Old Stoneface

Dateline - 1948. Lester Piggott wins his first race at the age of 12. His mother's comment: 'He is quite a good rider, but will never be as good as his father. Don't make a fuss, Lester is just a very ordinary boy.'

Dateline - 1954. Lester Piggott wins his first Derby with the 33-1 longshot Never Say Die. He later won the Derby another eight times: Crepello (1957), St. Paddy (1960), Sir Ivor (1968), Nijinsky (1970), Roberto (1972), Empery (1976), The Minstrel (1977) and Teenoso (1983).

Dateline - 1960. Lester Piggott wins his first of eleven Championships. The others are 1964-71 and 1981-82.

Dateline - 1970. Lester Piggott wins the Triple Crown with Nijinsky.

Dateline - 1973. Lester Piggott wins his first Prix de l'Arc de Triomphes on Rheingold. He later won that race two times with Alleged in 1977 and 1978.

Dateline - 1987. Lester Piggott serves a jail sentence for tax evasion.

Dateline - 1990. Lester Piggott wins the Breeders' Cup Mile with Royal Academy, 12 days after his comeback (he retired five years earlier).

Dateline - 1995. Lester Piggott retires at the age of 59 years. He won over 5,300 races in 28 countries, of them 465 were group races.

More information on Lester Piggott can be found at these links:
JOCKEYSROOM
Racing Post
The Van Morrison Glossary
The Observer

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