THE leathery face creases into a smile much more often these days and the white hair lends a touch of distinction, but underneath it all there's the same determination to win that has spanned six decades in the saddle.
Lester Piggott. More words have been written about this one man than almost certainly any other in the history of world racing. Mind you, he has been around for a long time.
But Piggott is simply special. At 58 he's still pushing them round racecourses from Beverley to Bombay, Sandown to Singapore, Haydock to Hong Kong. And winning, naturally.
He rode his first winner in Hong Kong 21 years ago, a rather ordinary galloper called Western Scott who, if memory serves, was winning his first race.
Unlike his jockey, the gelding did not add significantly to his tally.
Happily, Piggott has returned many times since and today he attempts to win the Hong Kong Derby.