Talk:Lester Piggott

Early Life
As he is one of the legends of British sport shouldn't we get a little more biographical info? Is the E Piggott who I see won three Grand Nationals his father? Where was he educated? Is he married?

He is still in his marriage and has a young son, a teenager now I believe, from another relationship. He has not shirked these facts in his autobiography. See http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,6903,481543,00.html --User:Brenont 17:58, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Also see http://www.zen20110.zen.co.uk/SportHistWeb/SPORTS%20HISTORY/Bibliographies/Annual/cox10.html for his 1995/6 autobiography - any problem referencing this in the article? --User:Brenont 18:17, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

For the researcher, www.questia.com would seem to produce results for a few more details about Lester Piggott, (for those of us not having access to his autobiography). I did a search there and it says his father's name is Keith and he trained horses (maybe he did other things too so I can't see anybody referring to him necessarily as 'a horse trainer'.) --User:Brenont 18:42, 13 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Can't quite work out how how the name Sargent gets into this; wasn't his mother Lilian Iris Rickaby? Any suggestions? Brakn (talk) 17:20, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Also, are you sure of the date Ernie Piggott died - 2 sources on this www give different dates - 1941 and 1967. Brakn (talk) 23:12, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Tax Affairs
Shouldn't the article have more information about Lester Piggot's tax affairs, as this is what he is best known for after being a jockey, he is notorious for going to gaol for tax evasion. Franny-K 16:41, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Heart Attack?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=455081&in_page_id=1811 and http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/6658355.stm report that he has suffered a heart attack and is in intensive care. Would this information be of any use in the article?

Winners
The Dick Francis bio has a complete list of all of LP's winners running to nearly 100 pages: it says British flats wins 4,349  British hurdles 20 Overseas wins (minimum) 822 Total wins 5,191. What is the source in the article. Yes, his father was the National winning jockey. I should try and add info from the book. 88888 13:39, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Though the book was published before his first retirement so doesn't include later winners 88888 21:53, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

I did a search at www.questia.com and it says his father's name is Keith and he trained horses (maybe he did other things too) but the jockey I see at British jump racing Champion Jockey is Ernie Piggott. Is this the jockey you're referring to? --User:Brenont 18:42, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

... and Lester Piggott was British flat racing Champion Jockey 11 times between 1960 and 1982, Keith Piggott is British jump racing Champion Trainer 1962-3. Keith would seem to be the trainer father then and he is also mentioned under Ely Racecourse. There's a Jockey Keith Piggott (this would be the National winning referenced by User 88888) and Trainer Charles Piggott for a 1939 winner under Champion Hurdle. Maybe someone can sort out the four Piggotts to incorporate into this article. --User:Brenont 19:08, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

I've added in a section, referencing the Observer article and also a reference book I have. My aim was to show his family background and connections to other racing families. Please feel free to chop it around if you want.Bcp67 05:44, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

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Links to Horses.
I notice that many of the horses listed in his major victories have their own Wiki pages, but are not linked to these.46.7.85.68 (talk) 16:23, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

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Significant Horses section
Hello I think this should be removed, as it's POV. For instance, where is Rheingold, the 1973 Arc winner? Or Park Top, Humble Duty, Apalache, Dahlia, Moorestyle, Fairy Footsteps, Ardross – the list could go on and on. There are simply too many 'significant' horses to mention Billsmith60 (talk) 01:47, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

Place of death
There seems to be no hospital in Bursinel, although there is one, Hospital la Lignière, in Dully. Martinevans123 (talk) 09:32, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

Location
Is Wantage not in Oxfordshire not Berkshire, I think it changed in 1974 2.24.175.139 (talk) 12:01, 22 October 2022 (UTC)