Jockey Denis O'Regan (left) stands with horse Inglis Drever after winning in the ladbrokes World Hurdle during the Cheltenham Festival on March 13, 2008
THREE-time World Hurdle hero Inglis Drever has died.
The Howard Johnson-trained ten-year-old, who retired from racing in January, was put down on Friday morning after suffering a fatal bout of colic.
Johnson said: "They took him away yesterday and from what I can understand they couldn't do anything with him.
"Graham (Wylie, owner) rung me yesterday morning to say he was thrashing on the ground so they got the vets up there to look at him and they rushed him straight in (for surgery).
"They put him on a drip overnight and they rang Mr Wylie back this morning to say his heart rate was over 70 and it should 33, so they have had to put him down on humane grounds."
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