Piggott began his English riding career in the late 1890s but from 1905 was based for several years in Belgium and France.
[4] His first Grand National victory came in 1912 on 4/1 joint favourite, Jerry M, trained by Robert Gore and owned by Sir Charles Assheton-Smith.
[5] Although this trainer-owner pair won the following year's National with Covertcoat, Piggott was not on board, and it wasn't until 1918, when the Grand National was held at Gatwick (as Aintree had been commandeered by the War Office[6]) that Piggott got a follow-up success with Poethlyn.
The same horse gave him his third and final National victory back at Aintree in 1919 when it went off 11/4 favourite, the shortest priced winner in the history of the race.
Piggott also notably rode the 14-year-old Manifesto into third place in the 1902 National under a weight of 12 st 8 lb.