Tony McCoy Trivia Questions

He won the British jump racing Champion Jockey title for 20 consecutive seasons, from 1995–96 to 2014–15, a record streak.

McCoy retired with 4,358 winners, a record in jump racing, far exceeding the 2,000 mark he hit early in his career.

McCoy won the Grand National in 2010 on Don’t Push It, but it was his 15th attempt, not his first.

McCoy won the Grand National only once, in 2010 on Don't Push It. In 2015, he retired after his final ride at Sandown, not after winning the National.

Frankie Dettori, a flat jockey, won the award in 1996, making McCoy not the first jockey overall. McCoy was the first jump jockey and second jockey to win, in 2010.

In 2000, McCoy fractured his tibia in three places in a fall at Warwick. Against medical advice, he returned to race-riding exactly two weeks later to pursue a record-breaking season.

After 14 unsuccessful attempts, McCoy finally won the Grand National in 2010 aboard Don't Push It. That marked his 15th ride in the legendary race.

Tony McCoy left school at 15 to work with a trainer as an amateur. He won his first race at 17 and turned professional in 1995, at age 20 or 21. At age 12, he was still a schoolboy in Northern Ireland.