When Lester was interviewed after he won on Nijinsky , the interviewer asked him , when did you think you had the race won ? With the cheek of old Nic , Lester said , About 2 weeks ago ! Brilliant from the Greatest ! Happy Days !
He said that after winning the Washington DC on Karabas the year after he won it on Sir Ivor and the US Press criticised him,one papers headlines was " he ride him like a bum".
In the 1970s mum and dad would take me to the national stud at Newmarket and you could feed the horses a few sugar cubes and give them a patt as they looked out of their stables, the horses, Never Say Die, Mill Reef, and others i can't remember, wonderful days.
I was fortunate enough to meet Lester Piggott when he rode work on a horse I used to ride out, when I worked in a racing yard in Newmarket. I rode the horse from the stables to the racecourse side gallop, and Lester breezed the horse. I even gave the great man a leg up into the saddle. He was very polite, a complete gentleman.
Just a wonderful jockey Especially at his best in the 60s and 70s. Had a great aura about him on the racecourse like a film star. No ones had that before or since Only Dettori come near it.
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.
Ive been fortunate enough to have met Lester several times with my uncles dad being Lester Piggott's chauffeur when he was racing. I visited his bungalow in Newmarket several times. He was one of the nicest guys. Best jockey of all time for me.
His style was "Swashbuckling" without being flashy,because it was pure 100 % LP and then u add in the substance and ur left with a combination of Platinum &Steel!..U were most fortunate!
If you said to a non racing fan - to name the most famous jockey in the world they would probably say lester piggott - I'll never forget the feeling i got as an 11 year old watching the Minstrel beat hot Grove 🏇🏇 Wow
Watch the guineas win on Nijinsky at Nkt. That was poetry from horse and jockey absolute style and balance. Fantastic to watch in black and white. Never get tired of watching it.
Sir Ivor. I was at Epsom that day in 1968 . Lester Piggott is the greatest jockey of all time . No other jockey had that charisma, that aura that almost transcended mere humanness .
@@annahenry6991 ,, Not the most fashionable rider but most importantly Lester was effectively great. Statistics doesn't always tell the true tale in horse racing . As such,,, Cordero, Carson &Pincay are equally comparable in class if not better.
@@winstonleighton1358 Dear Winston , another Distinguished name still around inn Lester's era ! Yes he was a Wonder About 1970 , he rode a Horse bred by Geoffrey Rickman ( my BN late Husband was his Stud Groom before we emigrated ) named Joshua . & Would decide WHICH.race to place him in . Once winning a VERY close race ( in France). where every other jockey tried SOOOOH hard to stop him he remarked " it was a .WIN weren't it . A Win ! '.. a-j
The background music is unnecessary Piggott like Mc Coy where riding when jockeys could use the shillelagh relentlessly.Times have changed and it will be impossible to repeat a lot of their feats.I wouldn’t say he was the best but he got lucky and was riding for the best Vincent O Brien..
scott.Lester was the greatest.all great jockeys need great trainers to ride for.You get rides for great trainers because your a great jockey.it isnt my opinion lester was the greatest....its a fact....no luck involved.
They go on about others,specially the Yanks but nobody gets close to Lester.I was a kid watching him and he made me flip chairs over,pretend their horses and i would ride and in my mind i was winning the Epsom Derby ect.Later when i grew up,he made a few bob for me when occasionally i placed a bet.Watched him ride in the 70s and 80s and along with another great sportsman,Seve Ballesteros,made me smile.Thank You Lester Piggott,in my mind,you became Sir Lester Piggott a long time ago.
Thanks for posting this. These days superstar status comes cheap and is short lived. Lester doesn't need to be called a superstar, he simply is what he is.
I remember my ex boss a racehorse owner going off racing and I had to answer the phone a bloke rang asking if he could speak to the boss, tbh he sounded like a cockney market trader and I just said he was out and put the phone down. a week or 2 later my boss said Lester told him somebody rude answered the phone and cut him off.. I was only 17 and had no idea my idol sounded like a London gangster. he will always be the most gifted jockey I shall ever get a chance to see..
He was a convicted tax evader who served time in prison even got his OBE taken away from him ...... and then still trying to evade paying tax he moved to Switzerland ........ thats how i`l remember Piggott ............ A TAX EVADER
Bit like most of so many MPs, and crooked police. You need to get out a bit more. Have a look at the shit who own football clubs Aramnovich etc and a lot of the UK - a load of fucking crooks who have sweet fuck all to do with the UK other than "nick a nice few quid"
Angel Montero in 1968 &69,lester piggott won the DC international with his riding style,to each his own, Steve Cauthen rode in the UK for several years and it made him a more rounded jockey.
