Lester Piggott, whose 11 jockey championship titles and a record nine English Derby wins made him Britain’s most successful jockey of the late 20th century, died May 29 at a hospital in Geneva.

Piggott's last win came at the age of 58 Legendary jockey Lester Piggott, who won the Derby a record nine times, has died aged 86. The Englishman won 30 British Classic races in a career which ...

NINE time Epsom Derby winning jockey Lester Piggott has died at the age of 86, according to his son-in-law. The British sporting icon, said to be the Queen's favourite jockey, passed away in ...

From his first victory aged 12 to his last nearly 50 years later, jockey Lester Piggott was a ruthless winner who became a racing icon. Tall for a rider in flat racing, he spent much of his career ...

Lester Piggott was so competitive that it would have rankled that he never quite reached 5,000 winners. He got close with 4,493 victories in a remarkable career that saw him crowned champion ...

The death at 86 of Lester Piggott feels like not just the passing of a sporting icon, but of an era. Piggott was 12 years old when riding his first winner, The Chase, at Haydock Park in August ...

This week's Cazoo Derby (G1) will be run in honor of Lester Piggott as Epsom prepares to pay tribute to the legendary jockey, who died aged 86 May 29. The gesture will serve to commemorate Piggott ...

Lester Piggott, whose Classic haul included nine Derby victories, has died at the age of 86. Unquestionably one of the greatest jockeys of all time, Piggott rode his first winner, The Chase ...

Lester Piggott won the Derby at Epsom a record nine times From his first victory aged 12 to his last nearly 50 years later, jockey Lester Piggott was a ruthless winner who became a racing icon.

By Richard Sandomir Lester Piggott, one of Britain’s greatest jockeys, who won nearly 4,500 races on his native soil but whose yearlong imprisonment for tax fraud in the 1980s detoured the ...

who is married to Piggott’s daughter, Maureen, told the PA news agency: “Sadly we can confirm that Lester died peacefully in Switzerland this morning. I really don’t wish to add much more ...

Legendary jockey Lester Piggott, who won the Derby a record nine times, has died aged 86. The Englishman won 30 British Classic races in a career which yielded 4,493 winners. He also had 116 Royal ...