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McCoy the win machine showed he was human as he shed tears of joy
2010 Grand National: magical McCoy finally does it
Had Sir Anthony McCoy not laid his Grand National hoodoo to rest at the start of the decade, you fancy he would still be riding to this day in search of the one big-race victory he craved most.
Obsessed does not come close to doing McCoy justice and for all his countless wins, big or small, the world's most famous race was the one he could not sleep easily without.
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- 'Don't wind up bookmakers - you might feel clever but your accounts won't last'
- 'There wouldn't be a day I don't think about those boys and their families'
- 'You want a bit of noise, a bit of life - and you have to be fair to punters'
- 'I take flak and it frustrates me - but I'm not going to wreck another horse'
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- We believed Dancing Brave could fly - and then he took off to prove it
- 'Don't wind up bookmakers - you might feel clever but your accounts won't last'
- 'There wouldn't be a day I don't think about those boys and their families'
- 'You want a bit of noise, a bit of life - and you have to be fair to punters'
- 'I take flak and it frustrates me - but I'm not going to wreck another horse'