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So so many to chose from but has to Light shift winning the oaks was in tears.
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seeing a tear in his eye after frankel demolished them in the queen anne
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Training wise thought Bosra Sham's 1000 Guineas on her dodgy pins was quite a feat.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37lPr4YFZC8
Slip Anchor was the first time in racing that i was stunned |
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I've got more than 100 favourite Sir Henry moments. One that stands out is Oh So Sharp winning the St Leger to take the fillies Triple Crown in 1985. I was in my mates house drinking cans of lager and watching the races on tv. By the time of the Leger we were well off it. We had backed her in the Nell Gwyn, 1000 Guineas and the Oaks and plunged on her in the Leger. When she crossed the line in front it was just a euphoric moment, one of the best racing moments of my life.
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Wollow gliding to the front in the 2000 guineas. Hairs standing up just now thinking about it.
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Waiting for Buckskin to hobble back into the unsaddling ring after running a brave 2nd to stablemate Le Moss in the Gold Cup.
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of my generation 53, you didnt seem to mind his losers as much,
killer instinct tenby sabrehill royal anthem were 4 that left me in the poor house,  i was brought up having 20 50p trebles on cecils 6 midweek favs at yarmouth,  |
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intodays market cecil would have trained 2 999 to 1 guiena,s winners, because in both oh so sharps and sleepytimes 1000 giunea,s wins the commentator didnt see either of them coming, bit like croc yesterday,
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Back in 1983 I backed a 2-y-o filly called Be My Valentine in the St Hugh's Stakes. The result was called a dead-heat on the day but Sir Henry appealed the decision and Be My Valentine was awarded the race outright a week or so later. Not one of my favourite moments as I only got paid on a dead-heat but well done Sir Henry.
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I thought Slip Anchors Derby was great. Horse prepared to the minute by the master and Cauthen setting the fractions and storming home.Quite brilliant.
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Tons of 'em!
Coming back into the unsaddling enclosure after Bosra Sham won the Champion Stakes, with HRAC blowing kisses to the crowd. Then Sheikh Mohammed and HRAC diffusing what could have been a tense moment on the podium (this was weeks after the Sheikh had taken his horses from henry's back to Dubai) clowning around with a ceremonial dagger which was the 'trophy' that Emirates had put up for the winning trainer. Meeting him several times on the gallops and at the races and talking with him for upwards of thirty minutes without a care in the world. The shoes! The rose garden! The pink socks at Royal Ascot! A two-year old called Fleetwood beating the rest by half the length of the Haydock Park straight with the jockey taking nearly half a circuit to pull him up. I went straight to the on course Stanleys and punted him for the following yeears Derby - damn thing never ran again! Thanks for a million memories Henry, all of them golden. |
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Remember over a 2 or 3 day period back in the late 90's early 00's he had 7 or 8 winners (maybe more was a long time ago) on the bounce. People in the bookies were just backing his runners blind after about the 3rd winner.
Agree with Pandora about his face after watching Frankel win. You could almost feel the joy he was feeling after everything he had been through to get back to that level again. Great to see |
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Light shift
Sums up all that was good about racing , sir henry and a winning horse Truly was fairytale stuff |
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There are so many, but the best for me was definitely The Champion Stakes with Frankel...never have I desperately wanted a horse to win at all costs without having a bet on it!
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Ardross my fav horse but ....I was stood at the finish line when Oh So Sharp won the Fillies Triple Crown at Doncaster , that was a great day.
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rogerthebutler-A two-year old called Fleetwood beating the rest by half the length of the Haydock Park straight with the jockey taking nearly half a circuit to pull him up. I went straight to the on course Stanleys and punted him for the following yeears Derby - damn thing never ran again!
I was there that day too. Never seen anything like it.Shame it got injured. |
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If not this season then the next, I hope Abdullah names his best 2yo in honour of HRAC - alas, nobody else would be able to train it as well as Henry
 Imagine in the near future a 2yo called Sir Henry Cecil bolting up by six lengths on its debut? Everyone would be backing it for ante-post fro the classics  |
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Im just gutted,other than family or close friends I don't think it would be possible to be more upset over a death. He was flat racing to me.
