Being AP Page #4

and fill some trumps, Master Fortune.

He's so much experience and what he tells you

about them, you take it on board really,

and nine times out of ten it comes true,

you know, so having him on is a great help.

- He seems happy enough taking the big ones.

- Mmm. Yeah.

Oh, he's clever, I suppose that's clever.

I like to see him do that.

- Yeah, he's very good. Yeah.

- He's good and brave, yeah?

But intelligent like 'cause he is a bit...

He was over the hurdle,

he was a little bit grabby, you know?

Whoa...

Whoa...

He has the horses

basically talking to him really,

and he makes them do

what they're supposed to do

- and gives them a lot of confidence doing it.

- Whoa...

Not everybody has

that magical effect really.

If he rides a horse

for the first time,

that horse has an uncanny knack

of improving once he's sat on it.

It's uncanny how many times he's won

on horses which shouldn't have won a race.

Something he gets

which the horse responds to,

and it happens so many times,

it can't be coincidence,

it's as if the horse

gets him on their back,

and the horse grows in confidence,

so the next time it runs,

it's, "I quite like this."

His mentality is exceptional,

his knowledge of the formbook,

you can ring up and ask him any horse,

he would know of what that horse can do.

The feedback he gives the trainer,

you mean a horse might need blinkers,

or it might need to be held up at the back,

and then the horse suddenly improves.

Yeah, there's better ground out

there, you can see the divots on the end.

And then he'd be... He'd run on like...

We've done his palette,

we did it in August.

At some point, you might think

about doing the whole job,

because that's why he's doing

what he's doing.

Do you know what, Luke?

I think he's been picking

his rides a little bit, too,

because he's so desperate to do it

in JP's colours.

When you get someone

that is as successful as JP McManus,

he's polite, he's quiet,

he's not exuberant.

If he goes ten ahead of you,

and you jump off with him,

- that's fine. At least he ends.

- Yeah.

You know,

he sees in somebody like JP,

somebody who's unbelievably loyal.

Don't give him a gift.

Don't give him a f***ing gift.

He's become really,

really close to JP and JonJo,

they've got a little bond between them.

There's AP, kinda looking for us, eh?

AP!

How are you AP?

He's lazy enough, if you have to hit a

slought now don't be fighting him a slought.

Because he is lazy, I'm telling you,

he's f***ing gone a bit old fashioned.

Yeah. Yeah.

You shouldn't have to.

And here is AP McCoy,

in the green and yellow hoops

of JP McManus,

trained by JonJo O'Neil, white cap.

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