Autographs of Lester Piggott
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 1972 Derby. Piggott was convicted of tax fraud in 1987 and sentenced to three years in prison, but served just over a year.
Piggott was born in Wantage, Berkshire, to a family that could trace its roots as jockeys and trainers back to the 18th century. The Piggotts were a Cheshire farming family who from the 1870s ran the Crown Inn in Nantwich for over 30 years. Piggott's grandfather, Ernest Piggott (1878–1967), rode three Grand National winners, in 1912, 1918 and 1919, and was married to a sister of the jockeys Mornington Cannon and Kempton Cannon, who both rode winners of the Derby, in 1899 and 1904, respectively. He was also three-times British jump racing Champion Jockey (in 1910, 1913 and 1915), and owned a racehorse stable at the Old Manor in Letcombe Regis (now in Oxfordshire).
Lester Piggott's father, (Ernest) Keith Piggott (1904–1993), was a successful National Hunt jockey and trainer, winning the Champion Hurdle as a jockey in 1939 and the Grand National as a trainer in 1963 with Ayala, becoming the British jump racing Champion Trainer of the 1962–63 season. He owned a training stable at South Bank in Lambourn, where Lester Piggott lived until 1954. Lester Piggott was a cousin, through his mother Lilian Iris Rickaby, jockeys Bill and Fred Rickaby. Fred was British flat racing Champion Apprentice in 1931 and 1932.
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The most expensive item with a signature of Lester Piggott (Robert Sangster Racing Silks Hand Signed By Lester Piggott Rare Opportunity) was sold in March 2021 for £665.00 while the cheapest item (autographed lester piggott hard back book) found a new owner for £0.10 in October 2019. The month with the most items sold (37) was June 2022 with an average selling price of £22.00 for an autographed item of Lester Piggott. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2025 with £375.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was November 2012. In average, an autographed item from Lester Piggott is worth £15.00.
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Latest News about Lester Piggott
Racing great Lester Piggott puts his stables and training yard up for sale for £ (25/04/2014): The flat-race legend, who rode almost 4,500 wins, is selling Eve Lodge Stables, which he designed himself, in Newmarket, Suffolk (pictured). 
Ryan Moore the globetrotting Lester Piggott of his time after Japan Cup win crow (25/11/2013): British jockey has ridden in all the world's major showpiece races, and won more than his share.
