Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION

By Richard Dunwoody

HOW did we used to cope in the old days prior to all-weather racing? Well, there's little doubt that love it or hate it, it certainly keeps the show on the road and TALENT SCOUT (Wolverhampton, 20.50) looks a winter horse to follow judged on his win over course and distance last Saturday.

Lightly-raced and open to plenty of improvement, the four-year-old was having only his third race on Polytrack, when winning a low grade handicap under the floodlights. He had run with encouragement nine days previously, making eye-catching late progress over 6f and the step up to 7f plus the addition of blinkers worked the oracle in some style. The selection may not have beaten much but he flew home off a decent pace and could well turn out to be very well handicapped off a mark of just 57 tonight.

BRABAZON (Wolverhampton, 19.50) landed a notable touch at Lingfield on Tuesday for rookie Irish trainer Emmet Michael Butterly and also gave Freddie Mitchell a very easy winner on his first public ride. The manner of victory was impressive for the grade and failure to follow up would be a surprise.

Alan Swinbank must be fuming that the poor weather has come just as his team hits a fine patch of form but he is a handler to note on the all-weather at Southwell and PROUD TIMES (Southwell, 15.25) is one from one at the track. You can forget his last run at Wolverhampton as, after travelling so well for most of the race, his stamina gave out over the 1m 6f trip. His win at Southwell came over a mile and a half and the drop back to 1m 3f today should suit.

Richard's selections:

20:50 Wolverhampton 1pt win Talent Scout at SP

19:50 Wolverhampton 1pt win Brabazon at SP

15:25 Southwell 0.5pt e/w 1/4 1,2 Proud Times 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. Some of our winners since September : Lang Shining 9/2,Epic 7/2,Earlsmedic 7/2f,Ingleby Spirit 7/2f,Garton King 7/2,Dreamacha 10/3f,High Twelve 3/1f,Oldrik 11/4,Kartanian 11/4,Kilcrea Kim 5/2,Calypso Bay 5/2,Finch Flyer 9/4f,Vesuve 2/1,Physic Ability 2/1f & Mr Hudson 2/1. Last 2 months 14 points profit - 41% Strike-rate + 4 bets 4 winners last Thursday & Friday including Calypso Bay W5/2 by 9Ls.