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Istabraq passed aeay

Regbutler

25 Jul 24 11:19

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What a horse

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acey deucy When: 25 Jul 24 11:23

Lived to a great age thanks for the memories.

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acey deucy When: 25 Jul 24 11:25

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penzance When: 25 Jul 24 11:30

Might've had 4 Chmpn Hdls to his name but for
Foot & Mouth.
Class act.

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istabraq60 When: 25 Jul 24 12:52

One of the greatest hurdlers ever, RIP Istabraq

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alfee When: 25 Jul 24 13:34

Aye Gud HosS,....asK Charlie !

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blunder When: 25 Jul 24 13:42

Superb jumper, RIP !

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wondersobright When: 25 Jul 24 13:50

Jul 25, 2024 -- 1:42PM, blunder wrote:

Superb jumper, RIP !

he was, low & flat like all top 2m hurdlers should be

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wondersobright When: 25 Jul 24 13:51

2000 champion hurdle is in my top 10 fav races of all time

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wondersobright When: 25 Jul 24 13:52

good to firm ground a true speed championship RIP

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EVILROYSLADE When: 25 Jul 24 13:54

Robbed of a 4th Champion Hurdle by that idiot Neil Ferguson! The Covid clown, foot and mouth clown, and general lunatic. Not ONE of his " modelling" predictions ever came true. Istabraq, you were right up there with the best. JD will be waiting to greet you old boy.

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MJK When: 25 Jul 24 15:07

The Greatest

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willie the milk When: 25 Jul 24 15:13

Beat Theatreworld. Theatreworld never won a Grade 1. State Man has won 10 and Constitution Hill gave it a lesson. Different generations but Istabraq was a class act against mediocre opposition

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dumplingheid When: 25 Jul 24 16:57

Bitter sweet memories of such a great horse witnessing it win a Handicap at Ayr on the flat then on to hurdling where to viewing it on a sunday afternoon, one of the first if not the very first of a horses being suspended for being non trier against it at leopardstown ( bet finegans hollow ew ) I think jp was fined 1500 euros as he owned the second,

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freddiewilliams When: 25 Jul 24 16:59

One of the best

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wondersobright When: 25 Jul 24 18:29

Jul 25, 2024 -- 3:13PM, willie the milk wrote:

Beat Theatreworld. Theatreworld never won a Grade 1. State Man has won 10 and Constitution Hill gave it a lesson. Different generations but Istabraq was a class act against mediocre opposition

less grade 1s back then, morgiana hurdle for example was a grade 2

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acey deucy When: 25 Jul 24 18:38

Makes me happy to think he got spoiled till the Day he died.

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Airman When: 25 Jul 24 19:40

Got a signed print in the loft with C S up must dig it out, a true great in my eyes.

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GEORGE.B When: 25 Jul 24 23:12

Icy
@icyestretro
It's long forgotten that Martin Pipe was the underbidder for Istabraq. Reflecting on it years later, Pipe remarked that if he had secured Istabraq, the horse wouldn't have gone near a Champion Hurdle but would have landed regular touches at tracks like Plumpton and Fakenham.

I think we'd better get the BBC's 'fact-checkers' onto this one ^

Also not-so-long-forgotten that Istabraq was bred to win a Derby, being a half-bruv to Secreto