Cecil marking time in classic trial

MASTER trainer Henry Cecil attempts this Saturday to win the totesport.com Derby Trial Stakes at Lingfield today for the first time since the glory days of the mid-80s.

Legal Bid and Steve Cauthen struck in the Group Three in 1987, but such was the strength of Cecil’s team he landed the Derby itself with another from the stable in Reference Point.

So his representative Father Time has a lot to live up to, and the full-brother to Passage Of Time started his career well last November with victory at Great Leighs.