2013 Champion Hurdle

Horse race held at Cheltenham Racecourse 83rd Champion Hurdle Champion Hurdle ChampionHurdle123 2013v2.svg Cheltenham Racecourse 10 March 2013 Hurricane Fly (IRE) Ruby Walsh Willie Mullins (IRE) George Creighton & Rose Boyd 2012 2014 The 2013 Champion Hurdle was a horse race held at Cheltenham Racecourse on Tuesday 10 March 2013.https://www.racingpost.com/results/11/cheltenham/2013-03-12/570254 Champion Hurdle result Racing Post 12 March 2013 2014-03-15 It was the 83rd running of the Champion Hurdle. The winner was George Creighton & Rose Boyd's Hurricane Fly, a nine-year-old gelding trained in Ireland by Willie Mullins and ridden by Ruby Walsh. The horse had previously won the race in 2011 with the same owner, trainer and rider, and became only the second horse to regain the title after the 1973 and 1975 champion Comedy of Errors.Wood Greg First it's the big freeze, then the Hurricane as Willie Mullins strikes https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/mar/12/hurricane-fly-cheltenham-festival theguardian.com 18 March 2014 Hurricane Fly won by two and a half lengths from Rock On Ruby, who had beaten him into fourth place in the 2012 running of the race. The 2010 winner Binocular finished fifth. Six of the nine runners completed the course. Race details Sponsor: Stan James Purse: £370,000; First prize: £227,800 Going: Soft Distance: 2 miles 110 yards Number of runners: 9 Winner's time: 3m 59.35 Full result Pos. Marg. Horse (bred) Age Jockey Trainer (Country) Odds 1 Hurricane Fly (IRE) 9 Ruby Walsh Willie Mullins (IRE) 13/8 fav 2 2½ Rock On Ruby (IRE) 7 Noel Fehily Harry Fry (GB) 11/2 3 1¾ Countrywide Flame (GB) 5 Dennis O'Regan John Quinn (GB) 16/1 4 2½ Zarkandar (IRE) 6 Daryl Jacob Paul Nicholls (GB) 7/2 5 21 Binocular (FR) 9 Tony McCoy Nicky Henderson (GB) 10/1 6 4½ Khyber Kim (GB) 11 Paddy Brennan Nicky Henderson (GB) 50/1 UR Balder Success (FR) 5 Wayne Hutchinson Alan King (GB) 100/1 Fell Grandouet (FR) 6 Barry Geraghty Nicky Henderson (GB) 13/2 PU Cinders and Ashes (GB) 6 Jason Maguire Donald McCain (GB) 16/1 Abbreviations: nse = nose; nk = neck; hd = head; dist = distance; UR = unseated rider; PU = pulled up Winner's details Further details of the winner, Hurricane Fly. Sex: Gelding Foaled: 5 April 2004 Country: Ireland Sire: Montjeu; Dam: Scandisk (Kenmare) Owner: George Creighton & Rose Boyd Breeder: Agricola Del Parco References Champion Hurdle 2013 Champion Hurdle Champion Hurdle Category:2010s in Gloucestershire