Sir Henry Cecil Exhibition on Champions Day

[cormack15]

Sir Henry Cecil fans (isn’t that everyone?) attending Ascot for Champions Day will be lucky enough to see previously unseen photographs and personal artefacts from the late Sir Henry’s home at Warren Place in Newmarket which will form part of an exhibition at the racecourse on that day.

Included will be the family standard Cecil used to fly above his house after a Group One victory and a specially-selected collection of photos depicting the life of Cecil from early childhood to the end of his glittering career.

Also part of the exhibition will be some of the trophies that he won in his 44 years as the nation’s best-loved trainer, during which time he won 10 trainers’ championships and 25 British Classics.

Other artefacts include a dinosaur’s tooth which hangs in a frame in his study at Warren Place and a photo of the family home in Scotland where he spent his early days and where he always loved to return – and who can blame him for that <!– s:) –><!– s:) –>

Here are some of the sample pics –

A young Sir Henry with his mother

Henry with his hack (pic: Trevor Jones)

Henry (left) with twin brother David and step-father Sir Cecil Boyd-Rochfort

[gamble]

I have been following Cecil for years
: see the flat capped guy on the concrete
bench – a fine example of my early stalking.

" Who can blame him wanting to return
to Scotland ".

I would agree with your
sentiments Mac, Scotland is a fine land,
and Edinburgh far less claustrophobic
than bankbroke citi with its aftershaved
drug dependants in pinstripes.
However, I do feel part of the reason for
the Razeen clone Arzen’s quick
departure from these now algaed waters
was his Bromley propensity in the past
(which is rarely forgotten by you)
for being quick out with the jock.

[Triptych]

What a great legacy Sir Henry left us.
Love the photo resembling a Munnings painting with Henry walking casually through the field with his hack following.
There’ll never be another like him.

Things turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out...

[BroncoBilly]

What a great legacy Sir Henry left us.
Love the photo resembling a Munnings painting with Henry walking casually through the field with his hack following.
There’ll never be another like him.

I like that one too and there’s a story behind it, according to the narrative at the exhibition. Henry had dropped his cigarettes and so had dismounted the horse to look for them. He then didn’t have anybody to give him a leg back up, and so had to walk back while leading the horse behind him !

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