Being AP Page #6

when he says, "I've done

it, that's enough."

Is it 20 titles, is it 5000,

is it to win another Gold Cup,

is it to win another National?

Oh, you want to try one, yeah?

I don't think that'll be very good.

He obviously

wants to win the big races,

but the fact is he's won them all.

I think he constantly wants to

do things he hasn't done before

and that's why the 300 was

such a big thing for him.

And that's why I still, in my mind,

wonder how that's going to affect him,

the failure to do it.

It could mean, that he wants to go on

even longer. Failure in his mind.

So Chanelle just said,

"Can you come for dinner?"

Yep, just said... Yeah, you know,

we've been trying to get together,

obviously but it's, uh... She said,

"Can come this week?"

Uh,

and it was all arranged by Chanelle,

nothing to do with AP. And...

So I don't honestly know, is the answer.

May just be dinner. I don't know.

Well, I got injured after that.

And then I was gone riding for three days

after that, but that was brain dead.

But...

- I actually...

- Should we tell him our secret now?

I actually said "I still think one of

your best rides you'll ever give a horse

"was Good Mirage at Weatherby."

- Oh yeah.

- Because you were riding that with one hand,

- weren't you...

- I know.

- And proudly...

- And it pulled like mad,

it was a horrible horse

to ride in that sense.

And the whole thing was is that

you were so stubborn about it,

you know, that it was like well, you know,

"I'm not listening to my collarbone,

"I'm not, so what if it's shattered,

it's hanging off, my lung is punctured,

"my ribs are broken. I

will continue riding."

That really mentally f***ed up

my head. Broke my heart, that did,

thinking that I actually was going

to ride 300 winners, and then,

I'm not going to ride 300 winners.

Oh, it was just...

The thought of it makes me want to cry.

And... And then I was, you know,

and then, I was thinking, you know,

I should retire at the end of the year.

I should retire at the end of the year

and then I'm thinking,

I don't even know when I should retire.

I don't know whether I should announce

I'm going to retire at the end of the year?

I don't.

You know, should I retire when

I ride my two hundredth winner,

or just retire in a week's time or

six weeks' time or two months' time?

Personally for me,

I would like to go out on a winner.

- What have you got now one, nine...

- 182, was it?

184, I think... So say you said that on

the two hundredth you announce it...

Mmm-hmm.

So on a normal run of things,

16 winners.

Announcing it on

February 14th, 15th, around that time.

Be the same as the

4,000 winners, you were on tour

for like three or four days.

Like I am, just because

it's the right thing to do,

I will hopefully retire on one of

JonJo's horses that JP owns.

Yeah. So it should be on

the green and gold colours.

It's got to be one of JonJo's in

the green and gold colours.

Yeah, exactly.

I'm not shocked.

I'm upset because it's the end

of a great story if you want to

look it like that, but then

in the cold light of day,

what we've achieved, as I say, I...

Whether you agree with me or not,

no one will... No one will do that,

it's not possible.

Mmm.

For someone to ride 2000 winners,

they've got to ride for 20 years,

and ride 100 winners a year, for 20 years.

That's half of what you've got.

I think.

So that's the plan. I think 200 is good.

Yeah. No, I think 200 is right.

Definitely.

I think it's a good decision.

- To me it feels right.

- Yeah, I think it feels right too.

Let's just agree upon, I'll say.

I... I think it feels right,

I actually think it feels right.

I actually feel happy now that

I've spoke about it.

I think once you get to that 200,

you announce it,

and then the...

I think it'll take a lot of pressure,

takes it... It's there, it's done.

- Yeah.

- You know.

I... I think there will

be a bit of relief...

- Yeah.

- That I've been able to...

- Do you feel relieved now?

- A bit, yeah.

It's a cold winter's day here at Kempton,

using the running rail,

coming up the stand side,

the danger looks to be Barry Geraghty,

his great friend and rival

on board West Wizard, but it's Minella

Rocco in the JP McManus colours,

those distinctive colours

and now it's still out in front,

Minella Rocco. West Wizard is the danger

as AP McCoy gets into the drive position,

as he closes in once again, on

the magic 200. He's at 197.

Jumping the final flight, jumps it well,

West Wizard rather dives at that

and is left floundering.

But it's going to be

another win for AP McCoy,

the champ moves to 198 here in Kempton,

with an effortless victory

here on Minella Rocco.

And basically, I'm going to retire

at the end of the season.

So, um...

- Wow, I'm so excited.

- So...

- So, it's, you know...

- It's a sad thing.

So, I may as well just go away and die now.

Oh, my goodness.

You can't, look at all these

pages of things for you to do.

Claire, you're... Claire's only

getting warmed up now.

All the things she's being saying no to.

I've been waiting for this moment

for so long, however I do see, it is sad.

- It is...

- You can just do whatever you want

with my tour, I don't care.

- So...

- I hate it.

Would you like to be the face

for peanut butter?

Not the face of peanut butter,

but there's this man vs horse,

I don't know it's like 40 miles or

something. They have to race against a horse

and see who gets to

the finish line the quickest,

however it depends on what their strategies

are, and whether it might fit in.

Yeah, it's so...

- Peanut butter?

- That could be quite easy.

It's a day of media work. And then,

obviously, it's the face of this festival

and lots of people race.

So he won't be on the front

of peanut butter jar?

I won't have to look at him.

- Like, up in the press.

- No, he's not that kid.

That peanut butter kid, or whatever...

That's just a possibility.

Depressing, isn't it?

Such a depressing thought.

Oh, honey.

Anyway, I'm grand.

Ah.

You're struggling.

You're not bad, it was always going

to be a really hard decision

and I think everyone's going to

be pretty sad when they read it.

Mmm.

Last call, thank you.

Flags up.

Studs ready and are about to line up.

Line-up's over. We're off.

Mr Mole has just shied at the tape there.

He was lined up in first place but he's

dropped 10 lengths behind the others.

And gets away in last position.

It is fat marker of the quid tip.

They take the water just once.

It's fence number three

Uxizandre up and over safely.

Show's in second place,

behind Sire De Grugy.

One length of the nose bandage, Mr Mole...

It's going to be the first of the ditchers.

Number 11 will also be an open ditch.

Into the straight. Four more fences to

jump, Uxizandre on the right leading,

on the left with a nose bandage,

Mr Mole and between them

the white face of Sire De Grugy,

beginning to get closer...

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