Horse racing-Jockey McCoy to retire at end of season (Reuters)
(Corrects typo in second bullet point) * McCoy to bring curtain down on illustrious riding career * Northern Irishman has broken record after record By Justin Palmer LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) – Tony McCoy, the most successful jumps jockey of all time and champion on 19 occasions, will end his remarkable riding career when he retires at the end of the jumps racing season in late April. The Northern Irishman, 40, made the announcement after riding his 200th winner of the season at Newbury on Saturday. The thrills and spills of jump racing were encapsulated straight after McCoy’s 200th winner on Saturday when he was deposited from the saddle to the turf in the following race. In a feat which is unlikely to be matched, he rode his 4,000th winner in 2013 and last July became the most successful race-winner of all time as he notched his 4,192nd winner to surpass Martin Pipe’s record.