Another fantastic upload ..brilliant comments which were lovely to read from people who know far more about h r Cecil than I do ,they don’t make em like Henry any more .and the end bit with the mighty frankel is just joyous …what a horse and what a trainer
Wonderful trainer. A racing hero of mine I was lucky enough to meet him on a stable visit and he kindly agreed to posing for a photo with me which I had framed . It sits in my living room to this day. It was very sad day when he died two years later. Racing lost a great.
Wonderful Archive footage of Sir Henry’s Great Thoroughbreds, particularly liked his interviews which gave us a rare insight into the Genius of the man.
I worked for Sir Captain Cecil Boyd Rochfort in 1967, Henry was going to take over when Boyd Rochfort was soon to retire, i was homesick and Henry tried to talk me in to staying he was a great man , one of the all time greats.
Sir Henry Cecil the greatest trainer ive ever known he is a true legend this man was the very best i cry when i see the greatest ever trainer near the end of his life with frankel u will always remember the king of trainers and miss this man so very much and the joy he bought to millions god bless him and thanks
Fair list, no doubting the number one and could probably have two and three in either order without too much complaint. Quite remarkable man and his story is now the stuff of legend... It was certainly a rollercoaster of fortunes after losing so many owners in such a short space of time along with the Fallon episode but the bravery and dignity he showed toward the end will forever be remembered alongside his magnum opus, the majestic Frankel. Frankel's champion stakes still brings a lump to my throat... I read somewhere that a film is being planned, it should give Bob champion a run for his money in the Kleenex stakes if so!!
@@HorseRacingLegends Cecil actually rated Bosra Sham as the best filly he ever trained, ahead of Indian Skimmer and Oh So Sharp... I might have squeezed Royal Anthem in this top 12, or made it top 13!!
@@HorseRacingLegends They were indeed, Royal Anthem was brilliant on his day and a bit unlucky in that he kept coming up against the top class Daylami. Killer Instinct was a major talking horse who just never showed it at the races... Went from the St James' Palace stakes in June to a handicap snip in the John Smith Cup in July and still finished out with the washing!!
loved old vic and belmez, the day i was there and backed old vic . cecil won trainers championship that day. i remember belmez winning as a 2 year old 50/1 from another cecil horse so i backed him first race as a 3 year old at newbury 5/1 easy win great horse. so far fantastic video but indian skimmer who i saw run most of her races at the track would be in my top 5 sadly she had to have cut in the ground ok back to the vid with ardross
thankflly i met this great man many times and even got a private stable tour by him one beautiful afternoon in 1989 it all fell apart when he left Julie who was the backbone of warren place. brilliant vid i could ramble on and on. should have been sir Henry years before but because he backed the pig for tax evasion. the only time i was pissed off by sir Hen was when he hired the biggest crook in racing KF i cant even bring myself to say its name.
So much good horses passed through Henrys Cecils yard, loved the dual Derby winner Commander in Chief and always thought Sabrehill would have been 1 of his best if not getting injured. Would have loved to have seen how good the once raced 2YO Fleetwood would have been if not getting injured also. Loads and loads of good horses ,the list is endless 👌
In my lifetime i think Frankel was the best horse ive ever seen. Henry Cecil also was one of the great trainers too, i wonder what he would think of today trainers.
Indian Skimmer had the potential to be the best Filly I’ve ever seen, she fractured her leg and was never as good afterwards. Even though she won top races like the Champion Stakes and Irish Champion Stakes
@@chrisarkwright1313 loved Dimmy met her back before the 89 season when she was getting prepared for the guineas which I had 50/1 but forgot to back for the oaks too at 50/1 hmmmm
@@chrisarkwright1313 yup she's in my top 5 of all time, Indian skimmer not far away but had to get softish ground and Dimmy could run on anything really
Steve Cauthen was brilliant. I don’t know why anyone would question his ability. He won the triple crown in America before he went over to Europe. The reporter should have done his research on Cauthen before he go asking silly questions. He’s an idiot
Belmez my anti post derby bet injured in the chester vase missed the derby to return to win the king george great battle with old vic the french derby winner
ok about to hit top 5 but before i do here would be mine. 1 Frankel 2 Reference Point 3 Oh So Sharp 4 Diminuendo joint 5th Old Vic and Indian Skimmer and to be honest i couldnt even do a top 10 too difficult with too many to choose from if a nutjob cecil fan like midday oath commander in chief kneller e had a lot of great 2 year olds that never trained on or got injured so that could be in a video by itself like be my chief citidancer . i could do a top 50 for all his horses as loved them all. after the likes of bolkonski and wollow he couldnt train a miler sadly reference point was sick for that race and later on sh. mohammed took his best 2 year olds out to godolphin because of that tart new wife of his and they won well as older horses. back to the vid
@@HorseRacingLegends that's fair enough but he had so many smart 2 years winning many races a lot didn't train on like sanquirico and like citidancer , Be my chief and quite a few others got injured didn't get back their form as 3 year olds
what a lovely man Henry Cecil was
Wonderful trainer, superb horses and great memories. A massive thank you for collating this video, it is greatly appreciated 👌
You are so kind.It was a pleasure.
