New Posts For Thread: Happy Birthday Lester Piggotthttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31463919/happy-birthday-lester-piggott83 today!Birthday greetings to possibly the greatest horseman and jockey ever, and certainly of my lifetime, the great SIR Lester Piggott. Anyone who ever saw him ride will still treasure the memory. He wasted away for 35-40 years of his life, to dhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31463919/happy-birthday-lester-piggott?post_id=558273655#558273655Tue, 05 Nov 2019 08:02:26 -0600Happy Birthday long fella. Hope there is many more to come.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31463919/happy-birthday-lester-piggott?post_id=558273629#558273629Happy Birthday long fella. Hope there is many more to come.Tue, 05 Nov 2019 07:59:29 -0600Happy Birthday to a Living Legend.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31463919/happy-birthday-lester-piggott?post_id=558273605#558273605Happy Birthday to a Living Legend.Tue, 05 Nov 2019 07:56:41 -0600https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31463919/happy-birthday-lester-piggott?post_id=558273585#558273585Tue, 05 Nov 2019 07:54:33 -0600refreshhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31463919/happy-birthday-lester-piggott?post_id=558273427#558273427refreshTue, 05 Nov 2019 07:32:51 -0600Dr Crippen, Imho you're wrong been hundreds of great jockeys in last 200 years but only a handful can be called legends and that goes for all sports. Pick a sport? Snooker Fred?Steve Davis legends but I know they went in off, Golf Jack Nicholas wenthttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31463919/happy-birthday-lester-piggott?post_id=555933677#555933677Dr Crippen, Imho you're wrong been hundreds of great jockeys in last 200 years but only a handful can be called legends and that goes for all sports. Pick a sport? Snooker Fred?Steve Davis legends but I know they went in off, Golf Jack Nicholas wentThu, 08 Nov 2018 18:34:03 -0600Lester's defence team tried to make out that he was not mentally 100% due bangs on the head from falls.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31463919/happy-birthday-lester-piggott?post_id=555933349#555933349Lester's defence team tried to make out that he was not mentally 100% due bangs on the head from falls.Thu, 08 Nov 2018 17:21:06 -0600As pointed out by sparrow, he rode plenty of stinkers.Sorry about that sparrow.I find it nauseating the hero worship that's lavished on this good jockey.He rode plenty of stinkers just like any other jockey, and rode plenty of races to perfection jushttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31463919/happy-birthday-lester-piggott?post_id=555931539#555931539As pointed out by sparrow, he rode plenty of stinkers.Sorry about that sparrow.I find it nauseating the hero worship that's lavished on this good jockey.He rode plenty of stinkers just like any other jockey, and rode plenty of races to perfection jusThu, 08 Nov 2018 13:03:11 -0600https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMoGfpi914IAfter this brilliant ride on Vacarme at Goodwood the stewards scandalously threw it out and the notoriously obnoxious Daniel Wildenstein said Lester would never ride any of his horses again. Someone with sohttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31463919/happy-birthday-lester-piggott?post_id=555930669#555930669https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMoGfpi914IAfter this brilliant ride on Vacarme at Goodwood the stewards scandalously threw it out and the notoriously obnoxious Daniel Wildenstein said Lester would never ride any of his horses again. Someone with soThu, 08 Nov 2018 11:05:24 -0600Cheers. My fav Lester ride was Commanche Run in Benson & Hedges(Juddmonte) @ York on a proven stayer on a speed track beating the speedier types in Oh SO Sharp and Triptych.Just kept winding it up in front .Superb judgement of pace to keep upping thehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31463919/happy-birthday-lester-piggott?post_id=555930575#555930575Cheers. My fav Lester ride was Commanche Run in Benson & Hedges(Juddmonte) @ York on a proven stayer on a speed track beating the speedier types in Oh SO Sharp and Triptych.Just kept winding it up in front .Superb judgement of pace to keep upping theThu, 08 Nov 2018 10:49:36 -0600