McCoy modestly insisted he did not deserve to win the honour as much as two jockeys who missed out in the past - the Northern Irishman's boyhood hero LesterPiggott and Frankie Dettori.
Happened to LesterPiggott: became OBE for services to the racing industry (or perhaps sport, but he was a jockey), was found to have more than just dodged taxes and he became plain Lester again in short order.