sad day for horse racing

Life is but a blink of an eyelid. Henry made good use of that blink. He will never be forgotten in the racing world.

from the first day i started betting he was there, in the 70's, its going to be weird without him

It is very sad.

Whenever I saw him interviewed, he was always gracious and polite.

Remember seeing Thommo interview Pat Phoenix (elsie tanner) in the unsaddling enclosure

when she had a share in a horse and Cecil was in the background with his back to the

camera talking to some owners. Thommo said -well, Pat, Henry Cecil's just behind you,

blah, blah, blah. And the great man promptly turned round for an impromptu chat.

I think he probably didn't know who she was but he was absolutely charming!