Gordon Richards (jockey)

Sir Gordon Richards
Gordon Richards, in the colours of J. A. Dewar (Gallaher's cigarette card, 1936)
OccupationJockey
Born5 May 1904
Donnington Wood, Telford
Died10 November 1986(1986-11-10) (aged 82)
Kintbury, Berkshire
Career wins4,870 (from 21,843 rides)
Major racing wins
British Classic Race wins:
1000 Guineas Stakes (1942, 1948, 1951)
2000 Guineas Stakes (1938, 1942, 1947)
Derby Stakes (1953)
Oaks Stakes (1930, 1942)
St Leger Stakes (1930, 1937, 1940, 1942, 1944)
Other major race wins:
Gold Cup (1934, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1952)
Champion Stakes (1932, 1933, 1942, 1943, 1947)
Coronation Cup (1937, 1939)
Coronation Stakes (1951)
Dewhurst Stakes (1936, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1948, 1952)
Eclipse Stakes (1938)
Goodwood Cup (1932, 1934)
July Cup (1933, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953)
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (1953)
Middle Park Stakes (1933, 1937, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1953)
Nunthorpe Stakes (1939, 1949, 1950, 1952)
St. James's Palace Stakes (1947, 1949, 1952)
Sussex Stakes (1928, 1936, 1937, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1952)
Racing awards
British flat racing Champion Jockey 26 times
Honours
Knighthood (1953), Honorary Member of the Jockey Club (1970)
Memorials
Gordon Richards Stakes
Significant horses
Abernant, Belle of All, Big Game, Brulette, Cameronian, Chatelaine, Chulmleigh, Combat, Felicitation, Khaled, Migoli, Myrobella, Nasrullah, Owen Tudor, Pasch, Pinza, Queenpot, Rose of England, Scottish Union, Singapore, Sun Chariot, Tehran, Tudor Minstrel, Turkhan

Sir Gordon Richards (5 May 1904 – 10 November 1986) was an English jockey who was the British flat racing Champion Jockey 26 times, and is often considered the world's greatest jockey.[1][2][3] He remains the only flat jockey to have been knighted.

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