Sergeant takes command

Devon trainer Rod Millman and jockey Alan Munro have built up a highly-successful partnership this season and they plundered their biggest prize to date when Sergeant Cecil ran out a convincing winner of the John Smith’s Northumberland Plate at Newcastle today.

Sat, 25 Jun, 2005 - 19:06

Devon trainer Rod Millman and jockey Alan Munro have built up a highly-successful partnership this season and they plundered their biggest prize to date when Sergeant Cecil ran out a convincing winner of the John Smith’s Northumberland Plate at Newcastle today.

Munro, best known for his victory on Generous in the 1991 Derby, subsequently left Britain to pursue a career in the Far East.

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CourtsRacingHeathrowPlace: NewcastlePlace: BritainPlace: Far EastPlace: JapanPlace: Hong KongPlace: South AfricaPlace: New ZealandPlace: CullomptonPerson: Rod MillmanPerson: Alan MunroPerson: Sergeant CecilPerson: MunroPerson: SergeantPerson: CecilPerson: RodPerson: MillmanPerson: Amanda PerrettPerson: Alan SwinbankPerson: David AbellPerson: Robert WinstonPerson: Mark TompkinsPerson: Swift SailorPerson: Mark JohnstonPerson: DeirdreEvent: Northumberland PlateEvent: John Smith’s Northumberland PlateEvent: 1991 DerbyEvent: Pitmen’s Derby’Organisation: DevonOrganisation: Far Pavilions
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