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Nijinsky remains the last colt to have won the Triple Crown - a feat he accomplished with Piggott aboard in the 2000 Guineas, Derby and St Leger. Nijinsky outclassed his 2000 Guineas rivals in the paddock and on the racecourse, sweeping through most impressively to beat the top-class Yellow God by two and a half lengths. For the first and only time…

Although six years had already passed since the first win of his legendary career, Lester Piggott was still only 18 when riding his first Derby winner, Never Say Die, making him the youngest jockey to win the race during the twentieth century. This came just months after Piggott had ridden a winner, Mull Sack, at the National Hunt Meeting (nowadays…

Legendary jockey Lester Piggott, perhaps the greatest rider there has been, has died at the age of 86. He died peacefully in the early hours of Sunday morning in Switzerland, having been in hospital several days. His death comes six days before the Derby at Epsom, a race he will always be synonymous with. He won the greatest Flat race in the world…