A life-size bronze statue will be unveiled next year of a horse who became a symbol of the struggle against the IRA after surviving the deadly 1982 Hyde Park bomb atrocity.
The sculpture of Sefton, who survived the blast that killed seven stablemates and four soldiers, was commissioned by the Royal Veterinary College.
The college's artist-in-residence, Camilla Le May, was given the job of sculpting the black gelding, and has spent six months creating the three-quarters-of-a-ton sculpture.
Ms Le May, 39, from Wadhurst, East Sussex, said: "I had never done a life-size horse before so the opportunity was awesome.
"It was quite a challenge and quite nerve-racking, but the response has been overwhelming. It's not the same as sculpting a famous racehorse because there is so much sadness behind it.
"I got quite attached and I feel closer to the story."
Sefton became a riding school horse before joining the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment.
Following the bombing, and despite 34 wounds that required eight hours of surgery, Sefton recovered and returned to service.
The animal, who served with the British Army for 17 years, went on to win the Horse of the Year prize.
Sefton was placed in the British Horse Society's equestrian Hall of Fame and has an annual prize named after him. He died in 1993. The sculpture will be unveiled at the Royal Veterinary College's campus in Hawkshead, Hertfordshire.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article