sir tony

jockeys like there soup.

nothing against old AP but sounds like a right crawling fecker here

"For once words fail me,a knighthood is the greatest honour,feel very proud for myself, family & my sport"

getting SPOTY means more than this shyte.

Does sound a bit vomit inducing alright.

If you sign up for the UK honours then you must accept the principle of a monarchy as well as the history that comes with it. To be fair, these honours seem to be just hdaned out to anyone who plays a positive role in UK society. Do people really care about them or is it just another media driven piece of over hyped nonsense?

Any for james mcClean ?

Do people really care Jumping? I dunno what tis like in the UK but I'd say if we had it here there would be plenty of people hopping up and down looking for them.....

I thought this thread was about our very own Tony.

I,d refuse a honour chealts..im a republican..

The dress code at The Palace wouldn't suit you anyway Tony.

No surprise to see Fred the Rat spitting feathers at this news!

Properly applied there is nothing intrinsically wrong with "honours lists" , be they awarded by monarchs or governments . They should be used more sparingly though , and more recently there have been a spate of awards to sports people  , balancing out awards to post mistresses of 40 years service  etc .

Only one of the people I know  personally with an award did not deserve the recognition fully ( in my opinion ) as all they did was teach for a substantial part of their life  , hardly heroic or of outstanding contribution to society above the norm . Others have refused honours ( generally because of political connotations ) , some have the honour but "kept it quiet" , Northern Ireland being what it is  , GAA prominent members among them .

AP's interview surprised me a bit , I would have been taking the line that it was an award for the racing industry , a la SPOTY . And he certainly deserves the award for achievement compared with some people from other walks of life .  Living and working mainly in England an award is of much more significance than in Ireland  , society there being what it is  , and the people on the other side of the Irish Sea respond innately to anything associated with monarchy .

Wont do AP any harm , he is well grounded  , not sure exactly what sort of activity he will be involved in come a few years on though .