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The 2006 Champion hurdle winner Brave Inca has passed away in retirement of colic aged 27yrs rip xxx
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My 1st ever favourite horse
great name he was always brave in a race
RIP
Charles Darwin to conquer the World
A grand horse. I was lucky enough to be at Cheltenham to see him win both the Supreme Novices’ in ’04 and the Champion – under one of AP McCoy’s finest rides – two years later. A proper warrior. RIP.
Campaigned regularly and fairly over a long career, and deserved to win his 2006 Champion Hurdle, having run in four. At 27 he was the oldest Champion Hurdler, and it is great to learn that he spent his long retirement happily in the stable of Colm Holmes,who trained him. His fellow countryman Sublimity (25) is now the longest surviving Champion Hurdler, I believe. Enjoyable memories.
I’ll never forget him and War of Attrition battling it out up the hill, especially when they both went on to win the ultimate Cheltenham prizes. But also remember on one of our trips to Ireland listening to one of his races on the car radio. Funny how some of the races that really stick in my mind are ones I heard on the radio but didn’t actually see.
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