Lester Piggott signed and worn Charles W. Engelhard Jr. racing silks, 1960s.
£2,000 - £3,000
Lester Piggott signed and worn Charles W. Engelhard Jr. racing silks. 1960s, green body with red and yellow arms, signed in black marker pen, glazed and framed.
These silks were from Fulke Johnson Houghton's stables at the Woodway Stables in Blewbury. The most notable Enelhard horses trained by Fulke Johnson Houghton and ridden by Lester Piggott would include the brothers Ribocco, Ribero and Ribofilio. The first two both won the Irish Derby and the St Leger in 1967 and 1968 respectively; whilst Ribofilio won the Champagne Stakes and Dewhurst Stakes in 1968, and was believed to have been ‘got at’ when flopping in the 2,000 Guineas.
Other Lester Piggott-ridden Charles Engelhard horses trained at Blewbury include Tin King (Norfolk Stakes & Cornwallis Stakes 1965), Falcon (Norfolk Stakes 1966, Temple Stakes 1967) & Habitat (1969 Wills Mile).
These silks have a distinctive square patch repair. A colour portrait press photograph of Lester Piggott, with a file date of 1st July 1968, shows Lester wearing these repaired colours.