Piggott

British

/ ˈpɪɡət /

noun

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

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

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"It's cute if you're a parent enjoying it with your children or watch it occasionally as a guilty pleasure, but the full-on fandom stuff is a mega red flag," 26-year-old Ellie Piggott told the BBC.

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Chloe Piggott, a 19-year-old student from Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, worries about safety and only runs between 08:00 and 16:00.

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