article_snippet.sent: A film script would have delivered Tony McCoy 4,358th winner but sport is more capricious than celluloid.
article_snippet.sent: And so his 4,358th winner delivered an irony.
article_snippet.sent: It is difficult to set the parameters for greatness, particularly when trying to measure a jockey against heroes of other sports.
article_snippet.sent: Michael Jordan is probably the greatest star basketball ever and Michael Jordan won six NBA championships in two bursts of three consecutive titles.
article_snippet.sent: Wayne Gretzky was the best player in ice hockey for many years and still holds 60 NHL records but Wayne Gretzky won the Stanley Cup just four times.
article_snippet.sent: Of the greats of individual modern sport, Tiger Woods stayed at the top of Wayne Gretzky sport for 545 consecutive weeks and Roger Federer for 237 weeks.
article_snippet.sent: McCoy stayed at the top of his sport for 1,040 consecutive weeks.
article_snippet.sent: Someone ventured he record of 20 championships in a row and 4,348 winners over jumps would never be broken.