewell, wins the ride here! | 1:14:13 | 1:14:18 | |
What a tremendous example of motivation there. | 1:14:18 | 1:14:21 | |
Horse and rider in perfect rhythm, Uxizandre attacking every fence, | 1:14:21 | 1:14:27 | |
aggressively ridden by the champ, that was a sight to see. | 1:14:27 | 1:14:31 | |
CHEERING | 1:14:43 | 1:14:46 | |
-Desert Prince? -Desert Prince. You're right. | 1:15:36 | 1:15:38 | |
-I think it is. -Desert Prince, I meant to say. | 1:15:38 | 1:15:40 | |
Someone else is going to get the pleasure of riding him. | 1:15:40 | 1:15:44 | |
He's a proper horse. He's nearly the model jumper, like, isn't he? | 1:15:44 | 1:15:47 | |
-You'd like to be sitting on him, wouldn't you? -Yeah. | 1:15:47 | 1:15:50 | |
I would like to be riding him. | 1:15:50 | 1:15:52 | |
-That's the hardest thing. -Yeah. | 1:15:52 | 1:15:54 | |
But the right things are sometimes always the hardest. | 1:15:54 | 1:15:57 | |
But you'd be doing the same thing next year | 1:15:57 | 1:16:00 | |
or you'd be doing the same thing the year after. | 1:16:00 | 1:16:03 | |
Yeah. | 1:16:03 | 1:16:04 | |
I think the timing is right. | 1:16:06 | 1:16:08 | |
I don't think there's ever going to be a good time, so... | 1:16:08 | 1:16:11 | |
Yeah, you're right. | 1:16:11 | 1:16:13 | |
There's a few over on the other side. What's on the other side? | 1:16:16 | 1:16:20 | |
Don't Push It is the one that's trimmed. | 1:16:20 | 1:16:24 | |
What's the number he wore? | 1:16:24 | 1:16:25 | |
-Is it 14? -Yeah. | 1:16:25 | 1:16:27 | |
And Shutthefrontdoor, you know what number he is this year? | 1:16:27 | 1:16:31 | |
-Seven. -Is he seven, is he? -Yeah. | 1:16:31 | 1:16:33 | |
If Shutthefrontdoor could do the same, that'd be all right. | 1:16:35 | 1:16:37 | |
I didn't realise he was number seven. | 1:16:37 | 1:16:39 | |
Number seven. | 1:16:40 | 1:16:42 | |
Anyway, six or seven's Don't Push It. | 1:16:42 | 1:16:44 | |
Mmm. | 1:16:44 | 1:16:46 | |
Yep, we could do with another one of them days... | 1:16:46 | 1:16:48 | |
Yeah. | 1:16:48 | 1:16:49 | |
..on Saturday. | 1:16:49 | 1:16:52 | |
I'm riding Shutthefrontdoor in the Grand National | 1:16:52 | 1:16:54 | |
and, if he wins, that'll be the end. | 1:16:54 | 1:16:56 | |
So, I'd be happy to give up after winning the Grand National. | 1:16:56 | 1:17:00 | |
Well, I wouldn't be happy but, you know, | 1:17:00 | 1:17:03 | |
if you asked me at the moment, | 1:17:03 | 1:17:04 | |
could I ride for another two weeks or win the Grand National, | 1:17:04 | 1:17:06 | |
I'd pick the Grand National, you know. | 1:17:06 | 1:17:08 | |
He ran in Sean Connery's colours, didn't he? | 1:17:08 | 1:17:10 | |
That's right. Yeah. | 1:17:10 | 1:17:12 | |
What do you reckon, horsey, | 1:17:13 | 1:17:15 | |
will I like retirement or not? | 1:17:15 | 1:17:17 | |
I could be in a home, | 1:17:17 | 1:17:19 | |
people coming to pat me. | 1:17:19 | 1:17:21 | |
People coming to pat me now and again, | 1:17:21 | 1:17:23 | |
and take me out for a walk. | 1:17:23 | 1:17:24 | |
HE LAUGHS | 1:17:24 | 1:17:26 | |
I'm not so sure. | 1:17:27 | 1:17:28 | |
Here, we are, this evening, | 1:17:31 | 1:17:33 | |
going to be worshiping a true sporting legend. | 1:17:33 | 1:17:36 | |
The final fence and it's Black Apalachi | 1:17:39 | 1:17:41 | |
together with Don't Push It. | 1:17:41 | 1:17:42 | |
