Gordon Richards is a tiny (4 ft. 11½ in., 112 Ibs.) and well-beloved Englishman of 49 who has ridden more winning horses (4,670) than any other jockey alive or dead. When Gordon Richards' name turned up last week on Queen Elizabeth's honors list, with word that he was to receive the first knighthood ever conferred on a jockey, millions of Britons beamed with sentiment. Five days later they made his horse Pinza a 5-1 co-favorite to win the one great race in which Jockey Richards had never had a winner in 27 years of trying: the Epsom Derby.
Over the roller-coaster mile-and-a-half...
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