Taxi driver picks up AP McCoy, asks him if he's heard about the shock retirement of AP McCoy

EARLIER IN THE day legendary jump jockey AP McCoy surprised racing fans by announcing that he was retiring at the end of the season. After flying back into Dublin airport tonight, McCoy and his wife Chanelle hopped into a taxi.

Obviously the driver wanted to talk to his passengers about the big sporting news of the day, but it looks like he didn’t realise who he had in his back seat…

got into taxi at Dublin airport & taximan said to us 'did u hear McCoy is retiring'. We roared laughing & said he is McCoy. Nearly crashed!
— Chanelle McCoy (@mccoy_chanelle) February 7, 2015

Chanelle McCoy / Twitter

You know you’ve made it when Dublin taxi drivers are bringing you up to their passengers. I’m sure McCoy got a lot of nice messages today but being the talk of his taxi must be right up there with the best.

Taxi driver picks up AP McCoy, asks him if he's heard about the shock retirement of AP McCoy

Make the most of this season because it will be the last time you can ever back AP McCoy in a race

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