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Article: Sergeant Cecil on call for Ascot speed check ; RACING
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- July 18, 2007
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Sometimes you would swear that horses have a sense of humour. For
just as a book detailing his colourful, swashbuckling life to date
was published, Sergeant Cecil produced the worst performance of his
career by trailing in last in the Ascot Gold Cup. Happily, his
trainer, Rod Millman, can produce a wry smile at the sod's law
scenario - "He did rather drop us all in it, didn't he?" - and, the
old equine warrior being none the worse for last month's shocker,
can move on to the next task.
That may be back at Ascot in 10 days' time. Unusually for one
perceived as an out-and-out stayer, Sergeant Cecil holds an entry in
the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, the 12-furlong summer ...