Personal Life
McCoy was born in Moneyglass, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. He is married to Chanelle and has a daughter named Eve.
McCoy stands at 1.78m (5'10") which is relatively tall for a jockey. In order to maintain a suitable racing weight, McCoy must keep his weight down to 63.5kg (10st). McCoy's natural weight, based on his physiology, should be about 75 kg (one and a half stone) more. McCoy's diet, similar to many jockeys, involves a strong mug of sugary tea for breakfast and one slice of toast (depending on the weight requirements for the afternoons racing). Breakfast is often followed by sweating in the bath for one hour. At the races, McCoy's lunch will again involve another cup of tea and a couple of jelly babies. After racing, McCoy eats dinner early to give his food time to digest. His evening meal commonly consists of lean meat or fish. He only eats dinner four times a week, so on the other three nights he goes to bed hungry. McCoy will sweat for an hour in the bath before bed.
He wrote an autobiography, McCoy in 2003, to follow up his first book, Real McCoy: My Life So Far, which was released in 1999. In 2011, the hardback of A.P.McCoy: My Autobiography was published. This new autobiography provided a more in depth look of his life to date, and focused on his relationship with wife Chanelle, winning the Grand National for the first time and being named BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2010.
McCoy is an avid Arsenal fan. The clash between Arsenal fixtures and race meetings means McCoy can only attend a handful of fixtures each season, commonly midweek European and domestic cup fixtures played on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. McCoy is a friend of Arsenal legend Ray Parlour and played a part in the naming of a racehorse The Romford Pele, in reference to Parlour's nickname during his playing days.
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