I must admit, I was a great Lester Piggott fan and cursed Willie on many occasions but as the years passed and heard him letting his guard down, I realised what a lovely genuine man he was and still is. Obviously, Willie couldn't give an inch to Lester and at times it came across there was no love lost but I was very wrong.
My hero on the flat, he never gave up always trying. Nashwan was the most beautiful horse . No one ever mentions his ride on Sun Princess, drops her out to 2nd last then came round the whole field to take it up 4f out and then went onto win by 10 lengths. The doom and gloom around Nashwans defeat, it came to light that he burst a blood vessel. Willies face during the Cauthen interview 🤣🤣
