Legend AP McCoy..for me there is no better personality than lads who risk there lifes every day...summed up last weekend when Jack Tyner a 19 year old jump jockey died from his injuries in a point to point fall in Ireland..brave lads and no one deserved this more than AP..a true champion
i love seeing a sport that is so underestimated ,,,, jockeys are underestimated starving themselves on little or nothing and getting up at the break of dawn to conrol an animal of a half tonne weight ,,,and year in year out being flung from horses and breaking every bone in their body !!!well done A.P
@BSohalonly1 Have you ever played darts? If you have you'll know how tough it is. Like all other sports, at an elite level it requires huge concentration, skill and focus...and yes, a physical outlay too - most games are played out over a couple of hours. Of course you can play it as a hobby, just like you can with snooker, cricket or golf. But at a competitive level, it ticks all the boxes required of a sport - that's why UK Sport classified it as one. So do me a favour mate...jog on.
@bahboro you are recognising challenges that meet the jockey, but make up an opinion about other sports without knowing much about them and what challenges the competitors face
Amy Williams should have won it, she was the only one to win a gold medal on a global scale in an actual sport (Darts never has and never will be a sport).
Amy Williams is an amazing athlete but look at the life of AP McCoy and see what he did and the price his body has paid to achieve what he has achieved and I'm sure you'll agree he was more than a worthy winner. Amy Williams is great, no doubt but AP McCoy is a legend.
You do not have to be rude, i concede that my point about F1 driver and car was wrong and misplaced. I fully respect what the F1 driver can do with machine. Please take into consideration the difference in earnins although that has nothing to do with the statement. Jump jockey gets £130 a ride in not a exactly predictable sport. I am not brainless and you are rude.
Fine. Any sports person deserves what they get out of their chosen profession. Many are grossly over paid but that is a totally different argument however. These animals are bred to run and live a privileged life and again this is a totally different argument. Many comments are made regarding horses used in racing involving the use of the whip normally very misplaced and without knowledge.
twotellys12 Brainless comment. You obviously believe a jockey does not need of posses any tactical qualities, judgment of tempo, balance, bravery, dedication, motivation, strength. Forget how dangerous a sport it is, forget he starves himself. How many sportspersons go out and compete hungry and severely dehydrated before they start? Do you know what gets a jockey through these situations I will tell you adrenalin and a desire to win. Formula 1 is about the vehicle not the driver.
@pinnochio007 it definately shouldve been phil, the powuuuurrrrrr taylorrrrrrrrr! but apparently, darts is not a sport. they are probably right there mind haha.
darts, perhaps it shouldn't be called a sport, because in darts there are no excuses ... there are no bad calls, weather conditions, illegal equipment, huge contracts and all the rest that goes along with football, baseball, basketball, american football and the like ... its four to five hours a day on the pratice board ... perhaps darts is a sport ... and everything else is just a pastime
@DiscoveryCR A proper athlete, imagine other countries watching this, like russia, china etc etc with the unbelievable athletes they have watching this having a right laugh.
this shows what is exactly wrong in british sport. Being a jockey is very hard don't get me wrong but come on you can't put it on a level with athletics, weightlifting, gymnastics, swimming, wrestling, etc etc sportsmen and women. And anyone even trying to justify phil taylor being up there is having a laugh the guy probably gets out of breath walking up stairs.
Woooo he wn the national who cares lots of people won it they wernt nominated alright 15 times champion thats a load of balls 2 horse racing is fixed bottom line he shouldnt have won it should have gone too a real sports man like phil taylor!
Probably the only time I've seen The Power so happy being the runner-up lol! Well done Phil!
Finally darts is recognised for what it is.....a SPORT. Get in Phil!
This was a great win for darts even if he didn’t win the award at least the sport got recognition
One of the greatest sportsmen ever. FACT
Legend AP McCoy..for me there is no better personality than lads who risk there lifes every day...summed up last weekend when Jack Tyner a 19 year old jump jockey died from his injuries in a point to point fall in Ireland..brave lads and no one deserved this more than AP..a true champion
AP McCoy deseverves to win this award 100 times over! He is undoubtedly the best jockey!!! No one deserved this more than him!
i love seeing a sport that is so underestimated ,,,, jockeys are underestimated starving themselves on little or nothing and getting up at the break of dawn to conrol an animal of a half tonne weight ,,,and year in year out being flung from horses and breaking every bone in their body !!!well done A.P
what is the song when
jessica ennis come to stage
Legend AP he got 290 thousand votes and Taylor was second with 70 thousand...sais it all !
