Career
He retired as a jockey in November 2007. Lester Saint East. P. Irish.
He retired as a jockey in November 2007. Lester Saint East. P. Irish.
Lester Awards Flat Jockey Special Recognition Award in 1997 and 2007 Flat Jockey of the Year in 2000 British flat racing Champion Apprentice in 1978 (70 wins) British flat racing Champion Jockey in 2000 (155 wins) Great Britain 1,000 Guineas - (1) - Attraction (2004) Coronation Stakes - (1) - Attraction (2004) Dewhurst Stakes - (1) - Shamardal (2004) Golden Jubilee Stakes - (1) - Malhub (2002) Haydock Sprint Cup - (2) - Pipalong (2000), Reverence (2006) Nunthorpe Stakes - (2) - Coastal Bluff (1997, dead heat), Reverence (2006) Queen Elizabeth II Stakes - (2) - Observatory (2000), Where or When (2002) Racing Post Trophy - (3) - Celtic Swing (1994), High Chaparral (2001), Brian Boru (2002) Saint Leger - (1) - Bollin Eric (2002) Sun Chariot Stakes - (4) - Louisiana Confederation (1994), Warning Shadows (1995), Attraction (2004), Peeress (2005) Yorkshire Oaks - (1) - Super Tassa (2001) Canada E. P. Taylor Stakes - (1) - Fraulein (2002) France Prix du Jockey Club - (1) - Celtic Swing (1995) Prix de l"Opéra - (1) - Kinnaird (2005) Germany Aral-Pokal - (1) - River North (1994) Deutsches Derby - (1) - Belenus (1999) Ireland Irish 1,000 Guineas - (1) - Attraction (2004) Matron Stakes - (1) - Attraction (2005) Moyglare Study Stakes - (1) - Bianca Nera (1996) Italy Premio Presidente della Repubblica - (1) - Flagbird (1995) Premio Vittorio di Capua - (1) - Portuguese Lucaya (1994).