Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION

By Richard Dunwoody

BARRY HILLS has won two of the last four runnings of the Listed Leicestershire Stakes and ALYARF (Leicester, 15:35) has been aimed this year's renewal. Well regarded, the US-bred has Group entries at York next month, including in the Lockinge Stakes and the Golden Jubilee Stakes at Ascot is also an option.  He has speed to burn and was impressive in

Trainer of Alyarf Barry Hills

winning a listed race at Newmarket last May.  Now a four-year-old, he is very lightly-raced, capable of smart form and this race should be perfect en route to better things.

Richard Hannon has a tremendous record in the Bet365 Mile and PACO BOY (Sandown, 15:40) returns in a bid to make it back-to-back wins in the race.  Unbeaten at 7f, including in the Group 1 Total Prix De La Foret at Longchamps, the five-year-old has also proved himself very effective over a mile.  He won this Sandown race cosily last year but was more impressive in the Queen Anne Stakes, where he left the field for dead with a powerful burst of acceleration before the furlong pole.  His two flops in 2009 were easily explained, particularly in the Lockinge when it was found he had an infected off-fore hoof.  Hannon has a big season planned for Paco Boy, taking in the Lockinge and Queen Anne Stakes again and the yard could not be in ruder health at the moment.

THE PACKAGE (Sandown, 15:05) had an unhappy time of it in the Grand National but was in decent nick prior that and can bounce back in the Bet365 Gold Cup Chase.   He never threatened at Aintree and eventually ejected Graham Lee at the nineteenth.  Well backed that day, punters will be looking for recompense and Timmy Murphy, who knows the horse well, is back in the plate today.

Richard's selections:

15:35 Leicester 1 point win  Alyarf at SP

15:40 Sandown 1 point win Paco Boy at SP

15:05 Sandown 0.5 point e/w The Package at SP


About Richard Dunwoody

One of the greatest jockey’s in British racing history, Richard Dunwoody broke the previous record for the greatest number of career wins for a jump jockey of 1678 when Yorkshire Edition won at Wincanton. Richard went on to ride a career total of 1699 winners. That mark was finally beaten by Tony McCoy in August 2002. As an amateur jockey, he rode his first winner on Game Trust at Cheltenham in May 1983, and the following spring rode a four-timer at Hereford as a 7lb claimer. He was champion jockey for three seasons and is one of only four post war jockeys to have captured the illusive triple crown of the Gold Cup (Charter Party 1986), the Champion Hurdle (Kribensis 1990) and the Grand National (West Tip 1986 and Minnehoma 1994). Richard also rode more than 100 winners in ten consecutive seasons.  His best season saw him ride 197 winners in 1993/94. Yet, to most, he is most well known for his partnership with the iconic Desert Orchid. The pair won seven races, including the King George V1 Chase in 1989 and 1990.

Richard has undertaken various expeditions since hanging up his boots, including a 350-mile cross-country ski race to the Magnetic North Pole and in January this year completed an amazing 673 mile trek to the South Pole, something he considers his greatest ever achievement.

He joined the BBC racing team at Aintree this year, writes a column for the Daily Mirror pull-out section on Saturdays and is a consultant to the British Racing School at Newmarket, where he coaches young and up-and-coming jockeys.

Richard Dunwoody also runs his own highly successful racing service. Recent winners include Wayward Prince 4/5, Ginger Grey 9/4, Grey Command 11/10, Dvinsky 11/8, Clear Sailing 11/10, 'Shadows Lengthen 11/4, Gargano 11/8, Milans Man 11/10, Qozak 2/1, Oiseau De Nuit 2/1, Clear Sailing Evs, Wunder Strike 2/1, Ere Alfie 100/30, Doctor Pat 9/4 & What A Friend 11/2.