@MRWanderer95 It's called 'Glorious' by Andreas Johnson.
What´s the song called that Jessica comes on to?
AP McCoy, one of two men to win both BBC and RTE. sports personality of the year. Who is the other you ask? Barry McGuigan.
what was the song at the start? It sounded epic!
"Just drive" by Alistair Griffin I think
@BSohalonly1 Have you ever played darts? If you have you'll know how tough it is. Like all other sports, at an elite level it requires huge concentration, skill and focus...and yes, a physical outlay too - most games are played out over a couple of hours. Of course you can play it as a hobby, just like you can with snooker, cricket or golf. But at a competitive level, it ticks all the boxes required of a sport - that's why UK Sport classified it as one. So do me a favour mate...jog on.
Whats that song that plays, when Phil Taylor comes in?
+Ondřej Adámek Glorious by Andreas Johnson
+xoxGeordie66xox Thanx :-)
@bahboro you are recognising challenges that meet the jockey, but make up an opinion about other sports without knowing much about them and what challenges the competitors face
ap is a true champion..true legend and 10 times better than Ruby Walsh..
Amy Williams should have won it, she was the only one to win a gold medal on a global scale in an actual sport (Darts never has and never will be a sport).
Amy Williams is an amazing athlete but look at the life of AP McCoy and see what he did and the price his body has paid to achieve what he has achieved and I'm sure you'll agree he was more than a worthy winner.
Amy Williams is great, no doubt but AP McCoy is a legend.
Zara Philips was WORLD CHAMPION AND EUROPEAN CHAMPION!! She totally deserved to win
She had her moment.
@pinnochio007 He looked well chuffed at getting 2nd though :)
You do not have to be rude, i concede that my point about F1 driver and car was wrong and misplaced. I fully respect what the F1 driver can do with machine. Please take into consideration the difference in earnins although that has nothing to do with the statement. Jump jockey gets £130 a ride in not a exactly predictable sport. I am not brainless and you are rude.
Fine. Any sports person deserves what they get out of their chosen profession. Many are grossly over paid but that is a totally different argument however. These animals are bred to run and live a privileged life and again this is a totally different argument. Many comments are made regarding horses used in racing involving the use of the whip normally very misplaced and without knowledge.
No love for G-mac. Don't worry we'll credit him in his own country.
the power isnt an athelete how should he have won it ap is a genius 15 times in a row champion jockey legend
G-mac should have won!
twotellys12 Brainless comment.
You obviously believe a jockey does not need of posses any tactical qualities, judgment of tempo, balance, bravery, dedication, motivation, strength. Forget how dangerous a sport it is, forget he starves himself. How many sportspersons go out and compete hungry and severely dehydrated before they start? Do you know what gets a jockey through these situations I will tell you adrenalin and a desire to win. Formula 1 is about the vehicle not the driver.
@pinnochio007 it definately shouldve been phil, the powuuuurrrrrr taylorrrrrrrrr! but apparently, darts is not a sport. they are probably right there mind haha.
The great Kevin Darley in the audience.
Phil looks chuffed to bits
Taylor should have won
Legend! Greatest jockey there's ever been
Who !,the power should have won it
should of been swanny
darts, perhaps it shouldn't be called a sport, because in darts there are no excuses ... there are no bad calls, weather conditions, illegal equipment, huge contracts and all the rest that goes along with football, baseball, basketball, american football and the like ... its four to five hours a day on the pratice board ... perhaps darts is a sport ... and everything else is just a pastime
@DiscoveryCR A proper athlete, imagine other countries watching this, like russia, china etc etc with the unbelievable athletes they have watching this having a right laugh.
this shows what is exactly wrong in british sport. Being a jockey is very hard don't get me wrong but come on you can't put it on a level with athletics, weightlifting, gymnastics, swimming, wrestling, etc etc sportsmen and women. And anyone even trying to justify phil taylor being up there is having a laugh the guy probably gets out of breath walking up stairs.
GBDazzler awful comment
Fucking legend
loll.. hes a gooner....
Woooo he wn the national who cares lots of people won it they wernt nominated alright 15 times champion thats a load of balls 2 horse racing is fixed bottom line he shouldnt have won it should have gone too a real sports man like phil taylor!
Stephen Flynn 😂😂😂😂😂😂
They fixed 4000 races did they?