By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 19:46 EST, 15 October 2013 | UPDATED: 02:26 EST, 16 October 2013 The Princess Royal is to unveil a life-size bronze statue of a horse who became a symbol of the struggle against the IRA after surviving the deadly 1982 Hyde Park bomb atrocity. The Royal Veterinary College commissioned the sculpture of Sefton, whose recovery from the blast which killed seven stablemates and four soldiers captured the nation's hearts. The college's artist in residence, Camilla Le May, was handed the task of sculpting the black gelding and has created a three quarters of a ton sculpture, showing him walking briskly.
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Sefton survived the blast, which killed four soldiers and seven horses
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He captured the nation's hearts in aftermath of horrific attack
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Now the Royal Veterinary College will immortalise the brave steed
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