2005 Champion Hurdle

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75th Champion Hurdle
Champion Hurdle
Location Cheltenham Racecourse
Date15 March 2005
Winning horse Hardy Eustace (IRE)
Jockey Conor O'Dwyer
Trainer Dessie Hughes (IRE)
OwnerLaurence Byrne
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The 2005 Champion Hurdle was a horse race held at Cheltenham Racecourse on Tuesday 15 March 2005. [1] It was the 75th running of the Champion Hurdle.

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The race was won for the second consecutive year by Laurence Byrne's Hardy Eustace, an eight-year-old gelding trained in Ireland by Dessie Hughes and ridden by Conor O'Dwyer.

Hardy Eustace started the 7/2 joint-favourite and led throughout to win by a neck from Harchibald, with Brave Inca in third. The other runners included Rooster Booster (winner of the race in 2003), Back In Front, Macs Joy, Al Eile and Intersky Falcon. All fourteen runners completed the course.

Race details

Full result

Pos.Marg.Horse (bred)AgeJockeyTrainer (Country)Odds
1 Hardy Eustace (IRE)8Conor O'Dwyer Dessie Hughes (IRE)7/2 jt fav
2nk Harchibald (FR)6 Paul Carberry Noel Meade (IRE)7/1
3nk Brave Inca (IRE)7Barry CashColm Murphy (IRE)10/1
43Accordion Etoile (IRE)6John CullenPaul Nolan (IRE)14/1
51½ Macs Joy (IRE)6 Barry Geraghty Jessica Harrington (IRE)7/1
6½ Intersky Falcon (GB)8 Tony Dobbin Jonjo O'Neill (GB)40/1
72 Al Eile (IRE)5 Timmy Murphy John Queally (IRE)25/1
83Rooster Booster (GB)11 Richard Johnson Philip Hobbs (GB)16/1
9nk Back In Front (IRE)8 Ruby Walsh Edward O'Grady (IRE)7/2 jt fav
101¾Self Defense (GB)8 Robert Thornton Patrick Chamings (GB)20/1
113Royal Shakespeare (FR)6 Jim Culloty Steve Gollings (GB)50/1
1215Essex (IRE)5 A. P. McCoy Michael O'Brien (IRE)9/1
1317Astonville (FR)11 Tom Scudamore Michael Scudamore (GB)500/1
1420Turnium (FR)10James Davies Michael Scudamore (GB)500/1

Winner's details

Further details of the winner, Hardy Eustace

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References

  1. ↑ "Champion Hurdle result". Racing Post. 15 March 2005. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
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