Lester Piggott was without doubt the finest jockey of his generation, and probably of any that has gone before or since. Tall for a jockey at over 5ft 7ins, ‘The Long Fellow’, as he became ...

Racing has lost one of the biggest names in the sport's history with the death of Lester Piggott at the age of 86. Piggott died peacefully in Switzerland May 29 after having been in hospital recently.

He won his first race at age 12 and his last in his 50s, and he rode to a record 30 victories in the five most important British thoroughbred races. By Richard Sandomir Lester Piggott, one of ...