Lester is a genius, greatest jockey, by a furlong, met him, saw him, and enjoyed his rides, for over 40 years, rest in peace.
When Lester was interviewed after he won on Nijinsky , the interviewer asked him , when did you think you had the race won ? With the cheek of old Nic , Lester said , About 2 weeks ago ! Brilliant from the Greatest ! Happy Days !
He actually said that after Sir Ivor won the Washington international in 1968, not after Nijinsky’s derby win.
He said that after winning the Washington DC on Karabas the year after he won it on Sir Ivor and the US Press criticised him,one papers headlines was " he ride him like a bum".
In the 1970s mum and dad would take me to the national stud at Newmarket and you could feed the horses a few sugar cubes and give them a patt as they looked out of their stables, the horses, Never Say Die, Mill Reef, and others i can't remember, wonderful days.
I was fortunate enough to meet Lester Piggott when he rode work on a horse I used to ride out, when I worked in a racing yard in Newmarket. I rode the horse from the stables to the racecourse side gallop, and Lester breezed the horse. I even gave the great man a leg up into the saddle. He was very polite, a complete gentleman.
What a jockey he was up there with the legends of all time brilliant jockey
UNIQUE, NEVER BE ANOTHER.
Just a wonderful jockey
Especially at his best in the 60s and 70s.
Had a great aura about him on the racecourse like a film star.
No ones had that before or since
Only Dettori come near it.
He just died
The GOAT , without a doubt, RIP to the Derby Master.
Love the clip at the end of Lester on Nijinsky like he knew what was about to happen, unbreakable belief in himself and the horse, wonderful
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.
Never say die was trained by my mothers uncle his name was Joe Lawson.
Ive been fortunate enough to have met Lester several times with my uncles dad being Lester Piggott's chauffeur when he was racing. I visited his bungalow in Newmarket several times. He was one of the nicest guys. Best jockey of all time for me.
His style was "Swashbuckling" without being flashy,because it was pure 100 % LP and then u add in the substance and ur left with a combination of Platinum &Steel!..U were most fortunate!
No two ways, greatest ever.
Unarguably correct. The incomparable maestro.
ryan moore frankie dettori not in the same class . Lester was and always will be the greatest .
The loud music spoils it.
Real talk, best of the best, look at the ride on Royal Academy a horse that's always run from the front, for ever the best
Without doubt greatest jockey ever.
Who can ever forget Lester winning the 77 Derby on the Minstrel?
Not me, I’ve got a massive framed picture of it on my living room wall
He was a brilliant jockey and his spitting image puppet was genuis in the 80's.
O'Brien,Piggott,Nijinsky.perfection.
Well said Sir.
If you said to a non racing fan - to name the most famous jockey in the world they would probably say lester piggott - I'll never forget the feeling i got as an 11 year old watching the Minstrel beat hot Grove 🏇🏇 Wow
The best jockey in my life time I'm 73 and my dad and his dad always had the dictionary of racing sorry can't remember the book
Nine Derby winners , the one and only Lester Piggott , what a temperament .
Watch the guineas win on Nijinsky at Nkt. That was poetry from horse and jockey absolute style and balance. Fantastic to watch in black and white. Never get tired of watching it.
I'm sure his partial deafness didn't help his demeanor and listening skills , making him seem aloof, the best though.
Incredible jockey... Respect!
You see. He his horses loves him,,,,
can someone explain to me why every video i watch has to have annoying music attached to it?
Legend....
R I P LESTER.🙏🙏🙏
Respect
Incomparable Be Thee Long Fella 💯GRH🌟👏👏👏
Lester Piggott>>>> the greatast jockey ever.
Greatest Jockey.....
THE MASTER
The maestro
Genius
Good video why the superfluous irritating music?
Bill Schumacher won over 8000 races twice piggotts total. But piggott is the world's greatest jockey. In little Englishmens minds most certainly.
Arkle and Lester - I do not believe that anyone will ever see likes of them again.
I will add to that list - Frankel
sea the stars too
Arkle, Lester and Sea Bird are the best I've ever seen.
Sir Ivor. I was at Epsom that day in 1968 . Lester Piggott is the greatest jockey of all time . No other jockey had that charisma, that aura that almost transcended mere humanness .
He nearly cracked a smile when he broke that record! 😁
Good Video, shame about the music, it was good without it.
Evangelos Keratsas the best of all time. Remember that .
MR COOL.
Shoemaker #1
that is a joke right ?
@@annahenry6991 ,, Not the most fashionable rider but most importantly Lester was effectively great. Statistics doesn't always tell the true tale in horse racing . As such,,, Cordero, Carson &Pincay are equally comparable in class if not better.
