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 thinking,” the British jockey Willie Carson told…

Epsom Derby to be run in memory of Lester Piggott, the first Classic in its 242-year history to be dedicated to an individual - with other tributes to include a wreath laid at his statue in the colours of his 1970 winner…

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 birthday. He retired for a final time in 1995.…

Nine-time Epsom Derby-winning jockey Lester Piggott has been hospitalised in Switzerland where he lives, his son-in-law, English trainer William Haggas, said. Haggas did not reveal why 86-year-old Piggott had been taken to…