Yesterday we saw one of the bravest shows in Festival History in Barizan going down a gallant second in the Triumph behind Soldatino. We go from one of the bravest to one of the best today as we honour the immortal Istabraq. The race in particular is his 1st champion hurdle in 1998. I would have chosen his third Champion Hurdle win but Racing UK have taken all footage of that win off of youtube and not replaced it with their own footage (well done racing UK).
Istabraq - 1998 Champion Hurdle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rUaQaY_Lqw
The start of a Champion Hurdle treble for Istabraq and arguably the most impressive, jumping the second last it looked as if Shadow Leader may pose a threat to the mighty horse, however when Charlie Swan said go Istrabraq said how far and lengthened with a devastating turn of foot. He went on to win by 12 lengths when really you could have named your distance over the second placed Theatreworld. A true Festival great!
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