Champion Hurdle Next Running: 15:20 Tuesday March 15th, 2011
The Champion Hurdle is a Grade 1 National Hunt horse race.
It is run on the Old Course at Cheltenham Racecourse on the first day of the Cheltenham Festival in March.
There are eight hurdles to be jumped in the race.
It was first run in 1927, and is the most prestigious hurdle race in the United Kingdom.
| Distance: | 2m | Details: | (Grade 1) (Class 1) (4yo+) | Racecourse: | Cheltenham | Race Type: | Jumps |
Betting Offers on the Champion Hurdle
None at present.
Winning Trends for the Champion Hurdle
Age Trend: Range: 5 - 9yo.
Trainer Trend: NJ Henderson has trained two winners of this race in the last nine years. D Hughes has won also this race twice with Hardy Eustace.
Jockey Trend: AP McCoy has ridden two winners for two different trainers in the last nine years. C O'Dwyer was the jockey on both occasions that Hardy Eustace won this race.
Favourite Trend: The favourite has won this race three times in the last nine years.
Champion Hurdle Previous Winners
| YEAR | HORSE | A/G | WGT | LTO | FORM | TRAINER | JOCKEY | RAN | OR | SP |
| 2011 | Hurricane Fly (Ire) (D) | 7g | 11-10 | 51 | 131-111 | WP Mullins | R Walsh | 11 | 167 | 11/4 (f) |
| 2010 | Binocular (Fr) (D) | 6g | 11-10 | 38 | 531 | NJ Henderson | AP McCoy | 12 | 163 | 9/1 |
| 2009 | Punjabi (D) | 6g | 11-10 | 24 | 1F3 | NJ Henderson | BJ Geraghty | 23 | 163 | 22/1 |
| 2008 | Katchit (Ire) (CD) | 5g | 11-10 | 24 | 321 | A King | R Thornton | 15 | 159 | 10/1 |
| 2007 | Sublimity (Fr) (D) | 7g | 11-10 | 45 | 44-1 | JG Carr | PA Carberry | 10 | - | 16/1 |
| 2006 | Brave Inca (Ire) (CD) | 8g | 11-10 | 44 | 311 | Colm A Murphy | AP McCoy | 18 | - | 7/4 (f) |
| 2005 | Hardy Eustace (Ire) (CD) | 8g | 11-10 | 31 | 331 | D Hughes | C O'Dwyer | 14 | - | 7/2 (f) |
| 2004 | Hardy Eustace (Ire) (CD) | 7g | 11-10 | 30 | 722 | D Hughes | C O'Dwyer | 14 | - | 33/1 |
| 2003 | Rooster Booster (C) | 9g | 12-0 | 39 | 111 | PJ Hobbs | R Johnson | 17 | 167 | 9/2 (2f) |

