Gordon Richards — English Celebrity born on May 05, 1904, died on November 10, 1988

Sir Gordon Richards was an English jockey. He was the British flat racing Champion Jockey 26 times and is often considered the world's greatest ever jockey. He remains the only jockey to have been knighted... (wikipedia)

I just got on a pony's back and away I went.
I can't remember ever being told how to ride.