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The turf

AP McCoy’s last chance for a fairy-tale ending

The Grand National wasn’t his grand finale - on to Sandown!

18 April 2015

9:00 AM

18 April 2015

9:00 AM

It all depends how you like your fairy tales. OK, so we would have loved the retiring Tony ‘AP’ McCoy, 20 years a champion, to have won his last Grand National on Shutthefrontdoor, owned by his long-time patron J.P. McManus, jump racing’s biggest benefactor. But fate rarely reads the full script and this year’s National went instead to the talented Many Clouds, owned by Trevor Hemmings, another who has poured a fortune into racing.

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