Article: 'There were a couple tailed off, and one looked a bit like my colours. I thought uh oh, he's had a long season, something's gone wrong' The incredible story of the life and career of star stayer Sergeant Cecil is told in a new book by Steve Dennis. In this extract, the doughty chestnut bids for a unique handicap treble in the Cesarewitch.(Sports)

Byline: Steve Dennis.

THERE was one more race in Sergeant Cecil that autumn, and it would be at Newmarket on Champions Day - but Rod Millman had a choice to make. Most observers would consider his dilemma no choice at all-where would the merit lie in contesting the Group 2 Jockey Club Cup instead of attempting to reconfigure the history books in the Cesarewitch? - but Millman's remit was to give Sergeant Cecil the best possible chance to win a race, and if he thought the Cup was the best spot then he would have been doing the right thing by running him in it.

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