Editing Lester Piggott (section)

==Later life==
Piggott retired as a jockey at the end of the 1985 flat season and became a trainer. His Eve Lodge stables in [[Newmarket, Suffolk|Newmarket]] in  [[Suffolk]], housed 97 horses and sent out 34 winners. His burgeoning new career as a trainer was ended when he was convicted of [[tax fraud]] and jailed. He was stripped of his appointment as [[Order of the British Empire|Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE), which had been awarded in 1975.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-16823208|title=Honours stripped: Who else has lost out?|publisher=BBC|date=31 January 2012}}</ref> He served 366 days in prison.<ref name=bbc1 /> According to Piggott, a commonly held belief that he was prosecuted after using an undeclared bank account, to make a final settlement of his tax liabilities, is a myth.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}

Piggott resumed his career as a jockey in 1990, at the age of 55, and won the [[Breeders' Cup Mile]] on [[Royal Academy (horse)|Royal Academy]] within ten days of his return. He rode another Classic winner, Rodrigo de Triano, in the 1992 [[2000 Guineas]]. His last win in Britain was in October 1994 and he officially retired in 1995; his last British ride was in the [[November Handicap]] on 5 November 1994, but he rode abroad through the winter of 1994–95, winning the [[Black Opal Stakes]] on Zadok in [[Canberra]] on 5 March 1995<ref>"Lester down under", ''[[Daily Express]]'' page 51, 6 March 1995</ref> before deciding not to return for the 1995 British Flat turf season.<ref name="prodigy" />

Piggott lived near Newmarket for the entire duration of his career. He later emigrated to [[Bursinel]], Switzerland, where he continued to reside with his partner and family friend Lady Barbara FitzGerald, then the 55-year-old wife of [[Lord John FitzGerald]], though legally he was still married to his wife Susan.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Davison |first1=Phil |title=Obituary: Lord John FitzGerald, racehorse trainer |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-lord-john-fitzgerald-racehorse-trainer-1497983 |work=[[The Scotsman]] |date=10 August 2015 |language=en |quote=Lord John was the subject of unwanted headlines three years ago after his wife, Lady Barbara, then 55, eloped to her native Switzerland with arguably the greatest flat-racing jockey of all time, Lester Piggott, then 77, who is also still married. Both Lord John and Piggott's wife of more than 50 years, Susan, said at the time: 'We're OK with it. We're all still friends.' | access-date=29 May 2022}}</ref> In 2004, he published the book ''Lester's Derbys''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Lester's Derbys |date=2004 |publisher=Methuen |last1=Piggott |first1=Lester |last2=Magee |first2=Sean |isbn=978-0-413-77411-8 |location=London |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VyIMAAAACAAJ |id={{ASIN|0413774112|country=ca}}|access-date=29 May 2022}}</ref>

On 15 May 2007, Piggott was admitted to intensive care in a hospital in [[Geneva]], following a recurrence of a previous heart problem. His wife stated that this illness was not life-threatening and that he was recovering in intensive care as a precaution.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://nz.news.yahoo.com/jockey-icon-lester-piggott-dead-092436121.html|title=Jockey icon Lester Piggott dead aged 86 after battling heart problems|publisher=Yahoo!|access-date=29 May 2022|date=29 May 2022}}</ref> He attended [[Royal Ascot]] in June 2007<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/racing/article1975333.ece | work=The Times | title=Piggott shows star quality in photofinish | date=23 June 2007 | access-date=7 May 2010 | first1=Alan | last1=Lee | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523235732/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/racing/article1975333.ece | archive-date=23 May 2011 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and the [[2008 Epsom Derby|Epsom Derby]] in June 2008 where he tipped the winner, New Approach, during a [[BBC television]] interview. He was also present for the [[2009 Cheltenham Gold Cup]] where he presented a trophy to jockey [[Tony McCoy]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/news/michael-dickinson-they-call-him-the-mad-genius/226227|title=Michael Dickinson: They call him the mad genius &#124; Racing Post|website=racingpost.com}}</ref>

In 2014 the Eve Lodge Stables training yard and complex, which included four semi-detached, two-bedroom bungalows and which could house up to 100 horses, was put on the market for £1.25&nbsp;million.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/australasia-travel/australia/lester-piggott-closes-the-stable-door-at-his-newmarket-centre-wjvv9s8lbtd|title=Lester Piggott closes the stable door at his Newmarket centre|first=Deirdre|last=Hipwell|work=The Times}}</ref>