2007 Champion Hurdle

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77th Champion Hurdle
Champion Hurdle
Location Cheltenham Racecourse
Date13 March 2007
Winning horse Sublimity (FR)
Jockey Philip Carberry
Trainer John Carr (IRE)
OwnerBill Hennessy
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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.

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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
1 Sublimity (FR)7Philip CarberryJohn Carr (IRE)16/1
23 Brave Inca (IRE)9 Ruby Walsh Colm Murphy (IRE)11/2
3nkAfsoun (FR)5 Mick Fitzgerald Nicky Henderson (GB)28/1
4nk Hardy Eustace (IRE)10Conor O'Dwyer Dessie Hughes (IRE)3/1
515Kawagino (IRE)7Wayne KavanaghSeamus Mullins (GB)100/1
6hd Detroit City (USA)5 Richard Johnson Philip Hobbs (GB)6/4 fav
7¾Asian Maze (IRE)8 Robbie Power Thomas Mullins (IRE)20/1
8distMarble Garden (USA)6James DaviesR Chotard (FR)250/1
FellIktitaf (IRE)6 Barry Geraghty Noel Meade (IRE)16/1
PU Straw Bear (USA)6 A. P. McCoy Nick Gifford (GB)7/1

Winner's details

Further details of the winner, Sublimity

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References

  1. "Champion Hurdle result". Racing Post. 13 March 2007. Retrieved 2014-03-16.