Don't Push It landed in front for Tony McCoy, | 1:17:42 | 1:17:45 | |
McCoy had a look round, | 1:17:45 | 1:17:47 | |
he's never, ever won this race in his glittering career. | 1:17:47 | 1:17:50 | |
He now only has to see off Black Apalachi... | 1:17:50 | 1:17:52 | |
The last couple of days haven't been so good. | 1:17:52 | 1:17:56 | |
I don't really want to give up. | 1:17:56 | 1:17:57 | |
It's all come good for Tony McCoy! | 1:17:57 | 1:18:00 | |
He has, at last, won the Grand National! | 1:18:00 | 1:18:03 | |
Yeah, I could keep going for another two or three years, but... | 1:18:05 | 1:18:08 | |
but always worried about people thinking | 1:18:08 | 1:18:10 | |
that I'm going on too long, you know, so... | 1:18:10 | 1:18:12 | |
..Champion jockey, AP McCoy! | 1:18:12 | 1:18:15 | |
APPLAUSE | 1:18:15 | 1:18:17 | |
Time waits for no man, | 1:18:18 | 1:18:20 | |
especially not one in sport, so... | 1:18:20 | 1:18:22 | |
..I think it's important that I quit while ahead. | 1:18:24 | 1:18:28 | |
It's not the jockey of our generation, | 1:18:28 | 1:18:30 | |
it's the jockey of generations. | 1:18:30 | 1:18:33 | |
The key with AP McCoy's career | 1:18:33 | 1:18:35 | |
is to take horse racing | 1:18:35 | 1:18:38 | |
from the racing pages | 1:18:38 | 1:18:39 | |
to the sports pages, | 1:18:39 | 1:18:40 | |
to the news pages. | 1:18:40 | 1:18:42 | |
AP McCoy, he's riding in his record 20th Grand National... | 1:18:42 | 1:18:45 | |
I mean, let's be perfectly honest, | 1:18:45 | 1:18:46 | |
I think we'll all agree that he's the story everybody wants, isn't he? | 1:18:46 | 1:18:49 | |
AUDIENCE: Yes! | 1:18:49 | 1:18:50 | |
'I know the weekends that are left. | 1:18:54 | 1:18:56 | |
'This weekend - the Aintree Grand National, | 1:18:57 | 1:19:00 | |
'the following weekend - Sandown, | 1:19:00 | 1:19:03 | |
'the following weekend I'll be in a home, probably, | 1:19:03 | 1:19:06 | |
'getting counselling for my addiction.' | 1:19:06 | 1:19:08 | |
'Can't say I'm looking forward to it but...' | 1:19:11 | 1:19:13 | |
AP McCoy has said... We know he's retiring this season, | 1:19:13 | 1:19:16 | |
but he has said that, if he wins the Grand National, | 1:19:16 | 1:19:18 | |
he'd hop off Shutthefrontdoor, | 1:19:18 | 1:19:20 | |
he'd pat him on the neck, and he'd say, "That's it." | 1:19:20 | 1:19:22 | |
And he'd retire there and then. | 1:19:22 | 1:19:23 | |
And a good name, isn't it, Shutthefrontdoor? | 1:19:23 | 1:19:26 | |
You know, it... | 1:19:26 | 1:19:27 | |
"Shutthefrontdoor on your way out." | 1:19:27 | 1:19:29 | |
'If I won it, I kind of feel, | 1:19:29 | 1:19:31 | |
"Maybe I could justify riding for a bit longer." | 1:19:31 | 1:19:33 | |
But, I mean, I dream a lot | 1:19:34 | 1:19:36 | |
but I'm not even sure I can dream that much of a dream. | 1:19:36 | 1:19:39 | |
-RADIO: -What AP does on a day-to-day basis is very dangerous. | 1:19:39 | 1:19:43 | |
I think he has broken, I think now, nearly every bone in his body | 1:19:43 | 1:19:46 | |
so, from a health and safety point of view, | 1:19:46 | 1:19:49 | |
I'm delighted that he is getting out, | 1:19:49 | 1:19:51 | |
and, you know, because every day he goes to work, | 1:19:51 | 1:19:54 | |
he's got an ambulance following behind him. | 1:19:54 | 1:19:57 | |
Thank you. Cheers. | 1:19:57 | 1:19:59 | |
