2007 Champion Hurdle Explained

77th Champion Hurdle
Horse Race:Champion Hurdle
Location:Cheltenham Racecourse
Date:13 March 2007
Winning Horse:Sublimity (FR)
Winning Jockey:Philip Carberry
Winning Trainer:John Carr (IRE)
Winning Owner:Bill Hennessy
Previous:2006
Next:2008

The 2007 Champion Hurdle was a horse race held at Cheltenham Racecourse on Tuesday 13 March 2007.[1] It was the 77th running of the Champion Hurdle.

The winner was Bill Hennessy's Sublimity, a seven-year-old gelding trained in Ireland by John Carr and ridden by Philip Carberry. The victory was the first in the race, for owner, trainer and jockey.

Sublimity won at odds of 16/1 by three lengths from the previous season's winner Brave Inca. The field also included Hardy Eustace, the winner of the race in 2004 and 2005. Eight of the ten runners completed the course.

Race details

Full result

Pos.Marg.Horse (bred)AgeJockeyTrainer (Country)Odds
1Sublimity (FR)7Philip CarberryJohn Carr (IRE)16/1
23Brave Inca (IRE)9Ruby WalshColm Murphy (IRE)11/2
3nkAfsoun (FR)5Mick FitzgeraldNicky Henderson (GB)28/1
4nkHardy Eustace (IRE)10Conor O'DwyerDessie Hughes (IRE)3/1
515Kawagino (IRE)7Wayne KavanaghSeamus Mullins (GB)100/1
6hdDetroit City (USA)5Richard JohnsonPhilip Hobbs (GB)6/4 fav
7¾Asian Maze (IRE)8Robbie PowerThomas Mullins (IRE)20/1
8distMarble Garden (USA)6James DaviesR Chotard (FR)250/1
FellIktitaf (IRE)6Barry GeraghtyNoel Meade (IRE)16/1
PUStraw Bear (USA)6A. P. McCoyNick Gifford (GB)7/1

Winner's details

Further details of the winner, Sublimity

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Champion Hurdle result . Racing Post . 13 March 2007 . 2014-03-16.