Mostly Credited As: A.P. McCoy Birth Name: Anthony Peter McCoy Date Of Birth: May 04, 1974 (Age 41) Country Of Birth: Ireland Birth Place: Moneyglass, County Antrim
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Anthony Peter McCoy who is more commonly known as A.P. McCoy or Tony McCoy was born in Moneyglass, County Antrim. He has won over 3000 races in his career as a jockey. McCoy rode his first winner, 'Legal Steps', at Thurles, on 26 March 1992 at just 17 years of age.
He began riding in England in 1994. He now appears in A Question of Sport. He wrote an autobiography, McCoy in 2003, to follow up his first book, Real McCoy: My Life So Far, released in 1999.