He said: “I never thought at any stage when I was coming here that there would be a statue of me.
“I’m very proud and very honoured.”
McCoy added: “For anybody that’s getting their picture with that statue, a lot of my friends would say that this statue has gotten a lot more personality than I have.”
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When quizzed on the statue earlier in the week, he had said: “I thought most people get a statue when they were dead.
“I guess it will give the birds somewhere to sit.”
The life-size bronze sculptor is the creation of Irishman Paul FerriterPA:Press AssociationAP McCoy is a legend of the Festival and is a two-time Cheltenham Gold Cup winnerAP:Associated PressAP McCoy said he was ‘very proud and very honoured’ to have the statue in his honourPA:Press AssociationAP McCoy won 31 races at the Cheltenham Festival during his careerGetty ImagesAP McCoys wife Chanelle looked on proudly as her husband unveiled the bronze sculpturePA:Press Association
McCoy was the leading jockey at two previous Festivals, winning 31 races during his career at Cheltenham.
He won the feature race for the first time with Mr Mulligan in 1997 before claiming his second Gold Cup victory 15 years later.
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