Lester Piggott jockey saddle race used c.1980-1985

Lester Piggott jockey saddle race used c.1980-1985,
brown leather, weighing 1.1kg., the underside initialed L.P., condition commensurate with use; sold with a signed letter of authenticity from Lester Piggott on Eve Lodge, Newmarket, headed paper and dated 25.7.86, reading “I certify that this saddle has been used by me for at least five years and I have ridden many classic and big race winners on it, Lester Piggott”

The saddle was donated by Lester Piggott as an auction prize at the Variety Club Charity Ball held at the home of Peter de Savary, Littlecote House, Wiltshire, England in 1986. The auctioneer at the charity event was the famous English Actor Charles Dance. Lester had retired from race riding the year before.

For further due diligence the auctioneer has shown the saddle to Lester Piggott's daughter Maureen Haggas who confirmed that it was her late father's saddle.