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Piggott

/ ˈpɪɡət /

noun

  1. Lester ( Keith ). born 1935, English flat-racing jockey: won 30 English classic races, including the Derby nine times; champion jockey eleven times, his first in 1960 and his last in 1982

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Wiltshire is now a fitness instructor at her own gym in Hampshire and says her grown-up daughter Lara is amazed and proud of her story - a career which saw her ride against great jockeys like Lester Piggott, Willie Carson, Pat Eddery and Walter Swinburn.

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Jockeys were listed by initials - L Piggott, for example - and racegoers and fellow riders might not be aware a woman was riding until she actually turned up.

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At Liverpool Crown Court, Connah Ashley Piggott, 25, from Chester, was sentenced to two years and four months in prison after pleading guilty to violent disorder.

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The court heard that Piggott was captured on video repeatedly throwing bricks towards police officers in Southport on 30 July.

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Beverley Piggott, of Welwyn, Hertfordshire, hosted the Buchko family for six months when they first moved to the UK.

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