Lester Piggott
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Lester Keith Piggott 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
Piggott in 1955
Statue to Piggott at Haydock Park Racecourse, Merseyside, installed for his 70th birthday
Piggott riding Apalachee in 1973 or 1974
Nijinsky (horse)
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Nijinsky was a Canadian-bred, Irish-trained champion Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He was the outstanding two-year-old in Europe in 1969 when he was unbeaten in five races. In the following season,
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…first winner of The Derby on Never Say Die in 1954, aged eighteen, and went on to win eight more, on Crepello (1957), St. Paddy (1960), Sir Ivor (1968), Nijinsky (1970), Roberto (1972), Empery (1976), The Minstrel (1977) and Teenoso (1983). He was stable jockey to Noel Murless and later to Vincent O'Brien and…
Nijinsky (Liam Ward) winning the Gladness Stakes at the Curragh in April 1970
Nijinsky at the 1970 Irish Derby