'He'll have the pressure of what could be his last ride today. | 1:19:59 | 1:20:01 | |
'There's going to be a gaping hole, isn't there? | 1:20:01 | 1:20:03 | |
'I mean, for most of our modern racing lives, | 1:20:03 | 1:20:05 | |
'Tony McCoy has been the man to beat, | 1:20:05 | 1:20:07 | |
'and the man they can't beat...' | 1:20:07 | 1:20:09 | |
'It's all going to be different.' | 1:20:09 | 1:20:11 | |
'For the last 20-odd years, | 1:20:13 | 1:20:15 | |
'I have been obsessed with what I do.' | 1:20:15 | 1:20:17 | |
'You know, I find myself, in the weighing room, | 1:20:21 | 1:20:23 | |
looking down at lads that weren't born | 1:20:23 | 1:20:24 | |
'when I was champion jockey, you know.' | 1:20:24 | 1:20:27 | |
'I'd always hoped that I'd never have to say those words, | 1:20:32 | 1:20:36 | |
'that I'm retiring. | 1:20:36 | 1:20:37 | |
'I kind of wish I'd kept quiet, but... | 1:20:38 | 1:20:41 | |
'this was going to happen at some point.' | 1:20:41 | 1:20:44 | |
Oh, Gillian, this is the last time. | 1:20:44 | 1:20:46 | |
It's the last time, sweetie. | 1:20:46 | 1:20:48 | |
'You know, so it's about how you deal with it | 1:20:49 | 1:20:51 | |
'and trying to deal with it the best you can.' | 1:20:51 | 1:20:54 | |
Four minutes, lads, will you just forget about it? | 1:20:54 | 1:20:56 | |
'I'd say it's the rest of my life, | 1:20:59 | 1:21:01 | |
'the first day of the end of my life, and then... | 1:21:01 | 1:21:04 | |
'try and make the most of it.' | 1:21:04 | 1:21:05 | |
They're away for the 2015 Crabbie's Grand National. | 1:21:05 | 1:21:09 | |
Whoo! | 1:21:11 | 1:21:15 | |
Saint Are amongst the leaders, | 1:21:15 | 1:21:16 | |
Bob Ford towards the inside, | 1:21:16 | 1:21:18 | |
followed by River Choice | 1:21:18 | 1:21:20 | |
and also up there is Wyck Hill. | 1:21:20 | 1:21:22 | |
To the ground for the first time, Bob Ford. | 1:21:25 | 1:21:27 | |
Gas Line Boy is a faller at the first. | 1:21:27 | 1:21:29 | |
Oscar Time and then comes Royale Knight and Dolatulo. | 1:21:37 | 1:21:40 | |
Rebel Rebellion out in front, | 1:21:42 | 1:21:45 | |
Balthazar King is down... | 1:21:45 | 1:21:46 | |
AP McCoy has had a lovely run round so far, | 1:21:52 | 1:21:55 | |
green and yellow hoops, white cap, | 1:21:55 | 1:21:57 | |
just to the left of your picture. | 1:21:57 | 1:21:59 | |
Come on, Shutthefrontdoor. | 1:22:04 | 1:22:07 | |
Come on, honey. | 1:22:07 | 1:22:08 | |
Rainbow Hunter wide of Shutthefrontdoor | 1:22:08 | 1:22:11 | |
still well in touch as they clear the water. | 1:22:11 | 1:22:14 | |
'How do people pass the day | 1:22:16 | 1:22:18 | |
'that don't have jobs?' | 1:22:18 | 1:22:20 | |
Shutthefrontdoor is absolutely cruising for AP | 1:22:20 | 1:22:23 | |
in fourth position. | 1:22:23 | 1:22:24 | |
'I don't know how I'd pass every day.' | 1:22:24 | 1:22:26 | |
He's got every chance as they clear the next... | 1:22:26 | 1:22:29 | |
The Druid's Nephew slithers to the ground and is out of the race. | 1:22:29 | 1:22:33 | |
Definitely got a chance now. | 1:22:33 | 1:22:34 | |
'I am an addict to my way of life.' | 1:22:37 | 1:22:40 | |
'I'm an addict to riding horses. | 1:22:41 | 1:22:44 | |
'I'm an addict to winning because it's like a drug. | 1:22:44 | 1:22:48 | |
'There's horses falling around you. | 1:22:51 | 1:22:54 | |
