1999 Champion Hurdle

70th Champion Hurdle Champion Hurdle Cheltenham Racecourse 16 March 1999 Istabraq (IRE) Charlie Swan Aidan O'Brien (IRE) J. P. McManus 1998 2000 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. 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.Full Result 3.15 Cheltenham 16 March 1999 Racing Post https://www.racingpost.com/results/11/cheltenham/1999-03-16/261694 18 March 2018 en Racing Post 16 March 1999 Race details 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 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 Further 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 Champion Hurdle 1999 Champion Hurdle Champion Hurdle Category:1990s in Gloucestershire