| R3 GB - CHELTENHAM | 14 March 2000 |
| Champion Hurdle G1 HDLE ($348,000), 3320m 3:48.12 | |
| FP | Horse Age & Sex | Trainer Jockey | WT SP | |||||||
1st | ISTABRAQ (IRE) 8yo Gelding | AIDAN O'BRIEN C F SWAN | 76.0 $1.53 | |||||||
| SADLER'S WELLS (USA) - BETTY'S SECRET (USA) | ||||||||||
| MR J P MCMANUS | 2nd | HORS LA LOI III (FR) 5yo Gelding | FRANCOIS DOUMEN D GALLAGHER | 76.0 $12.00 | ||||||
| CYBORG (FR) - QUINTESSENCE III (FR) | ||||||||||
| MR PAUL GREEN | 3rd | BLUE ROYAL (FR) 5yo Gelding | NICKY J. HENDERSON M A FITZGERALD | 76.0 $17.00 | ||||||
| DAUPHIN DU BOURG (FR) - BEFORE THE FLAG (IRE) | ||||||||||
| MR LYNN WILSON | ||||||||||
| 4th | ASHLEY PARK (IRE) 6yo Horse | M PITMAN T J MURPHY | 76.0 $26.00 | |||||||
| 5th | STAGE AFFAIR (USA) 6yo Gelding | DERMOT K WELD A P MCCOY | 76.0 $10.00 | |||||||
| 6th | DATO STAR (IRE) 9yo Gelding | J M JEFFERSON MR L WYER | 76.0 $10.00 | |||||||
| 7th | KATARINO (FR) 5yo Gelding | NICKY J. HENDERSON N WILLIAMSON | 76.0 $26.00 | |||||||
| 8th | MR PERCY (IRE) 9yo Gelding | J T GIFFORD P HIDE | 76.0 $67.00 | |||||||
| 9th | THEATREWORLD (IRE) 8yo Gelding | AIDAN O'BRIEN T P TREACY | 76.0 $13.00 | |||||||
| 10th | ALKA INTERNATIONAL (GB) 8yo Gelding | MRS P TOWNSLEY ANDREW THORNTON | 76.0 $201.00 | |||||||
| 11th | MAKE A STAND (GB) 9yo Gelding | MARTIN PIPE RICHARD JOHNSON | 76.0 $34.00 | |||||||
| 98th | BALLA SOLA (IRE) 5yo Gelding | WILLIE MULLINS C O'DWYER | 76.0 $51.00 | |||||||
In a class of his own. Istabraq completes the Champion Hurdle hat-trick in 2000 in magnificent style
Tags: 2000 champion class completes hat his hurdle Istabraq magnificent own style trick