'There's not much room and you don't get to see much, | 1:22:54 | 1:22:57 | |
'but I suppose, near the end, | 1:22:57 | 1:22:59 | |
'I suppose the adrenaline is in winning. | 1:22:59 | 1:23:01 | |
'That's what it's all about. | 1:23:01 | 1:23:04 | |
'It's all about winning.' | 1:23:04 | 1:23:05 | |
Jump this one well. Jump this one well. | 1:23:05 | 1:23:07 | |
Many Clouds, Shutthefrontdoor just dived. | 1:23:07 | 1:23:10 | |
Portrait King. | 1:23:10 | 1:23:11 | |
He's a faller there. | 1:23:11 | 1:23:13 | |
Shutthefrontdoor is second. | 1:23:13 | 1:23:14 | |
Saint Are is third... | 1:23:14 | 1:23:15 | |
'I don't think, in 20 years, I've ever been really content.' | 1:23:15 | 1:23:19 | |
'I didn't feel that I was ever as good as I wanted to be.' | 1:23:19 | 1:23:22 | |
Two to jump, he's got a chance. | 1:23:22 | 1:23:24 | |
He's got a chance. He's got a chance. | 1:23:24 | 1:23:26 | |
'I wish I hadn't been like that.' | 1:23:26 | 1:23:29 | |
He's definitely got a chance now. | 1:23:29 | 1:23:30 | |
He's... He's definitely got a chance now. | 1:23:30 | 1:23:33 | |
'It would be great not to have a care in the world | 1:23:35 | 1:23:37 | |
'or not have to worry about whether you're winning or not winning. | 1:23:37 | 1:23:41 | |
'It's not the end of the world.' | 1:23:41 | 1:23:42 | |
'Winning, in a lot of ways, is not the end of the world... | 1:23:46 | 1:23:49 | |
'..but it's the end of the world for me.' | 1:23:51 | 1:23:53 | |
Shutthefrontdoor... | 1:23:53 | 1:23:54 | |
Monbeg Dude is still staying on. | 1:23:54 | 1:23:56 | |
They make the long run in now | 1:23:56 | 1:23:57 | |
and Many Clouds still out in front | 1:23:57 | 1:24:00 | |
by two or three lengths to Saint Are... | 1:24:00 | 1:24:02 | |
Monbeg Dude still stays on, | 1:24:02 | 1:24:03 | |
then Shut... Many Clouds by two lengths! | 1:24:03 | 1:24:06 | |
INDISTINCT COMMENTARY | 1:24:06 | 1:24:09 | |
It's Leighton Aspell, back-to-back Grand Nationals, | 1:24:09 | 1:24:12 | |
he wins on Many Clouds. | 1:24:12 | 1:24:13 | |
Many Clouds has won the National. | 1:24:13 | 1:24:15 | |
'Now I'm starting to get it into my thick skull that it's happened.' | 1:24:15 | 1:24:18 | |
Monbeg Dude in third. Alvarado fills out for fourth again. | 1:24:18 | 1:24:22 | |
Then Shutthefrontdoor. | 1:24:22 | 1:24:24 | |
'The end.' | 1:24:24 | 1:24:25 | |
Whoo! | 1:24:25 | 1:24:27 | |
'It happens to everyone, apparently.' | 1:24:27 | 1:24:29 | |
'The end.' | 1:24:31 | 1:24:33 | |
Hello! How are you? | 1:24:49 | 1:24:52 | |
Good. Thank you. | 1:24:52 | 1:24:54 | |
Hi, there. | 1:24:54 | 1:24:56 | |
-COMMENTARY ON RADIO: -Synchronised on the outside. | 1:24:56 | 1:25:00 | |
And Synchronised! He's going to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup. | 1:25:00 | 1:25:03 | |
AP IN RADIO: Time waits for no man... | 1:25:03 | 1:25:07 | |
The last fence in sight, tomorrow, | 1:25:07 | 1:25:09 | |
the 4:25 at Sandown, | 1:25:09 | 1:25:12 | |
so, for the last time as a full-time jockey. | 1:25:12 | 1:25:15 | |
Evening, AP McCoy. | 1:25:15 | 1:25:17 | |
Good evening, how are you? | 1:25:17 | 1:25:18 | |
-Are you all right? -I'm OK, thanks. | 1:25:18 | 1:25:20 | |
Good. AP, we've got a little surprise for you, | 1:25:20 | 1:25:22 | |
-I hope you don't mind. -OK. -Just a little bit of fun. | 1:25:22 | 1:25:24 | |
