Lester Piggott, a jockey who won the English Derby nine times and saddled the legendary horse Nijinsky, has died, his family said Sunday. He was 86. Piggott died in a Switzerland hospital, his ...

He won his first race at age 12 and his last in his 50s, and he rode to a record 30 victories in the five most important British thoroughbred races. By Richard Sandomir Lester Piggott, one of ...

Lester Piggott, whose 11 jockey championship titles and a record nine English Derby wins made him Britain’s most successful jockey of the late 20th century, died May 29 at a hospital in Geneva. He was ...