Piggott

In all, Piggott won 4,493 races at British tracks — third most among British jockeys — and several hundred more around the world.“He had an empathy for the animal and knew what a horse was…

Tony Cruz has remembered his duels with Lester Piggott – and the sheer popularity of the man many consider the greatest jockey of all time – following the English rider’s death at the age of…

Piggott rode his first winner, The Chase, at Haydock in 1948 when just 12 years of age and his last win came with Palacegate Jack at the same track in 1994, a few weeks short of his 59th…

Legendary flat race jockey Lester Piggott has died aged 86, his son-in-law said on Sunday. The nine-time Epsom Derby winning jockey was admitted to hospital in…