Thomas Piggott, landlord in 1881, was the great grandfather of well-known jockey Lester Piggott.
The collaboration between Jon Doscher, Fran Ganguzza and Jim Sheridan resulted in an agreement to produce the full-length feature film: Old Stoneface, which depicts the illustrious and controversial career of Lester Piggott, the greatest flat Jockey in England’s history and perhaps the best jockey of all time.
Among the jockeys to ride for Cecil, the most notable have been Steve Cauthen, Lester Piggott, Joe Mercer, Kieren Fallon, Pat Eddery and, later, Tom Queally.
The collaboration between Jon Doscher/Fran Ganguzza and Jim Sheridan resulted in an agreement to produce the feature film: Old Stoneface, which depicts the illustrious and controversial career of Lester Piggott, the greatest flat Jockey in England's history and perhaps the best jockey of all time.
Piggott is the daughter of Susan Armstrong and champion jockey Lester Piggott and member of an English family which has been involved in horse racing since the eighteenth century.
He was the Chairman Board of Stewards of the Sri Lanka Turf Club and was a keen turfite, who raced in Sri Lanka and England, where he won the "Royal Ascot" with "Rasa Penang" ridden by the world famous jockey Lester Piggott.
Lester Young | Richard Lester | Lester Maddox | Lester B. Pearson | Lester Piggott | Lester Bangs | Lester Bowie | Lester L. Grabbe | Lester | Adrian Lester | Lester W. Smith | Lester Horton | Ketty Lester | Bruce Lester | Lester, Washington | Lester R. Ford | Lester J. Maitland | Lester Flatt | Lester Carpenter | Lester Bird | Terry Lester | Normand Lester | Mark L. Lester | Lester Wunderman | Lester Wilson | Lester Smith | Lester Kasai | Lester del Rey | Lester "Bubba" Carpenter | Jon Lester |
Lester Piggott set a steady pace on Kirtling, with Eddery settling Beldale Flutter in second.
Apart from Ernie Piggott, (Lester Piggott's grandfather) and George Stevens (who won five times in the 19th century) Brian Fletcher is the only jockey to have won the Grand National three times.
In its heyday before the legalisation of bettings shops in the 1960s, the stadium attracted large crowds, and celebrities such as Henry Cooper, Lester Piggott, Lennox Lewis, Frank Bruno and Leslie Grantham appeared to present trophies to the winners.