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Cigars helped keep Piggott at the top of racing

Lester Piggott - cigars helped keep him at the top of racing.

By Andrew Atkinson THE next time you sit down to dine, stop and think about the ‘starvation’ that jockeys put themselves through, to make a weight. Lester Piggot, 83, arguably the greatest Flat jockey ever, survived on a daily diet of sipping a drink – and a puff on a cigar – during his illustrious  […]

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