Sir Gordon Richards (5 May 1904 – 10 November 1986) was an English jockey. He was the British flat racing Champion Jockey 26 times and is often considered the world’s greatest ever jockey. He remains the only jockey to have been knighted.
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British flat racing Champion Jockey
birth date
1904-05-05
birth place
Telford, Donnington Wood
death date
1986-11-10
honours
Orders decorations and medals of the United Kingdom
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