,A Winner at Epsom

Gordon Richards is a tiny (4 ft. 11 1/2 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 turf of Epsom Downs, Jockey Richards and Pinza justified their bettors' faith. At the last turn, famed Tattenham Corner, Richards saved ground by snugging close along the curving rail. In the stretch. where Richards' other horses have been tiring for a generation, Pinza proved to be a stayer. At the finish, Richards had his first Derby winner, by four lengths. Second in the field of 27: Queen Elizabeth's Aureole.

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