2014 Champion Hurdle

Horse race 84th Champion Hurdle Champion Hurdle ChampionHurdle123 2014v1.svg Cheltenham Racecourse 11 March 2014 Jezki (IRE) Barry Geraghty Jessica Harrington (IRE) J. P. McManus 2013 2015 The 2014 Champion Hurdle was a horse race held at Cheltenham Racecourse on Tuesday 11 March 2014.https://www.racingpost.com/results/11/cheltenham/2014-03-11/574638 Champion Hurdle result Racing Post 11 March 2014 2014-03-18 It was the 84th running of the Champion Hurdle. The winner was J. P. McManus's Jezki, a six-year-old gelding trained in Ireland by Jessica Harrington, who was winning the race for the first time. The winning jockey was Barry Geraghty, who had won the race on Punjabi in 2009. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/horseracing/cheltenham-festival/10690287/Cheltenham-2014-Jezki-wins-Champion-Hurdle-from-My-Tent-Or-Yours-and-The-New-One-as-Hurricane-Fly-fades.html Jezki wins Champion Hurdle from My Tent Or Yours and The New One as Hurricane Fly fades 11 March 2014 Daily Telegraph 27 May 2014 https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/horse-racing/26529076 Jezki wins Champion Hurdle under Geraghty 11 March 2014 BBC Sport 27 May 2014 The only previous winner of the race was Hurricane Fly, who had won in 2011 and 2013. A. P. McCoy opted to ride My Tent Or Yours rather than Jezki. All nine of the runners had previously won at Grade I level. Our Conor was fatally injured in a fall at the third hurdle. Race details Sponsor: Stan James Purse: £400,000; First prize: £238,051 Going: Good to Soft Distance: 2 miles 110 yards Number of runners: 9 Winner's time: 3m 45.25 Full result thumb|right|250px|Jezki wins the Champion Hurdle Pos. Marg. Horse (bred) Age Jockey Trainer (Country) Odds 1 Jezki (IRE) 6 Barry Geraghty Jessica Harrington (IRE) 9/1 2 nk My Tent Or Yours (IRE) 7 Tony McCoy Nicky Henderson (GB) 3/1 3 2½ The New One (IRE) 6 Sam Twiston-Davies Nigel Twiston-Davies (GB) 100/30 4 2¼ Hurricane Fly (IRE) 10 Ruby Walsh Willie Mullins (IRE) 11/4 fav 5 7 Captain Cee Bee (IRE) 13 Mark Walsh Edward Harty (IRE) 100/1 6 2½ Ptit Zig (FR) 5 Daryl Jacob Paul Nicholls (GB) 28/1 7 4½ Melodic Rendezvous (GB) 8 Nick Scholfield Jeremy Scott (GB) 20/1 8 11 Grumeti (GB) 6 Wayne Hutchinson Alan King (GB) 66/1 Fell Our Conor (IRE) 5 Danny Mullins Dessie Hughes (IRE) 5/1 Abbreviations: nse = nose; nk = neck; hd = head; dist = distance Winner's details Further details of the winner, Jezki. Sex: Gelding Foaled: 8 March 2008 Country: Ireland Sire: Milan; Dam: La Noire (Phardante) Owner: J. P. McManus Breeder: Gerard McGrath References Champion Hurdle 2014 Champion Hurdle Champion Hurdle Category:2010s in Gloucestershire