New Posts For Thread: If the sensitive on here had seen Lester in his hey day.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28597739/if-the-sensitive-on-here-had-seen-lester-in-his-hey-dayThe Irish dominate the ranks of jockeys in both codes yet the two greatest flat jockeys of all time were English,Fred Archer is so far back it is his record we admire but Lester Piggott for the old timers on here was as good as it gets.Lester grew upAgree that Lester could give a very sympathetic ride to an inexperienced filly (Hughes please note) but he could scare an older horse to the point of panic if he thought it would run any faster.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28597739/if-the-sensitive-on-here-had-seen-lester-in-his-hey-day?post_id=511471537#511471537Agree that Lester could give a very sympathetic ride to an inexperienced filly (Hughes please note) but he could scare an older horse to the point of panic if he thought it would run any faster.Fri, 21 Oct 2011 03:03:00 -0500It is pretty clear that some of Lester's (and others of the period) mounts were not given time to respond.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28597739/if-the-sensitive-on-here-had-seen-lester-in-his-hey-day?post_id=511471489#511471489It is pretty clear that some of Lester's (and others of the period) mounts were not given time to respond.Fri, 21 Oct 2011 03:00:27 -0500hello wildman, how are you doing?Lester used to give me heart attacks with his daredevil rides . Vacarme (when he got disqualified at Goodwood), Royal Academy at the Breeders Cup ....https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28597739/if-the-sensitive-on-here-had-seen-lester-in-his-hey-day?post_id=511471427#511471427hello wildman, how are you doing?Lester used to give me heart attacks with his daredevil rides . Vacarme (when he got disqualified at Goodwood), Royal Academy at the Breeders Cup ....Fri, 21 Oct 2011 02:56:39 -0500Hard to disagree with you Pedrobob after your thread of the year performance some days back[check it out best tip ever given here]but to me Lester Piggott was the greatest flat jockey i ever saw and while he knew how to use the stick he also knew whehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28597739/if-the-sensitive-on-here-had-seen-lester-in-his-hey-day?post_id=511461533#511461533Hard to disagree with you Pedrobob after your thread of the year performance some days back[check it out best tip ever given here]but to me Lester Piggott was the greatest flat jockey i ever saw and while he knew how to use the stick he also knew wheThu, 20 Oct 2011 18:18:56 -0500Piggott beat the crap out of nice unbeaten 3yo filly of Henry Cecil's in the late 70's at the Great Met meeting. Gave it too much to do but by whipping it to death, got it to make up an impossible 5 lengths in the final furlong to win.She never won ahttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28597739/if-the-sensitive-on-here-had-seen-lester-in-his-hey-day?post_id=511460649#511460649Piggott beat the crap out of nice unbeaten 3yo filly of Henry Cecil's in the late 70's at the Great Met meeting. Gave it too much to do but by whipping it to death, got it to make up an impossible 5 lengths in the final furlong to win.She never won aThu, 20 Oct 2011 17:54:11 -0500Blackbarn i accept your point,maybe the fact we all backed Drumlargan may have coloured our viewpoint.Drumlargan suffered no ill affects as he had a long career after culminating in a win in the Whitbread Gold Cup.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28597739/if-the-sensitive-on-here-had-seen-lester-in-his-hey-day?post_id=511459845#511459845Blackbarn i accept your point,maybe the fact we all backed Drumlargan may have coloured our viewpoint.Drumlargan suffered no ill affects as he had a long career after culminating in a win in the Whitbread Gold Cup.Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:34:56 -0500Salmon Spray...Correct it was the blow to the jaw that done for Ryan and looked bad and Byrnes ride made some of us wince.The problem started with jockeys riding shorter which means he does not have the full use of his legs to squeeze,kick and encourhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28597739/if-the-sensitive-on-here-had-seen-lester-in-his-hey-day?post_id=511459701#511459701Salmon Spray...Correct it was the blow to the jaw that done for Ryan and looked bad and Byrnes ride made some of us wince.The problem started with jockeys riding shorter which means he does not have the full use of his legs to squeeze,kick and encourThu, 20 Oct 2011 17:31:28 -0500I absolutely agree with the thrust of this thread, but I am not sure that anyone now would think that Tommy's ride on Drumlargan was in any way acceptable.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28597739/if-the-sensitive-on-here-had-seen-lester-in-his-hey-day?post_id=511459647#511459647I absolutely agree with the thrust of this thread, but I am not sure that anyone now would think that Tommy's ride on Drumlargan was in any way acceptable.Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:30:15 -0500The date sounds about right wildman. I did think one or two rides looked a bit much myself at the time,although that may be partly down to the lack of subtelty shall we say shown by the riders.I think we have to accept that the old-fashioned whips hahttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28597739/if-the-sensitive-on-here-had-seen-lester-in-his-hey-day?post_id=511459333#511459333The date sounds about right wildman. I did think one or two rides looked a bit much myself at the time,although that may be partly down to the lack of subtelty shall we say shown by the riders.I think we have to accept that the old-fashioned whips haThu, 20 Oct 2011 17:22:04 -0500Salmon Spray it was the 1980 Cheltenham festival,there were no whip rules at the time but the stewards decided on a clampdown without warning.The first race was the Sun Alliance Novice Hurdle which was won by the 5/2 favourite Drumlargan,he turned inhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28597739/if-the-sensitive-on-here-had-seen-lester-in-his-hey-day?post_id=511458985#511458985Salmon Spray it was the 1980 Cheltenham festival,there were no whip rules at the time but the stewards decided on a clampdown without warning.The first race was the Sun Alliance Novice Hurdle which was won by the 5/2 favourite Drumlargan,he turned inThu, 20 Oct 2011 17:13:36 -0500