@@winstonleighton1358 Dear Winston , another Distinguished name still around inn Lester's era ! Yes he was a Wonder About 1970 , he rode a Horse bred by Geoffrey Rickman ( my BN late Husband was his Stud Groom before we emigrated ) named Joshua . & Would decide WHICH.race to place him in . Once winning a VERY close race ( in France). where every other jockey tried SOOOOH hard to stop him he remarked " it was a .WIN weren't it . A Win ! '.. a-j
You gotta be kidding, love the shoe, but not even close to LESTER.
Mejor que José abdón Santos León y que Dettori?😢
The background music is unnecessary Piggott like Mc Coy where riding when jockeys could use the shillelagh relentlessly.Times have changed and it will be impossible to repeat a lot of their feats.I wouldn’t say he was the best but he got lucky and was riding for the best Vincent O Brien..
scott.Lester was the greatest.all great jockeys need great trainers to ride for.You get rides for great trainers because your a great jockey.it isnt my opinion lester was the greatest....its a fact....no luck involved.
Great jockey but Willie Shoemaker was the master!!
Really. If my Auntie had nuts she'd be my Uncle
Great jockey, shame he didn't pay his taxes and ultimately paid the price.
The only thing I don't like about lester Piggott is the style of riding....
The English race riding style is different from any other style and it sure didn't stop Lester, who, to me was the greatest rider of all time.
If I had to have one jockey to win a race to save my life, Lester would be the man.
RIP Lester Piggott
RiP Lester Piggott.The greatest flat jockey of all time.True sporting legend alongside Pele,Sobers,Woods,OSullivan,Ali,Borg.
They go on about others,specially the Yanks but nobody gets close to Lester.I was a kid watching him and he made me flip chairs over,pretend their horses and i would ride and in my mind i was winning the Epsom Derby ect.Later when i grew up,he made a few bob for me when occasionally i placed a bet.Watched him ride in the 70s and 80s and along with another great sportsman,Seve Ballesteros,made me smile.Thank You Lester Piggott,in my mind,you became Sir Lester Piggott a long time ago.
Was born to ride. Simply the Greatest jockey to have lived. Sheer poetry in motion.
Thanks for posting this. These days superstar status comes cheap and is short lived. Lester doesn't need to be called a superstar, he simply is what he is.
116 Royal Ascot winners back when it was a 4 day meeting....the stat is incredible.
That's because Lester was incredible. He rode 9 Epsom Derby winners, no one will ever equal that feat.
John McCririck on 4 used to call Francome the greatest jockey but even he would have to concede that the greatest jockey ever is Lester.
Childhood hero,
Rest easy Champ 👍
There will never be another Lester, the man was an absolute genius
I remember my ex boss a racehorse owner going off racing and I had to answer the phone a bloke rang asking if he could speak to the boss, tbh he sounded like a cockney market trader and I just said he was out and put the phone down.
a week or 2 later my boss said Lester told him somebody rude answered the phone and cut him off..
I was only 17 and had no idea my idol sounded like a London gangster.
he will always be the most gifted jockey I shall ever get a chance to see..
He da man, and always will be.
Meanie
The greatest style strength and determination 29 classics including 9 Derbies and don't forget numerous winners over hurdles
Good video, shame the crap music ruined it!
We will never see his like again. No one could get a horse to win on a loose rein better than Lester.
hes such funny guy hes making me laugh
A pure legend of the sport !!!
Hi
No music, please
so funny have fun with books LOL
He was a convicted tax evader who served time in prison even got his OBE taken away from him ...... and then still trying to evade paying tax he moved to Switzerland ........ thats how i`l remember Piggott ............ A TAX EVADER
I bet you're the life of parties.
Bit like most of so many MPs, and crooked police.
You need to get out a bit more. Have a look at the shit who own football clubs Aramnovich etc and a lot of the UK - a load of fucking crooks who have sweet fuck all to do with the UK other than "nick a nice few quid"
Lester was absolutely ice-cold. The only jockey who could rival him from that point of view was St Martin, the French champion jockey.
This better not turn to epitaph - or else ! "The long fella" is a joke - all horses of all time that could run , simply dreamed of the best of all !
For us here in latín América and usa the riding style of great bretain is ugly and we think that it doesn't helps the horse to run well.
There have never been any good horses or jockeys from South America or Central America.
Angel Montero in 1968 &69,lester piggott won the DC international with his riding style,to each his own, Steve Cauthen rode in the UK for several years and it made him a more rounded jockey.
And when asked when he thought he would win he said "3 weeks ago"
Perhaps stopping your jocks whipping like torturers would be a good start
exactly the opposite here. we like substance over style