Inglis Drever
{{Short description|British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}
{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Inglis Drever
| image_name = Inglis Drever and G Lee.jpg
| caption =
| sire = In The Wings
| dam = Cormorant Creek
| damsire = Gorytus
| sex = Gelding
| country = Great Britain
| colour = Bay
| breeder = R J McAlpine & D O Pickering
| owner = Graham & Andrea Wylie
| trainer = Howard Johnson
| record = 35: 17-8-3
| earnings = £796,952
| race = Winter Novices' Hurdle (2003)
Leamington Novices' Hurdle (2004)
Champion Hurdle Trial (2005)
Kingwell Hurdle (2005)
World Hurdle (2005, 2007, 2008)
John Smith's Hurdle (2005)
Long Distance Hurdle (2005, 2006, 2007)
Cleeve Hurdle (2008)
}}
Inglis Drever (18 March 1999 – October 2009) was a champion racehorse trained in the North of England by Howard Johnson. He was one of the most successful hurdle racing horses to date and won the World Hurdle three times, bettered only by the former champion Big Buck's. He is seen by many as having been the greatest staying hurdler of all time.
Racing career
=Flat racing=
His career started as a Flat horse, where he was trained by Sir Mark Prescott and won 4 of his 12 starts under Flat rules.
=National Hunt racing=
It was over hurdles, however, that Inglis Drever excelled, winning on his first run over hurdles in November 2003 at Aintree.
Victory in the 'Fighting Fifth Hurdle' at Newcastle had many believing that the Champion Hurdle was a serious prospect for the horse. Inglis Drever won the first-ever running of the '2005 Ladbroke World Hurdle'. After suffering a career-threatening injury with a fall at Newbury, he was unable to defend his title 2006. (My Way De Solzen)
He did, however, return to the track and reclaimed 'The World Hurdle' crown in both 2007 and 2008. In 2008, he was the oldest horse at the time to win The World/Stayers Hurdle. He was ridden by three different jockeys on all three of his Cheltenham Festival wins.
The 10-year-old retired from racing in January 2009. Found lying in a field at his owner’s home, the horse underwent surgery for a serious bout of colic the following day, but had to be euthanized. 16 October 2009.{{Cite web |title=Inglis Drever dies |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/inglis-drever-dies-1.758433 |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=The Irish Times |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Mathieson |first=Amy |date=2009-10-16 |title=Racehorse Inglis Drever put down after colic surgery |url=https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/racehorse-inglis-drever-put-down-after-colic-surgery-290662 |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Horse & Hound |language=en}}
Pedigree
{{Pedigree|name=Inglis Drever (GB), bay gelding, 1999|inf=|f=In The Wings (GB)
1986|m=Cormorant Creek (GB)
1987|ff=Sadler's Wells (USA)
1981|fm=High Hawk (IRE)
1980|mf=Gorytus (USA)
1980|mm=Quarry Wood (GB)
1968|fff=Northern Dancer|ffm=Fairy Bridge|fmf=Shirley Heights|fmm=Sunbittern|mff=Nijinsky|mfm=Glad Rags|mmf=Super Sam|mmm=Phrygia|ffff=Nearctic|fffm=Natalma|ffmf=Bold Reason|ffmm=Special|fmff=Mill Reef|fmfm=Hardiemma|fmmf=Sea Hawk|fmmm=Pantoufle|mfff=Northern Dancer|mffm=Flaming Page|mfmf=High Hat|mfmm=Dryad|mmff=Above Suspicion|mmfm=Samaria|mmmf=Mossborough|mmmm=Lenaea (Family: 2-n)}}
Retirement and death
Inglis Drever picked up a leg injury in the 'Long Distance Hurdle' at Newbury in November 2008. His trainer, Howard Johnson, had reported him to be recovering well. However, in January 2009, Inglis Drever was retired as a result of this injury.
He was euthanised after suffering a bout of colic on 16 October 2009.{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/hurdle-champion-inglis-drever-dies-1.1229572|title = Hurdle champion Inglis Drever dies| newspaper=The Irish Times }}