Dunwoody abandons comeback dream

FORMER champion jump jockey Richard Dunwoody will not be making a shock return to race riding.

He rode 1,699 winners in Britain plus 172 in Ireland and 10 abroad in 16 years in the saddle and was champion three times before a neck injury forced him to retire in December 1999.

Dunwoody, who is now 41, had his neck operated on in September by surgeon Peter Hamlyn.