Smurfit Kappa Champion HurdleThe Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle is a Grade 1 race for 4 year old and above horses. It is run over a distance of 2 miles 110 yards on the old course at the Cheltenham Festival. The Champion Hurdle is one race at the Cheltenham Festival where past winners do well. In recent years Istabraq won it 3 times in a row, Hardy Eustace won it twice, followed by a third place and 2006 winner Brave Inca finished 2nd in 2007. Make the Most from Your Cheltenham Festival Betting
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Recent Past Results| 2008 : Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy (grade 1) | | Going : Good to Soft | 15 ran | | Pos | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | SP | | 1 | Katchit | A King | R Thornton | 10/1 | | 2 | Osana | D Pipe | T Scudamore | 9/2 | | 3 | Punjabi | N J Henderson | B J Geraghty | 25/1 | | | | 2007 : Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy (grade 1) | | Going : Soft, Good to Soft in places | 10 ran | | Pos | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | SP | | 1 | Sublimity | J G Carr | P A Carberry | 16/1 | | 2 | Brave Inca | Colm A Murphy | R Walsh | 11/2 | | 3 | Afsoun | N J Henderson | M A Fitzgerald | 28/1 | | | | 2006 : Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy (Grade 1) | | Going : Good to Soft | 18 ran | | Pos | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | SP | | 1 | Brave Inca | Colm A Murphy | A P McCoy | 7/4 | | 2 | Macs Joy | Mrs J Harrington | B J Geraghty | 13/2 | | 3 | Hardy Eustace | D T Hughes | C O'Dwyer | 11/2 | | 4 | Al Eile | John Queally | T J Murphy | 8/1 | | | | 2005 : Smurfit Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy (Grade 1) | | Going : Good | 14 ran | | Pos | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | SP | | 1 | Hardy Eustace | D T Hughes | C O'Dwyer | 7/2 | | 2 | Harchibald | N Meade | P Carberry | 7/1 | | 3 | Brave Inca | Colin A Murphy | B M Cash | 10/1 | | | | 2004 : Smurfit Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy | | Going : Good | 14 ran | | Pos | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | SP | | 1 | Hardy Eustace | D Hughes | C O'Dwyer | 33/1 | | 2 | Rooster Booster | P Hobbs | R Johnson | 11/8 | | 3 | Intersky Falcon | Jonjo O'Neill | L Cooper | 8/1 | | | | 2003 : Smurfit Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy (Showcase Race) | | Going : Good, Good to Soft in places | 17 ran | | Pos | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | SP | | 1 | Rooster Booster | P Hobbs | R Johnson | 9/2 | | 2 | Westender | M Pipe | R Greene | 33/1 | | 3 | Rhinestone Cowboy | Jonjo O'Neill | N Williamson | 5/2 | | 4 | Self Defense | Miss E Lavelle | F Keniry | 100/1 | | | | 2002 : Smurfit Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy (Showcase Race) (Class A) (Grade 1) | | Going : Good to Soft, Good in places | 15 ran | | Pos | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | SP | | 1 | Hors La Loi III | J R Fanshawe | D Gallagher | 10/1 | | 2 | Marble Arch | H Morrison | R Walsh | 25/1 | | 3 | Bilboa | F Doumen | T Doumen | 14/1 | | | | 2000 : Smurfit Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy (Showcase Race) | | Going : Good | 12 ran | | Pos | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | SP | | 1 | Istabraq | A P O'Brien | C F Swan | 8/15 | | 2 | Hors La Loi III | F Doumen | D Gallagher | 11/1 | | 3 | Blue Royal | N Henderson | M A Fitzgerald | 16/1 | | |
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