Another fantastic upload ..brilliant comments which were lovely to read from people who know far more about h r Cecil than I do ,they don’t make em like Henry any more .and the end bit with the mighty frankel is just joyous …what a horse and what a trainer
Glad you enjoyed it Micky.Yes the ending was great wasn’t it.Yes it’s amazing to read all these comments.
World class gentleman and trainer
That shot of frankel breezing past them all in the champion stakes breathtaking. Superb video thanks.
Thank you so much.
Wonderful trainer. A racing hero of mine I was lucky enough to meet him on a stable visit and he kindly agreed to posing for a photo with me which I had framed . It sits in my living room to this day. It was very sad day when he died two years later. Racing lost a great.
Yes very sad but what a great memory
Wonderful Archive footage of Sir Henry’s Great Thoroughbreds, particularly liked his interviews which gave us a rare insight into the Genius of the man.
Glad you enjoyed it.Was an emotional ending
Brilliant that. You are uploading plenty of great videos, none better than that. Thank you.
You're very welcome and thank you so much.
I worked for Sir Captain Cecil Boyd Rochfort in 1967, Henry was going to take over when Boyd Rochfort was soon to retire, i was homesick and Henry tried to talk me in to staying he was a great man , one of the all time greats.
That’s a Great story Brian.Thank you so much for that.
Sir Henry Cecil the greatest trainer ive ever known he is a true legend this man was the very best i cry when i see the greatest ever trainer near the end of his life with frankel u will always remember the king of trainers and miss this man so very much and the joy he bought to millions god bless him and thanks
Lovely words about The Legendary Trainer
now we are talking, just started watching❤
Fair list, no doubting the number one and could probably have two and three in either order without too much complaint.
Quite remarkable man and his story is now the stuff of legend... It was certainly a rollercoaster of fortunes after losing so many owners in such a short space of time along with the Fallon episode but the bravery and dignity he showed toward the end will forever be remembered alongside his magnum opus, the majestic Frankel.
Frankel's champion stakes still brings a lump to my throat... I read somewhere that a film is being planned, it should give Bob champion a run for his money in the Kleenex stakes if so!!
Thank you so much.I should have had Indian Skimmer higher in retrospect.
@@HorseRacingLegends No room for 'Killer Instinct'?? Resident Warren Place morning pigeon catcher according to the barking dogs of the day!! ;-)
@@HorseRacingLegends Cecil actually rated Bosra Sham as the best filly he ever trained, ahead of Indian Skimmer and Oh So Sharp... I might have squeezed Royal Anthem in this top 12, or made it top 13!!
Both those 2 in the same ownership.I seen Royal Anthem winning at York.Very impressive
@@HorseRacingLegends They were indeed, Royal Anthem was brilliant on his day and a bit unlucky in that he kept coming up against the top class Daylami. Killer Instinct was a major talking horse who just never showed it at the races... Went from the St James' Palace stakes in June to a handicap snip in the John Smith Cup in July and still finished out with the washing!!
loved old vic and belmez, the day i was there and backed old vic . cecil won trainers championship that day. i remember belmez winning as a 2 year old 50/1 from another cecil horse so i backed him first race as a 3 year old at newbury 5/1 easy win great horse. so far fantastic video but indian skimmer who i saw run most of her races at the track would be in my top 5 sadly she had to have cut in the ground ok back to the vid with ardross
Cool , I’ll save this for after the Olympics coverage tonight ✊
👍🏴
Scottish Guy in 1500 got Robbed.Id be testing the Winner.
thankflly i met this great man many times and even got a private stable tour by him one beautiful afternoon in 1989 it all fell apart when he left Julie who was the backbone of warren place. brilliant vid i could ramble on and on. should have been sir Henry years before but because he backed the pig for tax evasion. the only time i was pissed off by sir Hen was when he hired the biggest crook in racing KF i cant even bring myself to say its name.
