Champion Jockey Lester Piggott was fined £750 at Uxbridge today on a currency charge.
Piggott pleaded guilty of an attempt to export £686 in French Francs, Dollars and Sterling.
4-11-68 Pic by P. Trievnor
Photo shows – Jockey Lester Piggott on his way to the court at Uxbridge.
2.30 The Southern Counties Juvenile Maiden Hurdle Race 1st De Tramuntana Evens Fav ridden by Philip Hide trained by Peter Hedger 3.00 The Fontwell Park Club Handicap Hurdle Race 1st Mercato (FR) 7/1 ridden by Philip Hide trained by John Best 3.30 The Mandy Sheppard Maiden Steeple Chase 1st Moving Earth (IRE) 13/8 Fav ridden…
2.15 The Withington Conditional Jockeys Selling Handicap Hurdle Race 1st Wisemans Bridge 6/1 ridden by M Caswell trained by Mrs S Oliver 2.45 The Alton Novices Steeple Chase 1st Master Tercel 5/1 ridden by S Morshead trained by J L Spearing 3.15 The BBC Radio Derby Handicap Hurdle Race 1st Cambridge Gold 5/2 fav ridden…
1.30 The Minors Novices Hurdle Race (Division I) 1st Ruddy Sam 2/1 fav ridden by J J O’Neill trained by M H Easterby 2.00 The Newbury Spring Steeple Chase (Limited Handicap) 1st Isle Of Man 5/2 ridden by W Smith trained by F Walwyn 2.40 The Schweppes Gold Trophy Handicap Hurdle Race 1st True Lad…
12.55 The Pudding Norton Selling Handicap Hurdle Race 1st Canny Chiftane 25/1 ridden by Wayne Hutchinson trained by Clarissa Caroe 1.25 The Prince of Wales Stand Handicap Steeple Chase 1st Blazing Batman 7/1 ridden by E Husband trained by Dr P Pritchard 1.55 The Eastern Daily Press Juvenile Novices Hurdle Race 1st Plough Boy 11/10F…
2.15 The Daily Express Triumph Hurdle Race (Grade 1) 1st Saxon Farm 12/1 ridden by M Perrett trained by S Mellor 2.50 The Christies Foxhunter Steeple Chase Challenge Cup 1st Eliogarty 3/1 Fav ridden by Miss C Beasley trained by B Kelly 3.30 The Tote Cheltenham Gold Cup Steeple Chase (Grade 1) 1st Bregawn 100/30…
Robert Dick was brilliantly conspicuous in the saddle during the 1933 season. At the Ascot meeting he won three big races on consecutive days for Lord Astor – the St. James’s Palace Stakes, Coronation Stakes, and the Waterford Stakes, worth, in all, £10,030. He also won on The Divot and dead-heated on Mannamead at the…