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)
Bend Or
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Bend Or was a British Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1880 Epsom Derby. His regular jockey Fred Archer, winner of thirteen consecutive British jockey titles, said Bend Or was probably the greatest
Fred Archer (jockey)
…she broke down going for a second race at York two days later. One of Archer's most notable victories came in the 1880 Derby. He came from behind on Bend Or with an "extraordinary rush", to beat Robert the Devil by a head. He took the inside of the turn at Tattenham Corner, along the rails, with a "nerve…
Bend Or
Hugh Grosvenor (1st Duke of Westminster), the owner of Bend Or