Henry Cecil and Frankel, two greats.
Agreed.
Frankel was a gift from the gods so Henry had something to life for
Yes that was amazing.
How fitting towards the end of his career he gets to train the mighty "Frankel",.. The best that did it
Yes agreed.
Yes agreed.
So much good horses passed through Henrys Cecils yard, loved the dual Derby winner Commander in Chief and always thought Sabrehill would have been 1 of his best if not getting injured. Would have loved to have seen how good the once raced 2YO Fleetwood would have been if not getting injured also. Loads and loads of good horses ,the list is endless 👌
Yes there were so many that never reached their full potential through injury.
In my lifetime i think Frankel was the best horse ive ever seen. Henry Cecil also was one of the great trainers too, i wonder what he would think of today trainers.
Yes an all time Great Horse and Trainer.
Indian Skimmer had the potential to be the best Filly I’ve ever seen, she fractured her leg and was never as good afterwards. Even though she won top races like the Champion Stakes and Irish Champion Stakes
Yes she was absolutely brilliant on her day.
Fabulous video on a hero of mine. I'd have Diminuendo in for Belmez but otherwise couldn't argue with much.
Yes it was hard to leave her out but he had so many great Horses.
@@chrisarkwright1313 loved Dimmy met her back before the 89 season when she was getting prepared for the guineas which I had 50/1 but forgot to back for the oaks too at 50/1 hmmmm
@@chrisarkwright1313 diminuendo definitely in my top 5
@@chrisarkwright1313 yup she's in my top 5 of all time, Indian skimmer not far away but had to get softish ground and Dimmy could run on anything really
@@DFUK83Big mistake lol.
Who selected this order of merit. Sir Henry always thought that Wollow was one of his great winners.
I did.Feel free to post your top 12.
@HorseRacingLegends I was not being offensive. It is so subjective and I appreciate your post.
Yes no problem.Its only an opinion and on a different day he would be higher up probably along with Indian Skimmer.
Great man .
I miss him
Kind of ironic that in Wollow´s 2,000 Guineas, won by Gianfranco Dettori, a horse called Frankie also ran.
Yes I remember him.
Ardross had to be my favourite.
Great Shout.
Steve Cauthen was brilliant. I don’t know why anyone would question his ability. He won the triple crown in America before he went over to Europe. The reporter should have done his research on Cauthen before he go asking silly questions. He’s an idiot
Belmez my anti post derby bet injured in the chester vase missed the derby to return to win the king george great battle with old vic the french derby winner
Yes 2 great horses.
Exceptional trainer new what a horse needed an distance what a miss he is
Agreed
ok about to hit top 5 but before i do here would be mine. 1 Frankel 2 Reference Point 3 Oh So Sharp 4 Diminuendo joint 5th Old Vic and Indian Skimmer and to be honest i couldnt even do a top 10 too difficult with too many to choose from if a nutjob cecil fan like midday oath commander in chief kneller e had a lot of great 2 year olds that never trained on or got injured so that could be in a video by itself like be my chief citidancer . i could do a top 50 for all his horses as loved them all. after the likes of bolkonski and wollow he couldnt train a miler sadly reference point was sick for that race and later on sh. mohammed took his best 2 year olds out to godolphin because of that tart new wife of his and they won well as older horses. back to the vid
Crikey.Youre in form Tonight.
Kris to be fair was one of The Best Milers ever.Hes my number 2 Here.
@@HorseRacingLegends I try but with the hen Meister it brings back great memories then I can't shut the hell up
@@DFUK83Love it.All your information is invaluable and it’s great hearing your comments.
@@HorseRacingLegends that's fair enough but he had so many smart 2 years winning many races a lot didn't train on like sanquirico and like citidancer ,
Be my chief and quite a few others got injured didn't get back their form as 3 year olds