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Article: Trainer rod confused by sgt cecil's Ascot failure
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- Express & Echo (Exeter UK)
- Article date:
- June 22, 2007
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Cullompton trainer Rod Millman was at a loss to explain why his
horse Sergeant Cecil finished last at the Royal Ascot Gold Cup.
The eight-year-old had been highly fancied and was second
favourite to Yeats going into the showpiece race.
But Sergeant Cecil's trademark burst of power at the end of the
race was nowhere to be seen and he trundled over the line 14th out of
14.
Millman said: "No good I'm afraid, but theses things happen. I
don't know what happened. The horse seemed fine after the race.
"It's always disappointing. Maybe the horse was just having an off
day, like humans do sometimes."
Hot favourite Yeats, trained by Aidan O'Brien, stormed ahead on
the final straight to complete ...