Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION

By Richard Dunwoody

SATURDAY sees the close of Glorious Goodwood 2010 and there will be few more popular winners than MIDDAY (Goodwood, 15:05) in the Nassau Stakes for the resurgent Henry Cecil.

This Group 1 race for mares and fillies went to the selection last year, despite the fact she was nearly withdrawn due to the rain-softened going.  However, it turned out to be only a minor inconvenience as she dominated the race, staying on powerfully to win by two and a quarter-lengths.  She was below par next time in the Prix De L'Opera at Longchamps but bounced back in awesome style at Santa Anita a month later, giving Cecil his first taste of glory at the Breeders' Cup. 

It's great to see her kept in training for another year and her season has been planned to take in top summer and autumn races, including an attempt to retain her crown in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf.  In the meantime, she is reported in great shape at home and she can make it back-to-back wins at Goodwood, with the French raider Stacelita looking the main danger.

Richard Hannon likes to target the two-year-old maiden and PAUSANIAS (Goodwood, 16:15) can make it three wins from the last four runnings.  The Kyllachy colt is part-owned by Sir Alex Ferguson and should lack nothing in preparation from a yard so dominant in the juvenile division.  Richard Hughes is riding out of his skin at the moment and deserves all the plaudits that are coming his way.

No doubt Hughes will go close on Eucharist in the nursery but it's hard to ignore DOLLY PARTON (Goodwood, 16:50).  David Nicholls has made this race his own for the past four years and will have laid out the speedy filly. She may only have won a seller last time but she is fast and Nicholls does not tilt at windmills.

Richard's selections:

15:05 Goodwood 1pt win  Midday at SP

16:15 Goodwood 1pt win Pausanias at SP

16:50 Goodwood 0.5pt e/w 1/4 1,2,3,4 Dolly Parton 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 Milhu 9/4, Strike A Deal 15/8, Pro Pell 11/2, Day Of The Eagle 10/3, Boogie Waltzer 10/3, Mostly Bob 3/1, Aviate 11/4, Shalamiyr 2/1, Kajima 15/8, Feathered Crown 15/8, Penang Cinta 15/8