article_snippet.sent: They came to see AP McCoy AP McCoy deliver the Hollywood ending to AP McCoy record-breaking career, but instead it was left to a jockey previously regarded as a popular journeyman to secure AP McCoy place in Aintree folklore by winning the Crabbie’s Grand National.
article_snippet.sent: How grateful AP McCoy is now that that spell away recharged AP McCoy batteries.
article_snippet.sent: One of the first to congratulate the winning jockey was McCoy.
article_snippet.sent: But there still seemed a big chance of glory for McCoy, who had positioned Shutthefrontdoor close behind the leaders throughout.
article_snippet.sent: McCoy said: ‘McCoy ran a blinder.
article_snippet.sent: I was delighted with McCoy.
article_snippet.sent: McCoy was just a little fresh and didn’t get home.
article_snippet.sent: The mass plunge predicted by the bookmakers on McCoy’s mount didn’t quite materialise and McCoy’s failure to secure the 4,348th victory of McCoy’s career on the Jonjo O’Neill-trained 6-1 favourite saved the bookmakers on McCoy’s mount up to £50
article_snippet.sent: million.the bookmakers on McCoy’s mount had predicted successful McCoy and Shuthefrontdoor, carrying the money of thousands of once-a-year punters would cost thousands of once-a-year punters in the region of £50million.
article_snippet.sent: A disappointed McCoy after finishing fifth in McCoy final Grand National before retiring .
article_snippet.sent: McCoy opens the newly named McCoy's bar before the race on Saturday .
article_snippet.sent: Before racing, McCoy, inducted into the Aintree Hall of Fame on Thursday, had been honoured when the newly named McCoy's bar was renamed in his honour.
article_snippet.sent: On Saturday may not have gone to script but, for years to come in McCoy’s, they will toast the patron saint of punters and McCoy never-say-die attitude.
article_snippet.sent: Plenty would argue McCoy achievements make McCoy worthy of mention in the same breath as the great Australian batsman Sir Don Bradman, who, back in 1948, needed to score only four runs in McCoy final Test innings to end with a batting average of 100.
article_snippet.sent: McCoy was out for a second-ball duck
article_snippet.sent: Driving away from Aintree last night, McCoy McCoy will have known exactly how The Don must have felt.
highlights_snippet.sent: AP McCoy finished fifth on Shutthefrontdoor in AP McCoy final ever National .
  