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1998 Champion Hurdle

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69th Champion Hurdle
Cheltenham, 17 March 1998
won by Istabraq (IRE)

The 1998 Champion Hurdle was a horse race held at Cheltenham Racecourse on Tuesday 17 March 1998. It was the 69th running of the Champion Hurdle.

The winner was J. P. McManus's Istabraq, a six-year-old gelding trained in Ireland by Aidan O'Brien and ridden by Charlie Swan.

Istabraq started the 3/1 favourite and won by twelve lengths from his stable companion Theatreworld, who had finished second to Make A Stand in the previous year, with I'm Supposin in third place. There were no previous Champion Hurdlers in the field but the other runners included Pridwell, Relkeel and Dato Star. The strongly-fancied Shadow Leader was fatally injured in a fall at the final hurdle. Fifteen of the eighteen runners completed the course.[1]

Race details

  • Sponsor: Smurfit
  • Purse: £231,800; First prize: £137,420
  • Going: Good
  • Distance: 2 miles 110 yards
  • Number of runners: 18
  • Winner's time: 3m 49.10

Full result

Pos. Marg. Horse (bred) Age Jockey Trainer (Country) Odds
1 Istabraq (IRE) 6 Charlie Swan Aidan O'Brien (IRE) 3/1 fav
2 12 Theatreworld (IRE) 6 Tommy Treacy Aidan O'Brien (IRE) 20/1
3 1 I'm Supposin (IRE) 6 Richard Dunwoody Richard Rowe (GB) 6/1
4 Pridwell (GB) 8 A. P. McCoy Martin Pipe (GB) 9/1
5 4 Kerawi (GB) 5 Carl Llewellyn Nigel Twiston-Davies (GB) 25/1
6 Mistinguett (IRE) 6 Chris Maude Nigel Twiston-Davies (GB) 40/1
7 nk Shooting Light (IRE) 5 Rodney Farrant Pat Murphy (GB) 66/1
8 3 Graphic Equaliser (IRE) 6 Paul Carberry Arthur Moore (IRE) 33/1
9 Relkeel (GB) 9 Adrian Maguire David Nicholson (GB) 14/1
10 Cadougold (FR) 7 Mick Fitzgerald Martin Pipe (GB) 25/1
11 3 Marello (GB) 7 Peter Niven Mary Reveley (GB) 20/1
12 5 Sanmartino (IRE) 6 Richard Johnson David Nicholson (GB) 20/1
13 nk Dato Star (IRE) 7 Eddie Callaghan Malcolm Jefferson (GB) 6/1
14 8 Grimes (GB) 5 Conor O'Dwyer Christy Roche (IRE) 12/1
15 nk Lady Daisy (IRE) 9 Jason Titley Anthony Mullins (IRE) 100/1
UR Bellator (GB) 5 Barry Fenton Toby Balding (GB) 100/1
PU Red Blazer (GB) 7 Jim Culloty Henrietta Knight (GB) 33/1
Fell Shadow Leader (GB) 7 Norman Williamson Charles Egerton (GB) 13/2

  • 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

References

  1. ^ "Champion Hurdle result". Racing Post. 17 March 1998. Retrieved 2014-03-23.