McCoy rides 200th winner in record time

Tony McCoy broke his own record for the fastest 200 winners in a season when steering Native Man to victory at Huntingdon today.

McCoy reached the total over a month earlier than in the 1999-2000 season when the double century was achieved on February 18th.

'I'm lucky that I'm in the position to ride a lot of good horses. I'd like to think it was going to come eventually. Obviously, the sooner you get it out of the way the better,'said McCoy.

'I didn't have many real good rides today but I had lots of chances.

'Jonjo thought this horse would win. He has had plenty of problems but he did fancy him.'

The Ulsterman's ultimate aim is to break Sir Gordon Richards' record of 269 victories in a season.

The six-times champion has had eight losers since reaching 199 with a double at Hereford on Tuesday.

The champion jockey had to pass the course doctor at Huntingdon today after giving up his last two rides at Wincanton yesterday because of a muscle strain in his neck.

And that was a direct result of three falls he had at Newbury on Wednesday which left him battered and bruised and nursing stitches in a wound at the back of his head.