article_snippet.sent: When a jockey retires a jockey becomes just another little man.'
article_snippet.sent: To be a jockey is to live a life of denial, early nights, early mornings, restraint at the dinner table, water at the bar, long, hot baths to sweat out the weight that, in AP McCoy's case, lowered AP McCoy sperm count.
article_snippet.sent: What worries his – that people may think his is not the rider of old – is several years away, at least.
article_snippet.sent: Hence his fantasy of racing in disguise, without the burden of history. '
article_snippet.sent: I'd ride forever if I could,' his explained.
article_snippet.sent: The sheer number of times he took a race on sets he apart.
article_snippet.sent: the aptly named Mini Sensation at Exeter had recorded eight straight losses going into the race.