The 1999 Champion Hurdle was a horse race held at Cheltenham Racecourse on Tuesday 16 March 1999. It was the 70th running of the Champion Hurdle.
| Champion Hurdle | |
| Location | Cheltenham Racecourse |
|---|---|
| Date | 16 March 1999 |
| Winning horse | Istabraq (IRE) |
| Jockey | Charlie Swan |
| Trainer | Aidan O'Brien (IRE) |
| Owner | J. P. McManus |
The winner for the second consecutive year was J. P. McManus's Istabraq, a seven-year-old gelding trained in Ireland by Aidan O'Brien and ridden by Charlie Swan.
Istabraq started the 4/9 favourite and won by three and a half lengths from his stable companion Theatreworld, who had also finished runner-up in the previous two years, with the leading British hurdler French Holly in third place. Twelve of the fourteen runners completed the course.[1]
Race details
edit- Sponsor: Smurfit
- Purse: £232,800; First prize: £138,000
- Going: Good to Soft
- Distance: 2 miles 110 yards
- Number of runners: 14
- Winner's time: 3m 56.80
Full result
edit| Pos. | Marg. | Horse (bred) | Age | Jockey | Trainer (Country) | Odds |
| 1 | Istabraq (IRE) | 7 | Charlie Swan | Aidan O'Brien (IRE) | 4/9 fav | |
| 2 | 3½ | Theatreworld (IRE) | 7 | Tommy Treacy | Aidan O'Brien (IRE) | 16/1 |
| 3 | 2½ | French Holly (USA) | 8 | Andrew Thornton | Ferdy Murphy (GB) | 11/2 |
| 4 | 1 | Mister Morose (IRE) | 9 | Carl Llewellyn | Nigel Twiston-Davies (GB) | 100/1 |
| 5 | 1¼ | Nomadic (GB) | 5 | Paul Carberry | Noel Meade (IRE) | 50/1 |
| 6 | 2 | Tiutchev (GB) | 6 | Mick Fitzgerald | David Nicholson (GB) | 40/1 |
| 7 | ½ | Bellator (FR) | 6 | Norman Williamson | Venetia Williams (GB) | 50/1 |
| 8 | 13 | City Hall (IRE) | 5 | Robert Thornton | Val Ward (GB) | 33/1 |
| 9 | 3 | Lady Cricket (FR) | 5 | A. P. McCoy | Martin Pipe (GB) | 16/1 |
| 10 | 4 | Midnight Legend (GB) | 8 | Tony Dobbin | David Nicholson (GB) | 50/1 |
| 11 | 14 | Grey Shot (GB) | 7 | Jamie Osborne | Ian Balding (GB) | 33/1 |
| 12 | 17 | Upgrade (GB) | 5 | Chris Maude | Nigel Twiston-Davies (GB) | 66/1 |
| Fell | Zafarabad (IRE) | 5 | Richard Johnson | David Nicholson (GB) | 40/1 | |
| BD | Blowing Wind (FR) | 6 | Richard Dunwoody | Martin Pipe (GB) | 33/1 |
- Abbreviations: nse = nose; nk = neck; hd = head; dist = distance; UR = unseated rider; PU = pulled up; LFT = left at start; SU = slipped up; BD = brought down
Winner's details
editFurther details of the winner, Istabraq
- Sex: Gelding
- Foaled: 23 May 1992
- Country: Ireland
- Sire: Sadler's Wells; Dam: Betty's Secret (Secretariat)
- Owner: J. P. McManus
- Breeder: Shadwell Stud
References
edit- ^ a b "Full Result 3.15 Cheltenham | 16 March 1999 | Racing Post". Racing Post. 16 March 1999. Retrieved 18 March 2018.