McCoy breaks record with 4,192nd career win

Tony McCoy on Taquin Du Seuil wins the Novices Steeple Chase at the Cheltenham Festival horse racing meet in Gloucestershire, western England March 13, 2014. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh

(Reuters) - Tony McCoy became the most successful race-winner of all time as he rode the 4,192nd winner of his career to surpass Martin Pipe's record of career wins with victory atop It's A Gimmie at Market Rasen on Saturday.

The champion jockey, 40, passed 4,000 wins at Towcester in November before setting his sights on the record held by Pipe, a former mentor and long-term friend, who retired from training in 2006 with 4,191 winners.