2007 Champion Hurdle
| Champion Hurdle | |
| Location | Cheltenham Racecourse |
|---|---|
| Date | 13 March 2007 |
| Winning horse | Sublimity (FR) |
| Jockey | Philip Carberry |
| Trainer | John Carr (IRE) |
| Owner | Bill Hennessy |
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
- Sponsor: Smurfit Kappa
- Purse: £350,000; First prize: £205,272
- Going: Soft
- Distance: 2 miles 110 yards
- Number of runners: 10
- Winner's time: 3m 55.70
Full result
| Pos. | Marg. | Horse (bred) | Age | Jockey | Trainer (Country) | Odds |
| 1 | Sublimity (FR) | 7 | Philip Carberry | John Carr (IRE) | 16/1 | |
| 2 | 3 | Brave Inca (IRE) | 9 | Ruby Walsh | Colm Murphy (IRE) | 11/2 |
| 3 | nk | Afsoun (FR) | 5 | Mick Fitzgerald | Nicky Henderson (GB) | 28/1 |
| 4 | nk | Hardy Eustace (IRE) | 10 | Conor O'Dwyer | Dessie Hughes (IRE) | 3/1 |
| 5 | 15 | Kawagino (IRE) | 7 | Wayne Kavanagh | Seamus Mullins (GB) | 100/1 |
| 6 | hd | Detroit City (USA) | 5 | Richard Johnson | Philip Hobbs (GB) | 6/4 fav |
| 7 | ¾ | Asian Maze (IRE) | 8 | Robbie Power | Thomas Mullins (IRE) | 20/1 |
| 8 | dist | Marble Garden (USA) | 6 | James Davies | R Chotard (FR) | 250/1 |
| Fell | Iktitaf (IRE) | 6 | Barry Geraghty | Noel Meade (IRE) | 16/1 | |
| PU | Straw Bear (USA) | 6 | A. P. McCoy | Nick Gifford (GB) | 7/1 |
- Abbreviations: nse = nose; nk = neck; hd = head; dist = distance; UR = unseated rider; PU = pulled up
Winner's details
Further details of the winner, Sublimity
- Sex: Gelding
- Foaled: 23 April 2000
- Country: France
- Sire: Selkirk; Dam: Fig Tree Drive (Miswaki)
- Owner: Bill Hennessy
- Breeder: Stratford Place & Watership Down Stud
References
- ^ "Champion Hurdle result". Racing Post. 13 March 2007. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
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