AP McCoy will close his career with two rides at Sandown, racing Mr Mole and Box Office on Saturday

  • 20-time champion AP McCoy's penultimate race will be with Mr Mole 
  • His last mount is Box Office in the 20-runner Handicap Hurdle 
  • McCoy's closes the curtain on a glittering career at Sandown on Saturday 

AP McCoy will have two rides on his final day as a professional jockey at Sandown on Saturday.

The 20-time champion jockey has been booked for Mr Mole in the Grade One AP McCoy Celebration Chase at 3.15.

His last ever mount will be Box Office in the Bet365 Handicap Hurdle which has drawn a 20-runner line-up.

AP McCoy will race at Sandown on Saturday for the last time before he retires after a successful career

AP McCoy will race at Sandown on Saturday for the last time before he retires after a successful career

McCoy's last ever mount will be Box Office in the Bet365 Handicap Hurdle, which has 20 runners

McCoy's last ever mount will be Box Office in the Bet365 Handicap Hurdle, which has 20 runners

McCoy's penultimate race comes on Mr Mole in the Grade One AP McCoy Celebration Chase

McCoy's penultimate race comes on Mr Mole in the Grade One AP McCoy Celebration Chase

The race which was scheduled to be the last on the card has been moved forward to 4.25 and Channel 4 will extend their broadcast to show McCoy’s finale.

There is no mount for McCoy in the feature Bet365 Gold Cup.

The bookings mean McCoy’s last two rides will be in the colours of his boss, owner JP McManus.

Mr Mole was the Paul Nicholls-trained chaser on which McCoy rode his 200th winner of the season at Newbury in February before announcing he was to retire at the the end of the season.

Box Office is trained by Jonjo O’Neill, who supplied his 2010 Grand National winner Don’t Push It.

 

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