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Lester lands His classic Record

Graham Buddry remembers the great Commanche Run who swept Piggott to victory in the 1984 St Leger

YESTERDAY’S HEROES
The mid 1980s were great years for racing with a plethora of brilliant horses, far more than just the odd two or three we sometimes get. We also had the spectacle of Frank Buckle’s long-standing record of English Classic winners being challenged 157 years after he rode his twenty seventh and final one, 35 years after his first in 1792.
Lester Piggott is a legend in his own lifetime, a jockey of unmatchable class and strength with a unique style in the saddle that ...

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