Fred Archer (jockey)

St. Jamess Palace Stakes Prince of Waless Stakes Champion Stakes

Archer was born to Grand National winning jockey William Archer in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire in 1857. A quick, retentive, and exceedingly secretive boy, at the age ofhe became apprentice to trainer Mathew Dawson at Heath House, now home to trainer Mark Prescott. Archer served Dawson as a stable jockey from 1874 until 1886. He would marry Dawsons niece, Helen Rose Dawson. His first win was a steeplechase at BangoronDee in 1870 but his first official win under Jockey Club rules was at Chesterfield onSeptember 1870 on a horse called Atholl Daisy.

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