Multiple champion jumps jockey A.P. McCoy captured his 25th Stobart Lesters jockey award at the Hilton Metropole in Birmingham late Tuesday evening, reported the Racing Post. McCoy was honored with the Stobart Jump Jockey of the Year for the 19th time, as well as the Jump Jockey Special Recognition Award. He was also awarded a BBC Sports Personality Of The Year award earlier this week. Apprentice Tom Marquand was voted Racing Excellence Apprentice of the Year, while trainer Jack Berry nabbed the Arc Flat Special Recognition award for his assistance in opening the Injured Jockeys Fund's Jack Berry House. Sean Bowen was honored with the Racing Excellence award for Conditional Jockeys and he topped a public poll for the Jumps Ride of the Year aboard Just A Par (Ire) in the bet365 Gold Cup. The Flat Ride of the Year went to David Nolan and Rex Imperator (GB) at Doncaster, while Cathy Gannon earned Great British Racing Lady Jockey for the third time. The 2015 Flat Champion Jockey Silvestre de Sousa rounded out the evening with a win as the Stobart Flat Jockey of the Year.
“This year's Stobart Lesters was a particularly special occasion, being the 25th anniversary of their creation and also marking the retirement of A.P. McCoy, hot on the heels of winning the lifetime achievement award at the Sports Personality of the Year Ceremony in Belfast at the weekend,” Professional Jockeys Association chief executive Paul Struthers told the Racing Post.
For more Stobart Lesters results, go to www.thepja.co.uk/.
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