2005 Champion Hurdle
| Champion Hurdle | |
| Location | Cheltenham Racecourse |
|---|---|
| Date | 15 March 2005 |
| Winning horse | Hardy Eustace (IRE) |
| Jockey | Conor O'Dwyer |
| Trainer | Dessie Hughes (IRE) |
| Owner | Laurence Byrne |
The 2005 Champion Hurdle was a horse race held at Cheltenham Racecourse on Tuesday 15 March 2005.[1] It was the 75th running of the Champion Hurdle.
The race was won for the second consecutive year by Laurence Byrne's Hardy Eustace, an eight-year-old gelding trained in Ireland by Dessie Hughes and ridden by Conor O'Dwyer.
Hardy Eustace started the 7/2 joint-favourite and led throughout to win by a neck from
. All 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 51.50
Full result
| Pos. | Marg. | Horse (bred) | Age | Jockey | Trainer (Country) | Odds |
| 1 | Hardy Eustace (IRE) | 8 | Conor O'Dwyer | Dessie Hughes (IRE) | 7/2 jt fav | |
| 2 | nk | Harchibald (FR) | 6 | Paul Carberry | Noel Meade (IRE) | 7/1 |
| 3 | nk | Brave Inca (IRE) | 7 | Barry Cash | Colm Murphy (IRE) | 10/1 |
| 4 | 3 | Accordion Etoile (IRE) | 6 | John Cullen | Paul Nolan (IRE) | 14/1 |
| 5 | 1½ | Macs Joy (IRE) | 6 | Barry Geraghty | Jessica Harrington (IRE) | 7/1 |
| 6 | ½ | Intersky Falcon (GB) | 8 | Tony Dobbin | Jonjo O'Neill (GB) | 40/1 |
| 7 | 2 | Al Eile (IRE) | 5 | Timmy Murphy | John Queally (IRE) | 25/1 |
| 8 | 3 | Rooster Booster (GB) | 11 | Richard Johnson | Philip Hobbs (GB) | 16/1 |
| 9 | nk | Back In Front (IRE)
|
8 | Ruby Walsh | Edward O'Grady (IRE) | 7/2 jt fav |
| 10 | 1¾ | Self Defense (GB) | 8 | Robert Thornton | Patrick Chamings (GB) | 20/1 |
| 11 | 3 | Royal Shakespeare (FR) | 6 | Jim Culloty | Steve Gollings (GB) | 50/1 |
| 12 | 15 | Essex (IRE) | 5 | A. P. McCoy
|
Michael O'Brien (IRE) | 9/1 |
| 13 | 17 | Astonville (FR) | 11 | Tom Scudamore | Michael Scudamore (GB) | 500/1 |
| 14 | 20 | Turnium (FR) | 10 | James Davies | Michael Scudamore (GB) | 500/1 |
- 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 result". Racing Post. 15 March 2005. Retrieved 2014-03-17.