Walk-over at Southwell this afternoon Tony McCoy enjoyed the first walk-over of his long and illustrious career on Larks Lad in the Automate Your Strategy With Bet Angel Beginners' Chase at Southwell. The Nicky Henderson-trained seven-year-old was left to collect all the prize money for owner Trevor Hemmings after his sole rival Fred Kennet was withdrawn earlier in the day after suffering a slight injury. "It's hard to believe I'd had all those winners without any walk-overs. Hopefully, there will be a few more to come!" McCoy told At The Races. "I've ridden in a couple of match races, but this is the first walk-over which is nice. "I wouldn't get into the trouble I got into on Sunday if there were walk-overs!" The 16-times champion jump jockey also reflected on the five-day ban he incurred for breaching the new whip rules at Ffos Las on Sunday. He was found to have used his whip once more than the permitted eight times on Jonjo O'Neill's Caddie Master, runner-up in a three-mile handicap hurdle. "It's become a bit repetitive. You just worry that sometimes the best horse is not winning," he went on. "We've got to keep everybody happy and we're just worried the best horse sometimes isn't winning. "You've got punters who are not happy and owners not happy and jockeys not happy. We are the ones doing our best and we get punished the most, obviously. "Every governing body has rules and we've got to try to abide by them."
