Gordon Richards Equals Fred Archer’s Record (1943)

Full title reads: “GORDON RICHARDS EQUALS FRED ARCHER’S RECORD“. Newmarket, Suffolk. Jockey Gordon Richards on horseback. Army crowd watching racing. Horses parading before the start of the race at Newmarket. Several shots of flashback to 1933 when Gordon Richards rode his 259th winner - he is cheered coming back into the unsaddling enclosure. Several shots (at Newmarket again) of start of the race. Various shots of the race. At the end, Richards is first - past the post to equal the record set by Fred Archer. Gordon Richards walking in with saddle over his arm. (Mute & Track Negs.) FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire Ne