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Sir Henry Cecil

  1. Image: Sir Henry Cecil, a legend of the sport of horse racing, on one of his final racecourse trips when Frankel won the 2012 Juddmonte Stakes at York
  2. Image: Although Sir Henry is well known for his success with fillies, colt Wollow provided an early classic when winning the 1976 2,000 Guineas
  3. Image: Sir Henry and legendary owner Lord Howard de Walden (right) had many big race successes together
  4. Image: Cecil is the leading trainer at Royal Ascot in history, with 75 winners, Le Moss here pictured winning the Gold Cup for the second time in 1980
  5. Image: Sir Henry's association with Steve Cauthen was one of the most successful of the 80s, here Oh So Sharp returns after winning the 1000 Guineas
  6. Image: After winning the Oaks, Oh So Sharp went on to complete an incredible Triple Crown when she stormed to victory in the 1985 St Leger at Doncaster
  7. Image: In the same year, Slip Anchor provided Sir Henry with his first Derby winner, here leading an already beaten field around Tattenham Corner
  8. Image: Another Epsom success came in 1987 when Reference Point made it two Derby successes in three years for the master of Warren Place
  9. Image: Oaks glory, and plenty of it, in 1988 when Diminuendo was responsible for the incredible treble of winning at Epsom, the Curragh and York
  10. Image: Pictured in 1988, Sir Henry at just about the high point of his dominance
  11. Image: The middle of the 90s were dominated by Bosra Sham, a filly who provided four more Group 1 victories, here winning the 1997 Prince of Wales's Stakes
  12. Image: Ramruma provided more success in 1999, winning the Oaks, Irish Oaks and Yorkshire Oaks before going down narrowly in a bid to win the St Leger
  13. Image: When Beat Hollow won the Grand Prix de Paris in 2000, few expected the trouble Sir Henry would go through in his professional and private life
  14. Image: Sir Henry went six years without a Group 1 winner, and thought about retiring, but he returned to the limelight when Light Shift won the 2007 Epsom Oaks
  15. Image: Midday proved to be one of the Cecil standard bearers for a number of years, pictured here winning her third straight Nassau Stakes at Goodwood in 2011
  16. Image: By then it was Frankel that had become intrinsically linked to Sir Henry's name - there would be plenty more success to follow
  17. Image: Henry Cecil became Sir Henry Cecil in 2011 when he was knighted by Her Majesty the Queen for his services to horse racing
  18. Image: That honour came only a couple of months after Frankel won the 2000 Guineas in simply astonishing style at Newmarket
  19. Image: Frankel's and, as it turned out, Cecil's final big day came in October 2012 as the colt won the Champion Stakes to end his career unbeaten
  20. Image: Remembering Sir Henry Cecil - 10 times Champion Trainer, 25 English Classic, more than 100 worldwide Group/Grade 1 winners.