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:2mDetails:(Grade 1) (Class 1) (4yo+)Racecourse:CheltenhamRace 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)