McCoy breaks 100 at Carlisle

Tony McCoy sailed past the 100-winner mark for the season with a five-timer at Carlisle.

The perennial champion jockey, who is rapidly chasing down the major milestone of 4,000 winners over jumps, gave Jonjo O'Neill's Milan Bound a patient ride in the starsportsbet.co.uk Novices' Hurdle at Carlisle to bring up his century for the season, before following up in the same JP McManus colours on board Pendra, Upswing and Finding Your Feet.

The Charlie Longsdon-trained Pendra finished second in the Tolworth Hurdle last season and locked horns with a similarly smart prospect in Nicky Richards' Eduard in the Call Star Sports On 08000 521 321 Beginners' Chase.

The race was just hotting up at the second-last as Eduard was still on the bridle when he made a slight error which handed the initiative to the 4/5 favourite, who coasted home by three and three-quarter lengths.

Pendra was introduced at 20/1 with Sky Bet for next year's Arkle Trophy at the Cheltenham Festival.

That was win number 101 for McCoy, who hit the century mark in the opener on Milan Bound.

The 6/4 chance did not jump all that fluently but drew level with runner-up Fayette County and Blakemount at the final flight and came away from it well to win by half a length.

Upswing barely came off the bridle in the Star Sports Follow Us On Twitter @star-sportsbet Intermediate Handicap Hurdle.

Racing off a 6lb higher mark than when victorious over course and distance in March, the five-year-old travelled through the race with ease.

Coverholder gamely attempted to make all of the running, but McCoy hardly moved on the O'Neill-trained Upswing (7/4 favourite), who jumped into the lead at the last and won by a cosy three-quarters of a length.

Finding Your Feet (6/4 favourite) was by far the most fortunate of the quartet to take gold as Dickie Henderhoop fell at the last when clear in the first division of the Star Sports-sponsored two-and-a-half-mile handicap hurdle.

McCoy, who jumped the last in third, sensed his opportunity and his mount stayed on strongly to beat Rocking Blues by four lengths.

McCoy's fifth winner came aboard the Nicky Richards-trained Tutchec in the Star Sports Be Polite Handicap Chase.

The grey jumped for fun out in front for most of the way and the result rarely looked in doubt; the six year old was returned the 3/1 joint-favourite.