Galileo, winner of the Derby in 2001 and a world champion stallion, has died aged 23, Coolmore Stud have announced. His finest hour came at Epsom in the 2001 Derby, following up in the Irish Derby and the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes. GALILEO 1998 - 2021Regretfully our world-renowned Champion Sire Galileo was put to sleep earlier today on humane grounds owing to a chronic, non-responsive, debilitating injury to the left fore foot.https://t.co/pL0wXsxJln pic.twitter.com/CBvvPSCPPg — Coolmore (@coolmorestud) July 10, 2021Coolmore said in a statement on Saturday: "Regretfully our world-renowned Champion Sire Galileo was put to sleep earlier today on humane grounds owing to a chronic, non-responsive, debilitating injury to the left fore foot." 2:09 Alex Hammond, Freddy Tylicki and Seb Sanders pay tribute to 2001 Derby winner and champion sire Galileo, who has passed away at the age of 23"He was our first Derby winner from Ballydoyle and we were so fortunate to have him. He was always a very special horse to us and he was the first Derby winner we had in Ballydoyle in the post M V O'Brien era.

Source: Sky sports July 10, 2021 14:55 UTC