2010 Champion Hurdle

Horse race 80th Champion Hurdle Champion Hurdle ChampionHurdle123 2010.svg Cheltenham Racecourse 16 March 2010 Binocular (FR) A. P. McCoy Nicky Henderson (GB) J. P. McManus 2009 2011 The 2010 Champion Hurdle was a horse race held at Cheltenham Racecourse on Tuesday 16 March 2010.https://www.racingpost.com/results/11/cheltenham/2010-03-16/497120 Champion Hurdle result 16 March 2010 Racing Post 2014-03-16 It was the 80th running of the Champion Hurdle. The winner was J. P. McManus's Binocular, a six-year-old gelding trained in Berkshire by Nicky Henderson and ridden by A. P. McCoy. The victory was Henderson's fifth in the race, following See You Then (1985, 1986, 1987) and Punjabi (2009) and a third for McCoy, who had won in 1997 on Make A Stand and 2006 on Brave Inca. Binocular, who had finished third when favourite for the previous year's race, won by three and a half lengths from Khyber Kim. Punjabi was the only previous Champion Hurdler in the field. All twelve of the runners completed the course. Binocular's win was controversial as Henderson had said in February that the horse would not run in the race. Khyber Kim's trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies said in 2014: "We won the Champion Hurdle four years ago but the horse who was taken out of the race, Binocular, turned up again".Tony Smurthwaite http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse-racing/hurricane-fly-nigel-twiston-davies-sam-twiston-davies-cheltenham-stan-james-champion-hurdle-the-new-one-can-right-a-wrong-for-twiston-davies/1612652/#newsArchiveTabs=last7DaysNews https://web.archive.org/web/20140318093039/http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse-racing/hurricane-fly-nigel-twiston-davies-sam-twiston-davies-cheltenham-stan-james-champion-hurdle-the-new-one-can-right-a-wrong-for-twiston-davies/1612652/#newsArchiveTabs=last7DaysNews dead 18 March 2014 The New One can right a wrong for Twiston Davies Racing Post 27 February 2014 2014-03-18 Race details Sponsor: Smurfit Kappa Purse: £370,000; First prize: £210,937 Going: Good to Soft Distance: 2 miles 110 yards Number of runners: 12 Winner's time: 3m 53.80 Full result thumb|right|250px| Binocular (right) wins the Champion Hurdle. Pos. Marg. Horse (bred) Age Jockey Trainer (Country) Odds 1 Binocular (FR) 6 A. P. McCoy Nicky Henderson (GB) 9/1 2 3½ Khyber Kim (GB) 8 Paddy Brennan Nigel Twiston-Davies (GB) 7/1 3 6 Zaynar (FR) 5 Andrew Tinkler Nicky Henderson (GB) 15/2 4 2½ Celestial Halo (IRE) 6 Ruby Walsh Paul Nicholls (GB) 7/1 5 nse Starluck (IRE) 5 Timmy Murphy Alan Fleming (GB) 14/1 6 6 Solwhit (FR) 6 Davy Russell Charles Byrnes (IRE) 6/1 7 ¾ Medermit (FR) 6 Robert Thornton Alan King (GB) 11/1 8 4½ Jumbo Rio (IRE) 5 Andrew McNamara Edward O'Grady (IRE) 50/1 9 1¼ Punjabi (GB) 7 Barry Geraghty Nicky Henderson (GB) 15/2 10 hd Go Native (IRE) 7 Paul Carberry Noel Meade (IRE) 11/4 fav 11 nk Raise Your Heart (IRE) 7 John Cullen Joanna Morgan (IRE) 100/1 12 19 Won In The Dark (IRE) 6 Graham Lee Sabrina Harty (IRE) 40/1 Abbreviations: nse = nose; nk = neck; hd = head; dist = distance; UR = unseated rider; PU = pulled up Winner's details Further details of the winner, Binocular. Sex: Gelding Foaled: 5 April 2004 Country: France Sire: Enrique; Dam: Blue Ciel et Blanc (Pistolet Bleu) Owner: J. P. McManus Breeder: Élie Lellouche References Champion Hurdle 2010 Champion Hurdle Champion Hurdle Category:2010s in Gloucestershire