This pedigree gave every suggestion that Lester might have the attributes required to become a successful jockey, either on the Flat or over jumps. She herself was a talented horsewoman, riding the winner of the Newmarket Town Plate in 1928, in the days when that was the only British race in which women were allowed to ride. Keith's wife Iris was the daughter of one Classic-winning jockey (Fred Rickaby Sr), the sister of another (Fred Rickaby Jnr) and the aunt of Fred Rickaby (twice Britain's champion apprentice in the early 1930s and subsequently a leading trainer in South Africa) and his younger brother Bill, one of Britain's leading jockeys from the 1930s to the '60s. Her other three brothers were also successful jockeys, including Kempton Cannon who, like Mornington, also rode a Derby winner. Ernie's wife Margaret, Lester's grandmother, was the sister of Mornington Cannon, England's leading Flat jockey in the final years of the 19 th century when he was champion jockey six times and rode six Classic winners. Keith's father Ernie had been the leading steeplechase jockey in the second decade of the 20 th century, three times winning the National Hunt jockeys' championship and three times riding the Grand National winner. His father Keith was a successful trainer, most notably sending out Ayala to win the Grand National in 1963. Under the circumstances, the fact that the passing of Lester Piggott at the age of 86 in hospital in Switzerland was the first item on the hourly news bulletins on BBC Radio Four on Sunday morning tells us all that we need to know: Lester (no explanatory surname required) was not merely a national sporting icon or international racing hero, but a figure of worldwide significance whose place in the hearts and minds of the public went far beyond the narrow confines of the sport which he dominated for decades.īorn on Guy Fawkes' Day 1935, Lester Piggott was born to ride. Within the sports' pages racing no longer holds its prime position of yesteryear, and when the Cazoo Derby is run at Epsom this Saturday, it will have to fight for its few column inches in the national press. We're definitely not in the 'silly season' in which news editors have to look far and wide, including to the back pages, to find the front-page leads. Police will also seek an autopsy to determine whether Kenneth Ayers was under the influence drugs or alcohol.There's plenty going on in the world at present, including in Great Britain with the daily-changing tragi-comic farce which masquerades as domestic politics. Daniel Sneath said investigators are trying to determine what led to the shooting and why Ayers was carrying a gun despite the protection order. Hollie Jo Ayers was transported to a hospital and expected to survive, according to police.
Investigators said he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Kenneth Ayers’ body was found several hours later in his parked truck in a wooded area in Warriors Mark Township. “Words can’t describe the scene … heartbreaking,” Zanic told The (Altoona) Mirror outside the home. Kenneth Ayers placed the child’s body in the back of his vehicle but the wounded woman retrieved the body before Ayers shot her again in the face, police said.
40 caliber handgun before intentionally shooting his son, police said.
But once at the home, Ayers got into an altercation with his estranged wife, Hollie Jo, and shot her in the legs and arm with a. Saturday’s visit was to happen at his mother’s home in Barree Township.
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