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I feel the same way as you .Fidway. It's been a desperately sad day for me. Sir Henry was woven into the very fabric of British racing. I was looking at the list of his major race wins in Great Britain (117 in total) earlier and the names of the horses brought a tear to my eye. Such fantastic horses trained by a master of his craft. I never met Sir Henry yet I feel I have lost someone very close to me.
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Nice thread.
Best racing moment: a dead-heat between Oh So Sharp's 1000 Guineas - how did she get up??!! - and being at York last year for Frankel's Juddmonte, simply because everyone knew the great man's time in the spotlight was drawing to a close and it was an opportunity to show him our affection and appreciation. Non-racing moment: being lucky enough to have dinner in his company at the Jockey Club Rooms, and him turning up in velvet slippers embroidered with a gold crest. So typical of the man! Thanks for the memories, Sir Henry. |
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I remember seeing him at the Cheltenham Festival a couple of years ago. only time I ever saw him, just stared at him for as long as he stood there. He even had a winner at the festival.
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 I saw him in the stands at Chester when I was a schoolboy and Henry (puffing away on a ciggy) and Stoutey were standing right behind me!I didn't even try to say 'hello' or anything, even though he was my hero! |
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a horse called votecatcher not one of his greats but one i backed as a teen and just starting on the betting road but a horse he trained early in his career which helped put him on the map.
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Navel its a sad day. Cant believe it.
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he had a stud near hemsley near york and used to stay at the black swan during ebor week and visit the stud, you used to see him strolling around the village in the morning
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Fid - just reading other people's comments and going by those I shouldn't have been 'awestruck' or in fear of looking like an arsewipe - I should've at least asked for his autograph...that was around 1979/80
PS - did you just stare or did you have a chat and get the signature? |
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Navel I just stared . he was in the pre parade ring at Cheltenham so wouldn't have been able to get near him anyway. think he would have been the only person I would have went over and spoke to,would usually be too nervous to but would have just bit the bullet to speak with him.
I remember a couple of months back I just sat down for 10 minutes to see how many of his horses I could write down off the top of my head and got to 90,would have got a lot more if it wasn't for my slow writing lol. sad I know. |
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ive mentioned this before but in the 70,s early 80,s when stoutey and cecil used to target the maidens at redcar they used to share the horsebox,their lads in the pig and whistle pub always marked your card which one was better fancied,the betting always mirrored this and it was easy money most of the time
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One of my most enduring memories in racing is how approachable Henry was.
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when he asked me to pass him the ice in the members bar at newbury in 89
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watching his lightly raced 3 year olds at Ascot - no spare flesh and just ready to run like hell - greatest trainer, truly a legend
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Fid - I might have a crack at that later and I'd be bitterly disappointed if I can't get the ton...even after several drinks!
I'd be hoping for nearer 200 even though the memory ain't what it used to be!  That's how much of an impact he's had on my passion for the game PS - I'm surprised you only got 90 as you've often mentioned some of the more obscure winning 2yo's. |
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http://youtu.be/HIxUFjdEOGc
Oh So Sharp Not the greatest commentary from GG. |
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Fidway - do you recall a classy 2yo called Samoan from 1988 who was second to High Estate in the Royal Lodge?
He absolutely devoured the ground with an exaggerated action I've not seen the likes of since. Check out his form on the RP website...he didn't progress as a 3yo but I think he'd have made a big impression on bottomless ground at Cheltenham |
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Good thread.
My aunt used to work at Dumfries House in Ayrshire, and Lord Howard De Walden used to summer there. Invariably the whole district would be on one of Henry's at the start of the Glasgow Fair holidays, it invariably won. Seeing Frankel thunder past us on the rail at the Judmonte was pretty special last year. Fate maybe saved the best for last for Henry. |
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probably save to say that frankel added a few years to cecils life, must have been like a balloon being pricked this pre season
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FTP - good point...especially with his old favourite Twice Over having been retired as well.
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PS - I'm sure I read/heard some time back that for all the superb horses he's handled, Twice Over was one of Henry's all-time favourites...then again, he was hardly a slouch with four group one wins.
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i was at redcar one friday i think when redcar raced fri , sat of royal ascot and ascot heath and seemed to remember a horse called mr flurocarbon doing us a nice turn at ascot,maybe rose coloured glasses and it may have lost but we all punted it, anyone remember it
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