Lester's Derbys

Lester Piggott is the greatest Derby jockey of all time. His nine winners in the world's greatest race form one of the most glorious and unassailable records in all of sports. Extensively illustrated and packed with insight and anecdotes, this classic racing book tells the stories, in his own words, of each of those famous victories. Lester Piggott was champion Flat jockey in Great Britain eleven times, and rode over 5,000 winners around the world in a career which lasted from 19481994.