You might be surprised to learn that the jockey, Tony McCoy, has a novel out called 'Taking the Fall'. It's about a young jockey named Duncan Claymore who "has the talent and the tenacity, but he also has his demons".
And it sounds like a pretty saucy affair if this extract tweeted by Malachy Clerkin is anything to go by.
AP McCoy's first novel looks to be, ahem, a racy number pic.twitter.com/owGtGpKsYM
— Malachy Clerkin (@MalachyClerkin) December 6, 2013
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