RACING IN ENGLAND.
DUKE OF YORK HANDICAP. LONDON, October 10. The Duke of York Handicap resulted:':' Pricket 1, Dancing Toy 2, Philae 3.. fhere were 15 starters. Won by a. neck, with the same distance second and third. JOCKEY’S RETAINING FEE. LONDON, October 4. , Gordon Richards, champion jockey of England, has contracted to ride for theBeckhampton stable next season. He is to receive a retaining fee of £4OOO, plus 10 per cent, of the stakes won by the horses he rides. The stable this year' won over £75,000 in stake money. Assuming it to be equally successful in 1932,. Richards will receive £ll.OOO. He will' be at liberty to ride for other stables in races where the Beckhampton stable is not represented, ensuring at least an additional £2OOO, as there is a big demand for his services. Thus he has prospects of a total income of £17,000, which is the highest m the history of racing. A sixteen-year-old boy will earn at least £2500 in the 1932 racing season owing to Lord Glanely appointing I’’. Rickaby to succeed Richards. In addition to the £2500 retainer, he will receivea share of the stake money.
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Otago Witness, Issue 4048, 13 October 1931, Page 54
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193RACING IN ENGLAND. Otago Witness, Issue 4048, 13 October 1931, Page 54
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