We've got a lovely lady, called Julia, on the line. | 1:25:24 | 1:25:27 | |
-Now, Julia is a careers coach... -Right. | 1:25:27 | 1:25:29 | |
..and we wondered if you decided to do, you know, a proper job... | 1:25:29 | 1:25:32 | |
Not a proper job, but a different job, what you'd be good at. | 1:25:32 | 1:25:35 | |
Not snooker. | 1:25:35 | 1:25:36 | |
Got to get this one yet. | 1:25:36 | 1:25:38 | |
The first one is a racing car driver. | 1:25:38 | 1:25:40 | |
What are you going to do? | 1:25:40 | 1:25:42 | |
I'm not qualified to do anything. | 1:25:42 | 1:25:44 | |
LAUGHTER | 1:25:44 | 1:25:45 | |
I left school when I was 15. | 1:25:45 | 1:25:46 | |
-Did you go training for this? -I took a lot of training. | 1:25:46 | 1:25:49 | |
LAUGHTER | 1:25:49 | 1:25:50 | |
It's what you would want to do. Chef? | 1:25:50 | 1:25:52 | |
I can't cook. I've never cooked in my life. | 1:25:52 | 1:25:54 | |
Never? | 1:25:54 | 1:25:55 | |
You've never cooked anything? | 1:25:55 | 1:25:57 | |
You don't know where the saucepans are? | 1:25:57 | 1:25:58 | |
AP LAUGHS, LAUGHTER | 1:25:58 | 1:26:00 | |
-Do you know how to turn the cooker on? -No. -No. | 1:26:00 | 1:26:02 | |
LAUGHTER | 1:26:02 | 1:26:04 | |
I'm not talented enough to do those things. | 1:26:04 | 1:26:06 | |
It's much easier to get on the best horse, with the best trainer | 1:26:06 | 1:26:08 | |
and just go round the circuit and just beat everyone else. | 1:26:08 | 1:26:11 | |
LAUGHTER | 1:26:11 | 1:26:12 | |
What did your mum want you to be when you were little? | 1:26:12 | 1:26:15 | |
A lot of things. A priest was one of them, but I think... | 1:26:15 | 1:26:17 | |
LAUGHTER | 1:26:17 | 1:26:19 | |
-Would you not have been a good priest? -I don't think so. | 1:26:19 | 1:26:22 | |
Did you get yourself sorted? | 1:26:30 | 1:26:31 | |
Yeah. | 1:26:31 | 1:26:33 | |
-Didn't get a sleep. -I didn't think you'd get a sleep. | 1:26:33 | 1:26:36 | |
PHONE RINGS | 1:26:36 | 1:26:37 | |
There's a picture for you. | 1:26:52 | 1:26:53 | |
HE LAUGHS | 1:26:53 | 1:26:54 | |
'I'm a total control freak. | 1:26:57 | 1:26:58 | |
'Control is what makes you. | 1:27:01 | 1:27:03 | |
'You know, if you lose control, you lose everything. | 1:27:06 | 1:27:09 | |
'Every part of my life was structured and controlled, | 1:27:12 | 1:27:15 | |
'I thought... | 1:27:15 | 1:27:17 | |
'..but I could never control getting old, you know. | 1:27:18 | 1:27:23 | |
'That's what got the better of me in the end.' | 1:27:23 | 1:27:26 | |
'He was... | 1:27:45 | 1:27:46 | |
'..obsessed about control, | 1:27:47 | 1:27:50 | |
'control of everything in his life. | 1:27:50 | 1:27:52 | |
'You know, with the horses he was riding, | 1:27:52 | 1:27:55 | |
'the number of winners he was having, | 1:27:55 | 1:27:57 | |
'controlling his weight, controlling me. | 1:27:57 | 1:28:00 | |
'Controlling our relationship.' | 1:28:00 | 1:28:02 | |
'It... It was all about him... | 1:28:05 | 1:28:09 | |
'..and he became a really selfish person. | 1:28:10 | 1:28:14 | |
Ladies and gentlemen, | 1:28:14 | 1:28:16 | |
all of us here at Sandown Park today... | 1:28:16 | 1:28:19 | |
'I think you have to be selfish, | 1:28:19 | 1:28:21 | |
'I think it has to be all about you. | 1:28:21 | 1:28:23 | |
'I'm really embarrassed to say it, | 1:28:25 | 1:28:27 | |
