Trio of pottery drinking mugs commemorating jockey Gordon Richards, each with portrait of Richards and printed WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF GORDON RICHARDS and TO COMMEMORATE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAINED IN THE YEAR 1933. RODE 259 WINNERS, each 8 by 9cm., one with chips to rim, all with minor crazing.Sir Gordon Richards (1904-1986) was one of the greatest Flat jockeys of all time. He rode the first of his 4,870 career winners in 1921, was champion jockey a record 26 times and in October 1933 set a world record when riding 12 consecutive winners in the space of two days. That season he also broke Fred Archer’s 1885 record of 246 winners when riding 259. In 1953, following a long-awaited Derby victory on Pinza and one year before his retirement, he was knighted and remains the only Flat jockey ever to have received this honour.
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Trio of pottery drinking mugs commemorating jockey Gordon Richards, each with portrait of Richards and printed WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF GORDON RICHARDS and TO COMMEMORATE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAINED IN THE YEAR 1933. RODE 259 WINNERS, each 8 by 9cm., one with chips to rim, all with minor crazing.Sir Gordon Richards (1904-1986) was one of the greatest Flat jockeys of all time. He rode the first of his 4,870 career winners in 1921, was champion jockey a record 26 times and in October 1933 set a world record when riding 12 consecutive winners in the space of two days. That season he also broke Fred Archer’s 1885 record of 246 winners when riding 259. In 1953, following a long-awaited Derby victory on Pinza and one year before his retirement, he was knighted and remains the only Flat jockey ever to have received this honour.