Tony McCoy has admitted that he felt "emotional" after announcing that he will retire from racing at the end of the current National Hunt season.

The 19-time champion jockey revealed his decision after securing his 200th win of the campaign at Saturday's meeting at Newbury.

The 40-year-old told Channel 4 Racing: "I want to go out at top, I want to go out as champion jockey and it will be my 20th year if I can win the jockeys' championship. I want to go out while I still enjoy riding and am still relatively at the top.

"It's emotional because I'm retiring from something I like doing. That's tough. I have been very lucky to have a great way of life for the last 25 years.

"It was something that was always in the back of my mind, I wanted to retire while I was champion jockey and I thought 20 championships was a good number. Time waits for no man in sport. It's not going to wait for me."

McCoy has ridden over 4,300 race winners during his career, including the 2010 Grand National on Don't Push It.