Mr Mulligan 1997 Cheltenham Gold Cup

[MrSweet1996]

he stayed on so well you gotta give credit to the horse not just the jockey

[MEECHIO]

Ladies Ladies, they're both brilliant jockeys so lets embrace their brilliance while we can rather than bicker over who is the best...!! Merry Christmas by the way.:-))

[julzyboy1973]

so are you saying that any jockey could have won the Hennessy on Denman? easy ride??

Was Kauto Star an easy ride in the Betfair? Walsh was pure class that day.

Of course AP is a great jockey but I prefer Walsh. What is so wrong in that?

If Darren Bent scores more goals than Wayne Rooney this season, does that mean that Bent is better? AP will get more winners than Walsh but it does not make him a better jockey. You disagree which is fine. Life would be boring if we all had the same opinion

[julzyboy1973]

Is this the only gold cup McCoy has won?

He does not win many of the big races considering all of those 3000 winners.

[keithwellerlounge74]

I know what you mean m8 I think its just 1 gold cup and 1 champion hurdle and don't think he's had the champion chase and he hasn't had the national. But then again I suppose if he's not on the right horses......

[julzyboy1973]

not a big fan of McCoy think Walsh is a far better jockey but he did give Henessy a great ride in the Whitbread at Sandown

[madwithit88]

I think I'm in the majority when I say McCoy is a better jockey than Walsh. Although Walsh comes a close second.

[greggles1902]

mccoy is different class from walsh. walsh steers horses. how many races does ap win from a losing position...id say more than anyone else. walsh rides the nicholls and mullins horses so at the moment he is gunna win loads of big races. call equiname won a queen mother. walsh doesnt make the horses mind up for them .. thats why he has so many last fence blunders etc.

[julzyboy1973]

"McCoy is different class from Walsh" that is your opinion and you are entitled to it. AP is hard on horses just as JJ O'N was.

McCoy on Exotic Dancer and a JP horse Wichita Linesman gave them such hard races that they dropped down dead. 3000 winners yeah but how many losers. Its same as statistics say Scudamore was better than Dunwoody. But Scu had all the winning rides from Pipe who was cleaning up. But we all know that Dunwoody was a far better jockey.

[dailystar1]

Yes the only Gold Cup..hes still never won the Grand National

[greggles1902]

what........?????? he has won every big race there is exept the national. won the queen mother on call equiname. stole the champion on make a stand....great ride. im sick of people saying walsh is a better jockey or 'horseman'. he is neither. when things go wrong he unbalances horses and doesnt make up their minds. jockeys are about being great race riders...and mccoy is the master. plus i think its very stupid to say his hard rides killed exotic dancer.

[julzyboy1973]

you think McCoy is different class from Walsh and I disagree. Get over it.

[julzyboy1973]

Mick Fitzgerald rode Call Equiname so shows what you know

[greggles1902]

sorry for mistake...meant edredon bleu in the queen mum

[julzyboy1973]

no worries.

[julzyboy1973]

My original point was about AP not winning many big races.

AP has won 1 King George, 1 Gold Cup, 2 Champion Hurdles, 1 Queen Mother.

Ruby has won 2 Grand Nationals, 3 King Georges, 2 Gold Cups, 3 Queen Mothers and a Hennesy Gold Cup.

Who has had more winners at the festival with less rides? Walsh NOT McCoy

[joeyjoejoe6w]

Who has been the champion jockey 14YEARS IN A ROW!!! and who has never been a champion jockey..... ruby wins big races cos he has big trainers behind him..... if he didnt have nicholls n mullins he wudnt 3/4 the winners hes had......sure sma thomas won the gold cup on denman do u think sam is a better jockey no because the top horses in that yard are the top horses in jump racing so theyre de easiest rides

[noblewestham]

£500 to win at 20-1.

Thank You!!!!!!