Tony McCoy Race Quotations

From a public perspective, the Grand National is the biggest race of all, and not to have won it yet is definitely a failure. But there's been a lot of jockeys every bit as good and better than me that haven't won it - John Francome, Peter Scudamore, Jonjo O'Neill, Charlie Swan, to name a few.

It always hurts a bit to pick the 'wrong one' in a race as big as the Champion Hurdle, and then, to make matters worse, you go and get beat by the horse you rejected.

I've known he would win this race since Christmas. He just gets better every time I ride him." ()

The National is about however long it takes to run that race - eight minutes of fame - but champion jockey is about racing 365 days a year. I actually wouldn't swap any of my winners for the National.

It was a very good race and Clan Royal ran a blinder... hopefully next time will be my moment.

I don't like missing links on my CV. I really want to win the National more than anything else but you know what the race is like. Anything can happen." ()