Talking Horses: Lester Piggott and Frankel join Flat racing Hall of Fame
Piggott won 30 British Classics between 1954 and 1992, and his record of 116 winners at Royal Ascot is also still a recordLester Piggott, whose record of nine wins in the Derby at Epsom seems unlikely to be approached, never mind equalled, in the decades to come has been unveiled as one of the first two inductees into Flat racing’s new Hall of Fame, alongside Frankel, the unbeaten winner of 14 races, including 10 Group Ones, between 2010 and 2012.It is a measure of the immensity of Piggott’s achievements in the sport’s most prestigious Flat race that no jockey currently riding has more than two Derby wins to their name. Piggott equalled the previous record of six Derby winners –...