| 61st Champion Hurdle | |
| Horse Race: | Champion Hurdle |
| Location: | Cheltenham Racecourse |
| Date: | 13 March 1990 |
| Winning Horse: | Kribensis (IRE) |
| Winning Jockey: | Richard Dunwoody |
| Winning Trainer: | Michael Stoute (GB) |
| Winning Owner: | Sheikh Mohammed |
| Previous: | 1989 |
| Next: | 1991 |
The 1990 Champion Hurdle was a horse race held at Cheltenham Racecourse on Tuesday 13 March 1990. It was the 61st running of the Champion Hurdle.
The winner was Sheikh Mohammed's Kribensis, a six-year-old grey gelding trained in Suffolk by Michael Stoute and ridden by Richard Dunwoody. Kribensis's victory was a first in the race for jockey, trainer and owner.
Kribensis had established himself as a top class hurdler by winning the Christmas Hurdle in 1988, but had finished only seventh when 11/8 favourite for the 1989 Champion Hurdle. In 1990 he was made 95/40 second favourite for the Champion Hurdle and won by three lengths from the American-bred stallion Nomadic Way, with the 150/1 outsider Past Glories three quarters of a length away in third place. The 1989 winner Beech Road, the 2/1 favourite, finished in fourth place whilst See You Then the winner in 1985, 1986 and 1987 finished last. Sixteen of the nineteen runners completed the course.[1]
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| Pos. | Marg. | Horse (bred) | Age | Jockey | Trainer (Country) | Odds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kribensis (IRE) | 6 | Richard Dunwoody | Michael Stoute (GB) | 95/40 | ||
| 2 | 3 | Nomadic Way (USA) | 5 | Peter Scudamore | Barry Hills (GB) | 8/1 | |
| 3 | ¾ | Past Glories (GB) | 7 | J. J. Quinn | J Hetherton (GB) | 150/1 | |
| 4 | ½ | Beech Road (GB) | 8 | Richard Guest | Toby Balding (GB) | 2/1 fav | |
| 5 | 8 | Morley Street (GB) | 6 | Jimmy Frost | Toby Balding (GB) | 10/1 | |
| 6 | nk | Jinxy Jack (IRE) | 6 | Neale Doughty | Gordon W. Richards (GB) | 50/1 | |
| 7 | 7 | Island Set (USA) | 8 | Chris Grant | Kevin Morgan (GB) | 40/1 | |
| 8 | 1½ | Vagador (CAN) | 7 | Amanda Harwood | Guy Harwood (GB) | 16/1 | |
| 9 | hd | Deep Sensation (GB) | 5 | Richard Rowe | Josh Gifford (GB) | 33/1 | |
| 10 | 3 | Elementary (IRE) | 7 | Tommy Carmody | Jim Bolger (IRE) | 22/1 | |
| 11 | ½ | Don Valentino (GB) | 5 | Hywel Davies | Jenny Pitman (GB) | 50/1 | |
| 12 | Space Fair | 7 | Tom Taaffe | Richard Lee (GB) | 150/1 | ||
| 13 | Sudden Victory | 6 | Kevin Mooney | Barry Hills (GB) | 150/1 | ||
| 14 | Redundant Pal (GB) | 7 | Conor O'Dwyer | Paddy Mullins (IRE) | 33/1 | ||
| 15 | Dis Train | 6 | Mark Pitman | Jenny Pitman (GB) | 100/1 | ||
| 16 | See You Then (GB) | 10 | Steve Smith Eccles | Nicky Henderson (GB) | 25/1 | ||
| BD | Cruising Altitude | 7 | Jamie Osborne | Oliver Sherwood (GB) | 9/1 | ||
| Fell | Persian Style | 6 | Peter Hobbs | Josh Gifford (GB) | 150/1 | ||
| Fell | Bank View (GB) | 5 | Graham McCourt | Nigel Tinkler (GB) | 50/1 |
Further details of the winner, Kribensis