Lester Piggott was the greatest jockey you won't see a better one the GREATEST

J saville died a sir , but Britain’s greatest sportsman died without any honour after they took away his MBE ,

When Lester was jailed for tax evasion he refused to go in his cell. They had to blindfold him, turn him round three times and back him into his cell. 🤣🤣🤣

Thank you Revery Stables.
I can never get enough of anything Lester.
We all have our sporting heroes and Lester is mine.
The finest jockey this world has ever produced. It's a fact that since Lester retired the racing world has never been the same. We could always spot Lester in a race of 30 runners and No one could ride a finish like the great man. He won many a race on horses that any other jockey would have lost on. That was the genius of the man.
The king lives. Long live the king.

I was lucky to see Lester.Pigott ride at the Mahalaxmi racecourse in Mumbai sometime in the 1990's.I had taken my mother along to the racecourse to witness a once in a lifetime horse racing occasion .I had bet his horse "Clarke Gable" a outsider for "Place Money" and sure enough neither the horse nor Lestor.Pigott disappointed the betting public who placed their money on him by "WINNING" let alone "PLACING".I still remember this race as if it happened yesterday with Lestor Pigott zooming past the front runners from the extreme outside  facing the railbirds fence.

dont care what anyone says about lester...he was the greatest.those without sin please cast the first stone.

RIP, legend of the turf

Lester was a true introvert that was his success

Nothing can detract from his genius in the saddle , simply the greatest jockey of all time . There will never be another Lester Piggott..

Interesting documentary.

What a legend he was.

Lester piggot the best jockey ever

RIP Lester

if only this video can be re mastered with better picture and better sound.  Best domentary for any sportsman

Derek (DW) Morris. My father In Law. Sadly passed away Sunday 3rd November, 2024, aged 93.

its a pity nobody cleaned up the film,

Amazing man had that extra 10% leaving championship jockeys standing. Like him or loathe him he has to be up there with the sporting gods.

Don't think he should've been jailed for tax evasion. He hasn't killed anyone! Long live Lester.

Piggot on Nijinsky,racing doesn't get any better than that,you will never see the likes again. Brigadier Gerard was another fantastic horse from that era.

Thanks Declan - great show!      K

Do you by chance have episodes 1 & 2 (in a 5-part series) of RTE's "Irish Road to Cheltenham" that just re-aired this past Nov & December? Missed the first 2 episodes.