ARCHER'S RACE RECORD
CHALLENGED BY G. RICHARDS LONDON, October 27. Bets involving thousands of pounds are staked on the controversy as to whether jockey Gordon Richards will this season beat Fred Archer's total of winning rides, says the Daily Mail. Archer's aggregate was at first believed to be 2740 winners, but Ruff's Guide gave the total as 2748, and now, after further research, makes it 2749. Richards so far this season has ridden 63 winners, bringing his total to 2739. With three more racing fixtures within the next nine days, involving 18 possible mounts, Richards needs to ride eight, ten or eleven winners, and a pretty dispute is likely if he succeeds in eight. One bookmaker has £10,000 involved, his bet being on Archer's figures of 2748.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 256, 29 October 1942, Page 7
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