article_snippet: By the time AP McCoy traipsed in, ninth in the first race of AP McCoy last Cheltenham Festival, the acclaim for AP McCoy great friend and rival was ringing in AP McCoy ears.
article_snippet: In truth, AP McCoy has known plenty of days like this at Cheltenham before, and while AP McCoy will have felt disappointment, AP McCoy supporters in a record opening-day crowd of 63,000
article_snippet: Amid the drama AP McCoy fought hard to try to fulfil the expectations placed upon AP McCoy, perhaps more from a wider sporting public who have come to revere AP McCoy sustained excellence.
article_snippet: The cognoscenti know that there is little low hanging fruit for AP McCoy at Cheltenham this year, but there are still three days left to make this a fitting valedictory appearance.
article_snippet: AP McCoy has admitted that AP McCoy is anxious about the prospect of retirement, but afternoons such as on Tuesday might serve to ease the fear.
article_snippet: AP McCoy looks dejected after the final race, the Chaps Restaurants Barbados Novices’ Handicap Steeplechase .
article_snippet: AP was blaming AP McCoy, saying AP McCoy took on Faugheen at the top of the hill, and in chasing the winner it probably cost AP McCoy second or third and AP McCoy finished fourth,’ AP said.
article_snippet: If AP McCoy had ridden AP McCoy to be second to Faugheen then AP McCoy may well have been second.
article_snippet: AP McCoy was not to add to AP McCoy comparatively modest Festival tally of 30 winners, a total exceeded not just by Walsh but Barry Geraghty, too.
article_snippet: AP McCoy has tasted glory here — the Gold Cup win on Synchronised and the masterclass on Wichita Lineman in the 2009 William Hill —
article_snippet: but it is 17 years since AP McCoy was the leading jockey at this Bacchanalian jamboree.
article_snippet: McCoy, riding Bold Henry, pulled up with two fences left in the final race of the day .
article_snippet: McCoy, riding in McCoy last Cheltenham Festival, did not have the day McCoy would have hoped upon arrival .
article_snippet: Some revellers had gone home as McCoy set off in the last race, the exotically-named Chaps Restaurants Barbados Novices’ Handicap Steeplechase, on Bold Henry.
article_snippet: Afterwards McCoy had what looked like a lengthy inquest with the owner JP McManus before fairly sprinting back to the weighing room for the last time.
article_snippet: Afterwards McCoy was not in the mood to discuss the afternoon’s events, saying
article_snippet: Perhaps Afterwards McCoy could merely have pointed to the name of the horse who had started favourite and just come second in the final chase.
highlights_snippet: AP McCoy rode in five races  but could only manage a best place fourth .
  
highlights_snippet: This is AP McCoy's final Cheltenham Festival before retirement .