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Time has been called on the 10-year-old's illustrious career after he failed to recover from an injury sustained at Newbury in November. Trainer Howard Johnson and owner Graham Wylie hoped he had recovered from that setback after positive X-ray results were taken earlier this month.

But a disappointing workout at the weekend convinced connections to abandon plans to send Inglis Drever back to the Cheltenham Festival and owner Graham Wylie said: "We decided that he wasn't really interested in his racing any more. We always knew that he would tell us when he wanted to be retired. That day has now come."

Inglis Drever made history at the Cheltenham Festival last March when he became the first horse to win the World Hurdle three times. His indomitable spirit and appetite for a scrap made him one of the most popular National Hunt horses in training.

The brilliant gelding signed off with 13 wins - 12 of which came at Graded level - from 23 National Hunt starts and amassed nearly £800,000 in prize-money.

Wylie added: "At the end of the day, he has won three World Hurdles and has been one of the greatest horses to have been around. Winning three World Hurdles was a great achievement.

"But more than any horse - probably apart from Lord Transcend - Inglis Drever was the horse who got me seriously interested in racing. He instilled in me such a passion for the sport.

"Just before his race at Newbury, Howard said he was 100% fit and looked a picture. Unfortunately, Howard put his shoes on him at the weekend for a walk and a trot and it was clear he was not enjoying himself.

"There was no point taking him to Cheltenham if he was not 110% right so Howard thought we should draw stumps there and then. It was a decision I was fully supportive of."

Inglis Drever will now retire to Wylie's Chesters Stud at Humshaugh, Hexham and Wylie said: "Howard says to let him chill out for a bit and he'll have a box next to one of our broodmares. I'm sure he'll have a long and happy retirement."