I often wondered why it was that many of his fellow professionals had no time for the man
Jealousy one would have thought. McCoy has had a severely limiting effect on some jockey’s careers ‘taking up’ some 750 rides per season and winning at an unprecedented strike-rate. Likewise Taylor, who’s (now decreasing) dominance has dampened a generation of ambitious slingers.
The spat you referred to was indeed unedifying but the seed for it was some pretty childish pre-match comments from van Barneveld. Apologies were duly exchanged within five minutes.
Mike