Overview

• Trainer Colm Murphy confirmed the 27-year-old died on Thursday after a bout of colic and paid tribute to him as “an absolute gentleman.”
• Brave Inca made 35 starts for 15 wins, with 10 victories at Grade 1 level during a decorated hurdling career.
• His Cheltenham highlights included the 2004 Supreme Novices’ Hurdle over War Of Attrition and the 2006 Champion Hurdle under Sir AP McCoy.
• He contested four Champion Hurdles, placing third in 2005, winning in 2006, finishing runner-up in 2007 to Sublimity, and running below form in 2009 before retirement.
• A central figure in a golden era, he regularly clashed with Hardy Eustace, Harchibald and Macs Joy, and he also captured the Punchestown and Irish Champion Hurdles.