They have been at the top of their game on the racecourse but how will the quartet of AP McCoy, John Francome, Peter Scudamore and Richard Dunwoody cope within the famous Olympia arena? The team received a ‘lesson’ from top showjumping trainer Graham Fletcher ahead of their appearance in the Markel Champions Challenge (15 December) — in aid of the Injured Jockeys Fund — when they will go head-to-head against Frankie Dettori and his team of Flat jockeys.
Easy-peasy
The 20-time champion jump jockey AP McCoy makes this showjumping malarkey look easy...
Models in the making?
Team captain AP McCoy poses alongside Richard Dunwoody (left), Peter Scudamore (second left) and John Francome (right)
From racing to showjumping
Richard Dunwoody takes to the saddle aboard a horse borrowed from team trainer Graham Fletcher
Up for the challenge
The jump boys — who have 38 jump jockeys' titles between them — pose with their trainer Graham Fletcher, who they hope is going to guide them to victory at Olympia
Looking like pros…
Should the Flat boys be worried? The champion ex-jump jockeys may have a combined age of 219, but they say they're a force to be reckoned with...
A missing horse?
Francome, where has your horse gone?! Let's hope he finds it by the time Olympia comes round...
Looking good AP
Team captain AP McCoy will partner a borrowed horse from Graham Fletcher's yard
Back in the saddle
Peter Scudamore started riding again in the summer, after a seven-year hiatus, in a bid to get fit for the challenge at Olympia
Hmmm, taking a flyer?
We reckon that was a racing stride there, AP...
‘We can do this!’
John Francome leads the charge (no they are not at a Pony Club rally...)
