by Blitzkid » Mon May 30, 2022 2:46 pm 
			
			Lester Piggot
                    1948 --12 years old winner      1950 champion apprentice. I had  won a nice sum of money at Cheltenham, I  let the crowd drift away, if I was attacked i wanted to see by whom, the crowd had almost drifted home , when a  man  and boy entered the racecourse, Lester and his dad, what the hell was he doing at a jumps course, I watched mistyfied,  his father pointing things out to the young Lester at certain hurdles. Next day racing went ahead when the  jockey board announced a switch of Jockeys,  Lester Pigggot was to replace another Jockey, the price ten to one,   I backed as much as I dare, Lester lay in second place for most of the way at the last hurdle he let the reigns out a little, and won hands down. I collected my money,     Lester was retained by J A Rank, but he died in 1952, Lester was an in and out for me, won and lost me sums of money, but he was a joy to watch, his cheeky 
style did not go down with the stewards..