Editing Lester Piggott (section)

{{Short description|British jockey (1935–2022)}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Infobox horseracing personality
| image       = Øvrevold. Lester Piggot - L0060 922Fo30141701170209 (cropped).jpg
| caption     = Piggott in 1955
| occupation  = {{hlist |[[Jockey]] |[[Horse trainer|trainer]]}}
| birth_place = [[Wantage]], Berkshire, England
| birth_date  = {{birth date|df=y|1935|11|5}}
| death_date  = {{death date and age|df=y|2022|5|29|1935|11|5}}
| death_place = [[Geneva]], Switzerland
| height      = {{convert|1.71|m|ftin}}<ref name=guardian2005>Kenneth Harris, [https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2005/nov/06/horseracing.theobserver 'A living legend']. ''The Guardian'', 6 November 2005. Retrieved 23 July 2024</ref>
| weight      = 8st 5lb<ref name=bbc1>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/horse-racing/61623271|title=Record-breaking jockey Piggott dies aged 86|work=BBC Sport }}</ref>
| spouse      = {{marriage|Susan Armstrong|1960|end=separated}}
| children    = 3, including [[Tracy Piggott|Tracy]]
| race        = 
'''[[British Classic Races|British Classic Race]] wins as jockey''' (30): {{ubl|[[2000 Guineas]] (5)|[[1000 Guineas]] (2)|[[Epsom Derby]] (9)|[[Epsom Oaks]] (6)|[[St Leger Stakes]] (8)<ref name = "Guinness">{{cite book|last1=Morris|first1=Tony|last2=Randall|first2=John| title=Horse Racing: Records, Facts, Champions|publisher=Guinness Publishing |year=1990|isbn=0-85112-902-1|edition=Third}}</ref>}}
| awards      = {{ubl|[[British flat racing Champion Jockey]] 11 times (1960, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1981, 1982) | British Champions Series Hall of Fame (2021)}}
| honours     = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}} (withdrawn)
| horses      = {{cslist| [[Never Say Die (horse)|Never Say Die]] | [[Crepello]] | [[Petite Etoile]] | [[St. Paddy]] | [[Sir Ivor]] | [[Nijinsky (horse)|Nijinsky]] | [[Roberto (horse)|Roberto]] | [[Empery]] | [[The Minstrel]] | [[Alleged (horse)|Alleged]] | [[Teenoso]] | [[Shadeed]] | [[Royal Academy (horse)|Royal Academy]] | [[Rodrigo de Triano]] }}
}}

'''Lester Keith Piggott''' (5 November 1935 – 29 May 2022) was an English professional [[jockey]] and [[horse trainer]]. With 4,493 career [[flat racing]] wins in Britain, including a record nine [[Epsom Derby]] victories, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest flat racing jockeys of all time and the originator of a much-imitated style. Popularly called "The Long Fellow", he was known for his competitive personality, restricting his weight and, on occasion, not sparing the whip, such as in the [[Epsom Derby#Leading jockey (9 wins)|1972 Derby]]. Piggott was convicted of [[Tax evasion#United Kingdom|tax fraud]] in 1987 and sentenced to three years in prison, but served just over a year.<ref>{{cite news |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/23/newsid_3755000/3755282.stm |title=1987: Lester Piggott jailed for three years |date=23 October 1987 |access-date=29 May 2022 }}</ref>