'but no-one else in the world was important.' | 1:28:27 | 1:28:29 | |
..what has been, quite simply, an extraordinary career. | 1:28:29 | 1:28:32 | |
AP McCoy, today, will be crowned champion jockey | 1:28:34 | 1:28:38 | |
for the 20th consecutive season. | 1:28:38 | 1:28:42 | |
You are showing your appreciation | 1:28:42 | 1:28:45 | |
for a legend of our time. | 1:28:45 | 1:28:47 | |
AP McCoy will now be escorted into the paddock. | 1:28:49 | 1:28:53 | |
Here he is, ladies and gentlemen, | 1:28:53 | 1:28:55 | |
the one and only AP McCoy! | 1:28:55 | 1:28:58 | |
CHEERING | 1:28:58 | 1:29:01 | |
'I think a lot of the time, Chanelle would think that... | 1:29:01 | 1:29:04 | |
'I was a lot more interested in my career | 1:29:04 | 1:29:06 | |
'than I was in my relationship and... | 1:29:06 | 1:29:08 | |
'..in some ways, she was right.' | 1:29:10 | 1:29:12 | |
'Yeah, in some ways she was right, which is not a good thing but... | 1:29:16 | 1:29:19 | |
'..luckily, she stuck it out. | 1:29:20 | 1:29:21 | |
'I pinch myself every morning. I'm a very lucky person... | 1:29:24 | 1:29:28 | |
'that she... that she stuck with it.' | 1:29:28 | 1:29:30 | |
WHISTLING, APPLAUSE | 1:29:30 | 1:29:34 | |
You better enjoy every minute of it, enjoy it. | 1:29:34 | 1:29:37 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 1:29:43 | 1:29:46 | |
'It's what made me happy, it's what I wanted to do. | 1:29:46 | 1:29:50 | |
'Obviously, there was times it drove me mad | 1:29:51 | 1:29:53 | |
'but, in a contradictory way, | 1:29:53 | 1:29:56 | |
'it's what floated my boat, like, you know. | 1:29:56 | 1:29:58 | |
'And the more you win, the more you want to win, | 1:30:00 | 1:30:02 | |
'the more that the need becomes greed | 1:30:02 | 1:30:04 | |
'and I think, I think you have to be like that.' | 1:30:04 | 1:30:07 | |
We saw him walking out for the last ride | 1:30:10 | 1:30:12 | |
and the smile was a little more forced | 1:30:12 | 1:30:14 | |
because he knows that this extraordinary career, | 1:30:14 | 1:30:16 | |
his way of life, in a sense, | 1:30:16 | 1:30:18 | |
is going to come to an end. | 1:30:18 | 1:30:20 | |
Sweetheart, enjoy watching this race. | 1:30:20 | 1:30:22 | |
This is Daddy's last race ever. | 1:30:22 | 1:30:24 | |
Archie, you have no idea what's going on, have you? | 1:30:25 | 1:30:27 | |
Yeah. | 1:30:27 | 1:30:29 | |
He'll watch this when he's, like, 21. | 1:30:29 | 1:30:32 | |
Let's remember that, a celebration of a great career, | 1:30:33 | 1:30:36 | |
but we want the headlines, | 1:30:36 | 1:30:38 | |
we want Box Office to give him the perfect send off here, | 1:30:38 | 1:30:41 | |
in the silks of JP McManus. | 1:30:41 | 1:30:44 | |
School, he's going to do the school runs. | 1:30:44 | 1:30:47 | |
Has anyone backed him, by the way? | 1:30:47 | 1:30:49 | |
They jump away and there's a cheer from the grandstand | 1:30:49 | 1:30:53 | |
even though they're in the back straight. | 1:30:53 | 1:30:55 | |
Raving Black, Box Office jumping just in the midfield | 1:30:55 | 1:30:58 | |
on the inside. | 1:30:58 | 1:30:59 | |
Green yellow hoops, white cap... | 1:30:59 | 1:31:00 | |
'I remember coming home one evening | 1:31:06 | 1:31:07 | |
'and he was sitting there just sobbing, | 1:31:07 | 1:31:10 | |
'absolutely sobbing... | 1:31:10 | 1:31:12 | |
