"Sergeant Cecil"

by Brian Halton

Limited Edition of 195 prints

Image Size: 14 x 10 in

Sergeant Cecil
Born: 1999
Place of Birth: UK
Colour: Chesnut
Sex: Gelding
Sire:King’s Signet
Dam: Jadidh
Owner: Terry Cooper
Trainer: Rod Millman
Regular Jockey: Alan Munro/Frankie Dettori
Sergeant Cecil has become one of racings all time favourite racehorses during his eight year career. However, it was not always the case as he didn’t actually win a race until his fourteenth start!!


He was named after his owner's father who was a Sergeant Major in the First World War and died when Terry was 9 years old. There was no gravestone for Sergeant Major Cecil Cooper, so on buying the subject little chesnut horse, Terry decided to name him as a memorial to his father.