Shrewsbury: Is Sir Gordon Richards seeing himself winning the 1954 Derby for the Queen? Sir Gordon was recently presented wuth these binoculars when he kept a 4-year promise to celebrate his first Derby victory with a dinner to Shropshire sportsmen. After winning ther 1953 Derby on Pinza Sir Gordon was congratulated by the Queen, and the Duke of Edinburgh remarked, "Well Gordon, I suppose you are going to retire now." No he's not," said the Queen, "he's going to win the Derby on Landau for me next year."