A true monarch, Istabraq, King George, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Margaret

and 19 jump jockeys looking for a bit of wedge

Istabraq with JP and Noreen

JP McManus, his owner, has announced that three-time Champion Hurdle winner Istabraq died at 32. He was initially trained on the Flat by John Gosden, and this son of Sadler's Wells went on to become one of the greatest and most popular National Hunt horses of the modern era after joining Aidan O’Brien. Istabraq won 23 of his 2…