PHOTO GALLERY
Sandown Park
Saturday 25 April 2015 – Champion
Jockey Presentation & Race 3
– AP McCoy & Celebration Chase
(Grade 1)
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Friends
and colleagues form a guard of honour as
AP arrives in the Parade Ring to collect his 20th
Champion Jump Jockeys’ title. 25 April 2015 |
AP
and family on the podium 25 April 2015 |
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Ex-Arsenal
footballer Ian Wright presents
the trophy to AP 25 April 2015 |
AP
poses with the Champion
Jump Jockey trophy 25
April 2015 |
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Colleagues
Andrew Thornton and David Casey hoist
AP onto their shoulders 25
April 2015 |
AP
poses with his wife Chanelle and
son Archie; daughter Eve is
probably too small to be seen
above the crowd! 25
April 2015 |
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AP
tours the perimeter of the Parade Ring so
everyone can take a close-up photograph 25
April 2015 |
I
wonder if this is the first time JP McManus has
been asked to autograph someone’s tie! He’s
obviously a fan, as the tie is green and gold. 25
April 2015 |
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Race
3: Celebration
Chase (Grade 1) Sprinter
Sacre and Mr Mole head
to the Parade Ring 25 April 2015 |
Race
3: Celebration
Chase (Grade 1) Somersby
heads to the Parade Ring 25 April 2015 |
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Race
3: Celebration
Chase (Grade 1) On
the rhododendron walk; the
Paul Nicholls-trained Mr Mole and
AP McCoy, the latter’s penultimate career ride 25
April 2015 |
Race
3: Celebration
Chase (Grade 1) Ditto 25
April 2015 |
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Race
3: Celebration
Chase (Grade 1) On
the rhododendron walk; the
excitable Somersby is led down to the
racecourse. He will be ridden by
Brian Hughes 25
April 2015 |
Race
3: Celebration
Chase (Grade 1) On
the rhododendron walk; the
Tom George-trained God’s Own, ridden
by Paddy Brennan 25
April 2015 |
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Race
3: Celebration
Chase (Grade 1) On
the rhododendron walk; the
Paul Nicholls-trained Vibrato Valtat, ridden
by Sam Twiston-Davies 25
April 2015 |
Race
3: Celebration
Chase (Grade 1) On
the rhododendron walk; the
Evan Williams-trained Court Minstrel, ridden
by Paul Moloney 25
April 2015 |
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Race
3: Celebration
Chase (Grade 1) On
the rhododendron walk; The
Nicky Henderson-trained Sprinter Sacre ridden
by Nico de Boinville 25
April 2015 |
Race
3: Celebration
Chase (Grade 1) On
the rhododendron walk; Irish-raider,
the Henry de Bromhead-trained Special
Tiara ridden by Noel Fehily 25
April 2015 |
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Race
3: Celebration
Chase (Grade 1) Two
fences jumped and one circuit to go; Special
Tiara leads the way ... 25
April 2015 |
Race
3: Celebration
Chase (Grade 1) ...
and Special Tiara wins by 6 lengths 25
April 2015 |
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Race
3: Celebration
Chase (Grade 1) Sprinter
Sacre finishes 2nd, Mr
Mole 3rd 25
April 2015 |
Race
3: Celebration
Chase (Grade 1) Vibrato
Valtat beats Somersby by a nose for 4th position; with
loose horse God’s Own who fell at the 2nd fence 25
April 2015 |
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Race
3: Celebration
Chase (Grade 1) Vibrato
Valtat and connections return 25
April 2015 |
Race
3: Celebration
Chase (Grade 1) Somersby
returns; in the foreground are Harry Derham and
Paul Nicholls’ wife Georgie 25
April 2015 |
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Race
3: Celebration
Chase (Grade 1) Winning
jockey Noel Fehily is interviewed by
Channel 4’s Alice Plunkett 25
April 2015 |
Race
3: Celebration
Chase (Grade 1) Ditto 25
April 2015 |

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