Horse Racing - Sandown - Sandown Park Racecourse - 25/4/15 A.P McCoy celebrates with the Champions Jockey Trophy Reuters / Eddie Keogh Livepic EDITORIAL USE ONLY.
LONDON, (Reuters) - A.P. McCoy, the jump jockey who has created a remarkable sporting legend in Britain, failed to ride one final winner to mark the end of his peerless career on Saturday but it hardly mattered to the thousands who flocked to salute the tearful ‘Champ’.
McCoy, the 40-year-old who has ridden far more winners over fences than any other jockey, was willed on to a fairytale finish by a capacity crowd of 18,000 at Sandown Park in the London suburbs.
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