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 ...