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.

70th Champion Hurdle
Champion Hurdle
LocationCheltenham Racecourse
Date16 March 1999
Winning horseIstabraq (IRE)
JockeyCharlie Swan
TrainerAidan O'Brien (IRE)
OwnerJ. P. McManus
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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

[1]

Pos. Marg. Horse (bred) Age Jockey Trainer (Country) Odds
1 Istabraq (IRE) 7 Charlie Swan Aidan O'Brien (IRE) 4/9 fav
2 Theatreworld (IRE) 7 Tommy Treacy Aidan O'Brien (IRE) 16/1
3 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 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 edit

Further details of the winner, Istabraq

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Full Result 3.15 Cheltenham | 16 March 1999 | Racing Post". Racing Post. 16 March 1999. Retrieved 18 March 2018.