'..because he was so petrified | 1:31:13 | 1:31:16 | |
'that he wasn't going to be champion jockey the next year. | 1:31:16 | 1:31:19 | |
'It was like looking at somebody | 1:31:22 | 1:31:24 | |
'who was living in fear | 1:31:24 | 1:31:26 | |
'of themselves.' | 1:31:26 | 1:31:27 | |
INDISTINCT COMMENTARY | 1:31:27 | 1:31:31 | |
Are you watching? | 1:31:33 | 1:31:35 | |
INDISTINCT COMMENTARY | 1:31:37 | 1:31:39 | |
'I used to think the demons had Olympic games | 1:31:43 | 1:31:45 | |
'in my head sometimes... | 1:31:45 | 1:31:46 | |
'But, at the same time, in a crazy, mad kind of way, | 1:31:49 | 1:31:53 | |
'it's obviously what made me happy. | 1:31:53 | 1:31:55 | |
'It's obviously what made me happy. | 1:31:56 | 1:31:58 | |
'Torturing myself. | 1:32:00 | 1:32:01 | |
'Trying to figure out why that every time I went out on a horse, | 1:32:03 | 1:32:06 | |
'I didn't win, I could never figure that out. | 1:32:06 | 1:32:08 | |
'Maybe I thought if I could work that out, | 1:32:11 | 1:32:13 | |
'then I would have been content. | 1:32:13 | 1:32:15 | |
'Cos it's slowly started to register | 1:32:18 | 1:32:19 | |
'that maybe it wasn't possible after all.' | 1:32:19 | 1:32:22 | |
C'mon, champ. | 1:32:22 | 1:32:25 | |
'I mean, I wouldn't change it for the world | 1:32:27 | 1:32:30 | |
'because it's made him the person he is today.' | 1:32:30 | 1:32:33 | |
-Come on, honey. -Come on! | 1:32:33 | 1:32:35 | |
'And it's made us the couple we are today.' | 1:32:35 | 1:32:38 | |
He will have to perform just one more final miracle | 1:32:38 | 1:32:41 | |
and it doesn't look like it's happening. | 1:32:41 | 1:32:43 | |
And it's Gran Maestro from Brother Tedd at the last... | 1:32:43 | 1:32:45 | |
-Come on, Anthony! -Come on! | 1:32:45 | 1:32:48 | |
Come on, honey. | 1:32:48 | 1:32:49 | |
And it's Brother Tedd on the near side of Gran Maestro, | 1:32:51 | 1:32:54 | |
and Brother Tedd, | 1:32:54 | 1:32:56 | |
and Richard Johnson is the man that's finished second to McCoy | 1:32:56 | 1:32:59 | |
in so many championships, | 1:32:59 | 1:33:01 | |
he gets the win. | 1:33:01 | 1:33:02 | |
CHEERING | 1:33:02 | 1:33:04 | |
Then Gran Maestro, McCoy in third on Box Office. | 1:33:04 | 1:33:06 | |
Then Go Odee Go in fourth. | 1:33:06 | 1:33:08 | |
I'm so jealous. I'm so jealous. | 1:33:14 | 1:33:16 | |
Enjoy it. Enjoy it, you deserve everything. | 1:33:29 | 1:33:32 | |
Dave Roberts, his agent, | 1:33:32 | 1:33:34 | |
the man who's booked every one of his rides, | 1:33:34 | 1:33:37 | |
for 21 years, here in Great Britain, | 1:33:37 | 1:33:39 | |
is coming up the racecourse with him. | 1:33:39 | 1:33:42 | |
CHEERING | 1:33:55 | 1:33:58 | |
'That is the end. | 1:34:06 | 1:34:08 | |
'That's it, it's, it's... | 1:34:09 | 1:34:10 | |
'It's gone. It's over. | 1:34:10 | 1:34:12 | |
'As a professional jockey, I am never going to ride a race again. | 1:34:14 | 1:34:18 | |
'I'm a has-been, I'm a retired sports person. | 1:34:21 | 1:34:24 | |
'I don't see it as a second life. | 1:34:28 | 1:34:30 | |
'I probably see it more as a first life, really. | 1:34:33 | 1:34:35 | |
'The last one was more a dream than a life, really... | 1:34:38 | 1:34:40 | |
'..but I just woke up. | 1:34:45 | 1:34:46 | |
'So, I might have lived the dream, but I'm awake now.' | 1:34:50 | 1:34:53 |