There was a strong element of déjà vu
about the Cheltenham Festival in 2000, with Istabraq and
Stormyfairweather returning to Prestbury Park to repeat their
victories in the Champion Hurdle and Cathcart Challenge Cup,
respectively. Monsignor, who’d won the Weatherbys Champion Bumper
in 1999, took his record over hurdles to six from six when pushed out
to beat No Discount by 8 lengths in the Royal & SunAlliance
Hurdle while Looks Like Trouble, who’d turned the Royal &
SunAlliance Novices’ Chase into a procession the previous year,
repeated the feat in the Cheltenham Gold Cup, jumping well and coming
home unchallenged to beat Go Ballistic by a distance. Mick
Fitzgerald, winning jockey on Stormyfairweather, recorded three more
victories to become leading jockey for the second year running. Other
notable victories included Edredon Bleu in the Queen Mother Champion
Chase, Bacchanal in the Bonusprint Stayers’ Hurdle and Joe Cullen
in the Weatherbys Champion Bumper.
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