If you can get your hands on it, Dick Francis’ biography of Piggott is an honest, excellent read.
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Yes it is a good read, tho a long one. Author treated him very sympatheticly… It was so exciting to see him in the Breeder’s Cup. The amazing horses he rode, like a history lesson.
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Well, they were friends, so that wasn’t a surprise. Still, Francis remarked on Piggott’s reputation as a tightwad more than once.
There was also the mention of how Lester would infuriate trainers by working a horse faster than ordered in order to assess its fitness and decide whether to accept the mount for an upcoming race. “Sorry about that”, he’d say.
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THE VERY BEST.
In my early years it was a weird Saturday if you didn’t see Lester or Josh Gifford winning on the TV.
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