Epsom Oaks
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The Oaks Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old fillies. It is run at Epsom Downs over a distance of 1 mile, 4 furlongs and 6 yards, about 1½ miles, and it is sche
1801 Oaks winner Eleanor
Fred Archer (jockey)
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Frederick James Archer, also known by the nickname The Tin Man, was an English flat race jockey of the Victorian era, described as "the best all-round jockey that the turf has ever seen".
Fred Archer caricature in Vanity Fair
Viscount Falmouth, Archer's patron, in a caricature by Leslie Ward.
Rosa Corder, Fred Archer, Restrike etching
Stevengraph silk-woven portrait of Fred Archer, wearing the racing colours Scarlet jacket and cap of "Mr Manton" (Duchess of Montrose)