Piggott heart scare ‘not life-threatening’

LESTER Piggott’s condition is not believed to be life-threatening as he recovers from a recurrence of a heart problem in a hospital in Switzerland.

Piggott heart scare ‘not life-threatening’
Wed, 16 May, 2007 - 01:00
Tom Peacock and Keith Hamer

Arguably the greatest jockey of all time, the 71-year-old is being treated in Lausanne, where he has been joined by his wife Susan and daughter Maureen Haggas.

Haggas is the wife of Newmarket trainer William Haggas, who told Racing UK last evening: “I think it is fairly common knowledge that he had a bit of a heart problem at Christmas time and he had a recurrence of that last night in Switzerland.

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