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.

77th Champion Hurdle
Champion Hurdle
LocationCheltenham Racecourse
Date13 March 2007
Winning horseSublimity (FR)
JockeyPhilip Carberry
TrainerJohn Carr (IRE)
OwnerBill Hennessy
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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

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  • 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

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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

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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

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