McCoy was born in Moneyglass, County Antrim. He and his wife Chanelle have two children. [27] He stands 1.78m (5'10"). [ citation needed] To maintain a suitable racing weight, McCoy had to keep his weight down to 63.5 kg (10 stone). His natural weight, based on his physiology, should be about 75kg (one and a half stone more). [28] It was a hard thing to get out of my mouth, but it had to come out," said McCoy, speaking as an ambassador for William Hill.

Christmas Hurdle (5): Straw Bear (2006), Binocular (2010, 2011), Darlan (2012), My Tent Or Yours (2013) Ireland have dominated the four days in recent years, and while Constitution Hill is one Geraghty expects to go in for the home team, he’s anticipating plenty of Irish success over the four days, notably Sir Gerhard in the Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase. Probably that's not even close for JP and if I said what was the second best he'd be even less happy - maybe Pridwell, when he beat Istabraq because he beat the best hurdler there was in his prime. Jump Ride of the Year: 2009 (for the winning ride on Wichita Lineman in the William Hill Trophy at the Cheltenham Festival on 10 March 2009), 2012 (for the winning ride on Synchronised in the Cheltenham Gold Cup at the Cheltenham Festival on 16 March 2012) It's what I've always lived for and gives me the greatest high," McCoy said of the sport he adores.He has fallen an estimated 1,000 times from horses weighing half a tonne, travelling at speeds of up to 30mph.

He explained: "We're looking at Constitution Hill now or racing is looking at Constitution Hill like he's the second coming or that he is the next Istabraq and it's the same with Galopin Des Champs. People are looking at him thinking 'God he could be the next Kauto Star, Best Mate or Arkle'. And that's what we do in sport, we compare straight away. McCoy landed the blue riband event of national hunt racing, the Cheltenham Gold Cup, in 1997 on board Mr Mulligan for trainer Noel Chance. His second success in the most prestigious race over jumps came 15 years later in 2012 with Synchronised. That was for his current boss J.P. McManus and trainer Jonjo O Neill, for whom he regularly rides for. McCoy has released five volumes of his autobiography; Real McCoy: My Life So Far (1999), McCoy (2003), A.P. McCoy: My Autobiography (2011) [29] and "Winner: My Racing Life" (2015). McCoy's debut novel, Taking the Fall, was published in 2013. [30]But his sporting mantra still holds true: "I don't see the point of doing anything if you can't win." The Irishman won the 2013 Gold Cup with the favourite in Bobs Worth and he expects this year’s market leader, Galopin Des Champs, to be “very very hard to beat.” AP McCoy in irrepressible form with two more Aintree winners". The Daily Telegraph. London, UK. 27 October 2013. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015 . Retrieved 2 April 2018. There were about six of us looking after him. He was unconscious and choking. AP had to get his mouth open which was proving extremely difficult. I am surprised he has any fingers left on his hands. McCoy has won just about every leading National Hunt race on the calendar, including the Cheltenham Gold Cup, Champion Hurdle and King George VI Chase. Up until 2010, when he prevailed on Don’t Push It, it was starting to look like the Grand National could elude him.