Since retiring as a jockey in 1999 Richard Dunwoody has travelled extensively and undertaken expeditions to both the Arctic and Antarctic. In 2003 he competed in the inaugural Polar Race to the Magnetic North Pole and in 2008 he completed an unsupported expedition to the South Pole, travelling around 700 miles on skis. In 2017, to raise funds for Sarcoma UK he walked the length of Japan's three largest islands covering over 2000 miles in 101 days.A racing pundit for the BBC, sports columnist, and motivational speaker, in January 2008 Richard also completed a gruelling 680-mile, 48-day trek on skis to the South Pole on a new route, one that Shackleton intended to take in 1915.
2009 saw Richard's (albeit brief!) appearance on the BBC hit show 'Strictly Come Dancing', an experience which he describes in his autobiography, 'Method in My Madness' as far more daunting than riding around the Aintree Grand National fences!
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