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Past Blogs
04/04/09-How Much Did You Lose Then
07/04/09-Twitter And Facebook
10/04/09-Has the Flat Season Actually Started
13/04/09-How can the sport I love most,also be so heartbreaking
16/04/09-Hawk Wing or The Rock And Airwave
19/04/09-What The Hell Has Happened To Great Leighs
22/04/09-Jamie Spencer
29/04/09-A Brief Look At The Week Just Past
03/07/09-Return of the Blog
20/07/09 A P McCoy
"A P McCOY"
I thought is was time we at hudsonshorses and the rest of the world in fact bow down to the genius that is the champion jockey.
Im sure most of you have seen his wonder rides-in fact there is too many to list but here's a few:-
Hennessy,Withcita Lineman,Straw Bear,Edredon Bleu,Deano's Beeno and one of the best rides ive ever seen was Liberman in the Champion bumper.
But what gripes me is the man is truely one of the ultimate sportsmen of the last 10 years..maybe last 100 even, but where is the recognition outside of racing?
its a joke to be frank he should have been honoured by her majesty years ago and should have won bbc sports personality when he broke Sir Gordon Richards record.
Can any of you explain to me how Lewis Hamilton can race one season come second and get glorified nationally or Henman and Murray neither of whom achieved anything(though murray might).
whilst im not knocking there personal achievements neither men compare to what AP has done for the past 13 years-yet ask a man in the street who the champion national hunt jockey is and I bet you 7/10 don't no that answer whilst the other 3 are household names and I don't even want to compare footballers to the great man as it would just be an insult-though maybe on second thoughts he could be compared with Shearer in a way.
So racing needs to go on a campaign to vote for one A P McCoy for bbc sports personality and then hopefully he will at last get the aduration he fully deserves.
WRITTEN BY DARREN HUDSON-WOOD 20/07/09