2004 Champion Hurdle

74th Champion Hurdle Champion Hurdle Cheltenham Racecourse 16 March 2004 Hardy Eustace (IRE) Conor O'Dwyer Dessie Hughes (IRE) Laurence Byrne 2003 2005 The 2004 Champion Hurdle was a horse race held at Cheltenham Racecourse on Tuesday 16 March 2004.https://www.racingpost.com/results/11/cheltenham/2004-03-16/343839 Champion Hurdle result Racing Post 16 March 2004 2014-03-17 It was the 74th running of the Champion Hurdle. The race was won by Laurence Byrne's Hardy Eustace, a seven-year-old gelding trained in Ireland by Dessie Hughes and ridden by Conor O'Dwyer. His victory was the first in the race for his owner, trainer and jockey. Hardy Eustace started a 33/1 outsider and led throughout to win by five lengths from Rooster Booster who had won the race in the previous year, with Intersky Falcon in third. Thirteen of the fourteen runners completed the course. Race details Sponsor: Smurfit Purse: £300,000; First prize: £174,000 Going: Good Distance: 2 miles 110 yards Number of runners: 14 Winner's time: 3m 54.50 Full result Pos. Marg. Horse (bred) Age Jockey Trainer (Country) Odds 1 Hardy Eustace (IRE) 7 Conor O'Dwyer Dessie Hughes (IRE) 33/1 2 5 Rooster Booster (GB) 10 Richard Johnson Philip Hobbs (GB) 11/8 fav 3 4 Intersky Falcon (GB) 7 Liam Cooper Jonjo O'Neill (GB) 8/1 4 1¼ Foreman (GER) 6 Thierry Doumen Thierry Doumen (FR) 10/1 5 nk Westender (FR) 8 A. P. McCoy Martin Pipe (GB) 16/1 6 3 Fota Island (IRE) 8 David Casey Mouse Morris (IRE) 50/1 7 6 Golden Cross (IRE) 5 Paul Carberry Michael Halford (IRE) 40/1 8 2½ Rigmarole (GB) 6 Ruby Walsh Paul Nicholls (GB) 4/1 9 4 Specular (AUS) 8 Barry Geraghty Jonjo O'Neill (GB) 14/1 10 shd Self Defense (GB) 7 Barry Keniry Emma Lavelle (GB) 66/1 11 ¾ Hasty Prince (GB) 6 Tony Dobbin Jonjo O'Neill (GB) 50/1 12 1 Limerick Boy (GER) 6 Sam Thomas Venetia Williams (GB) 16/1 13 1½ Davenport Milenium (IRE) 8 Timmy Murphy Willie Mullins (IRE) 25/1 PU Geos (FR) 9 Mick Fitzgerald Nicky Henderson (GB) 20/1 Abbreviations: nse = nose; nk = neck; hd = head; dist = distance; UR = unseated rider; PU = pulled up Winner's details Further details of the winner, Hardy Eustace Sex: Gelding Foaled: 5 April 1997 Country: Ireland Sire: Archway; Dam: Sterna Star (Corvaro) Owner: Laurence Byrne Breeder: Patrick Joyce References Champion Hurdle 2004 Champion Hurdle Champion Hurdle Category:2000s in Gloucestershire