Epsom Derby hero Chaparral put down

High Chaparral, winner of the 2002 Derby, has been put down at Fethard Equine Hospital, aged 15.

Trained by Aidan O’Brien, the son of Sadler’s Wells proved two lengths too strong for 9-4 favourite and stablemate Hawk Wing at Epsom, being ridden to glory by Johnny Murtagh.

A tweet from Coolmore read: “High Chaparral has been euthanised at Fethard Equine Hospital during exploratory colic surgery due to a perforated intestine.”