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Tony McCoy (Edredon Bleu, 2000 Champion Chase)

The strongest jockey in the weighing room and the most willing horse in training made Sir Anthony McCoy and Edredon Bleu a formidable duo, and the 2000 Champion Chase epitomised their characters.

On the sport's biggest stage, against a fiercely competitive field, both sides of the partnership revelled in the cauldron of Grade 1 battle.

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