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Tony McCoy Jumps Back to the Top of the BBC Sports Personality Betting 04/07/10

William Hill have shortened the Grand National winning jockey Tony McCoy from 7-2 to 2-1 favourite to be crowned the 2010 BBC Sports Personality of the year. The 36-year-old Northern Irish man regained the favourites tag following Andy Murray defeat to Rafa Nadal at Wimbledon.

Murray, who was heavily backed to win the BBC award, is now the 7-1 second favourite for the gong, whilst the US Open winning golfer - Graeme McDowell is the 8-1 third favourite.

Other contenders for the award include the F1 racing drivers Lewis Hamilton (10-1) and Jenson Button (16-1), the WBA World Heavyweight Boxing champion David Haye (14-1), and the multiple PDC World Darts champion Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor (16-1).

England striker Wayne Rooney is now a 66-1 shot for the award following England’s dismal performance in the World Cup.

‘If Tony McCoy is ever going to win the award – then this looks likes the year.’ said Hills spokesman Tony Kenny ‘All of the other contenders seem to be doing their best to hand the award to AP, and it’ll take a big performance by one of Britain’s sporting icons to wrestle the favourites tag from the 15 time champion jockey.’

‘Graeme McDowell is obviously a big contender, but the US Open didn’t finish until around 1am – so you’d have to wonder how many people actually watched the climax of the event.’

BBC SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR: (William Hill bet)

2-1 Tony McCoy 7-1 Andy Murray, 8-1 Graeme McDowell,10-1 Lewis Hamilton, 14-1 David Haye, 16-1 Jenson Button, 16-1 Phil Taylor 20-1 Lee Westwood, 20-1 Amy Williams, 25-1 Rory McIlroy, 25-1 Bradley Wiggins, 33-1 Kevin Pietersen, 33-1 Amir Khan, 40-1 Mark Cavendish, 66-1 Andrew Strauss, 66-1 Tom Daley, 66-1 Ian Poulter 66-1 Wayne Rooney, 66-1 Beth Tweddle 66-1 Paula Radcliffe, 66-1 Justin Rose 66-1 Paul Collingwood, 80-1 Bar