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What a horse
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Might've had 4 Chmpn Hdls to his name but for
Foot & Mouth.
Class act.
Foot & Mouth.
Class act.
Jul 25, 2024 -- 7:42AM, blunder wrote:
Superb jumper, RIP !
he was, low & flat like all top 2m hurdlers should be
2000 champion hurdle is in my top 10 fav races of all time
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.
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
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,
Jul 25, 2024 -- 9:13AM, 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
Makes me happy to think he got spoiled till the Day he died.
Got a signed print in the loft with C S up must dig it out, a true great in my eyes.
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
@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
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