It has been a long goodbye but now even Tony McCoy himself is starting to realise that the time has arrived to close the door. After drawing a blank in three races here at Ayr on Saturday, the number of rides left in his extraordinary, record-breaking career is down to single figures. One day more, at Sandown next Saturday, and McCoy will be the retired former champion jockey.
At least the season is changing around him, the lengthening days and rising temperatures a subliminal prop as he prepares to quit the only job he has ever known. The timing feels as right as it ever could. After a career that has set records that may never be approached, never mind broken, McCoy’s retirement seems as finely judged as some of his most memorable winning rides.
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