Grand National winning jockey Tony McCoy was fined for using his mobile phone while driving just hours after his victory in the world's greatest steeplechase.In an article on the Daily Telegraph website, the champion jockey described how he had been pulled over by police while on the phone to his mother after riding Don't Push It to victory at his 15th attempt at Aintree."After the racing and all the interviews were done, I drove into Liverpool and I hadn't gone more than a few hundred yards whe

Grand National winning jockey Tony McCoy was fined for using his mobile phone while driving just hours after his victory in the world's greatest steeplechase.

In an article on the Daily Telegraph website, the champion jockey described how he had been pulled over by police while on the phone to his mother after riding Don't Push It to victory at his 15th attempt at Aintree.

"After the racing and all the interviews were done, I drove into Liverpool and I hadn't gone more than a few hundred yards when the police pulled me over for talking on my mobile phone," McCoy wrote.

"I couldn't believe it when they did me for three points - you would have thought that on Saturday of all days they might have let me off, especially as I was on the phone to my mum at home in Ireland."

The Telegraph reported that McCoy was fined the equivalent of almost $A50 and lost three points on his driving licence for answering his mother's call.

Police said: "We can confirm that a 35-year-old man from Oxfordshire was issued with a fixed penalty notice for using a mobile phone while driving."