Delta Work: Cheltenham Festival Hero dies from 12 years after suffering from how much | Racing news

Owners Gigginstown House Stud welcomed Delta Work as “absolute superstar” after a three -time winner of the Cheltenham Festival died on Thursday morning after Kolika.

Gordon Elliotta dressed, the 12-year-old won a dozen times, which is in a sum that includes five first-grade victories.

His first success of the Festival in Cheltenham arrived in the 2018 Pertemps finals and returned to Cotswolds to win the renewal of Glenfarclas Chase around the Prestbury Race Course, especially to achieve his double national winning Tiger Roll three years ago.

Network Gelding, whose resume in the big race also includes victory in the 2020 Golden Cup Irish Golden Cup, was ready for the third slope in Glenfarclas Chase and potentially fourth trip to the Grand National in Aintreeu after ending the third in 2022 and the second I’m Maximus last season.

However, after showing signs of colic, he was transported to Fethard Equine Hospital and undergoing surgery, but the veteran could not be saved at the end.

“He was an amazing horse and we were very, very happy and proud to have had him and we are connected to him,” said Eddie O’Leary Gigginstown.

“He was great for Gordon, and Gordon was great for him. He was so versatile, so honest and so sound.

“He had how much he had this morning and we tried to act to save him for the terrain, but even that unfortunately didn’t work.

“He seems to have been forever and God blessed him, he was an absolute superstar.”

In a short statement posted on X, Elliott said: “Unfortunately, Delta’s work passed away this morning at the age of 12 after Kolika.

“He was a privilege to train and won five grades and at three festivals in Cheltenham. He was a hero and he would all miss him very much in Cullentri.”