- Race details
- Full result
- Winner's details
- References
67th Champion Hurdle
Cheltenham, 12 March 1996 | |
| won by Collier Bay (GB) |
The 1996 Champion Hurdle was a horse race held at Cheltenham Racecourse on Tuesday 12 March 1996. It was the 67th running of the Champion Hurdle. The winner was Wally Sturt's Collier Bay, a six-year-old bay gelding trained in Wiltshire by Jim Old and ridden by Graham Bradley. Collier Bay's victory was a first in the race for jockey, trainer and owner. Collier Bay, had been unsuccessful flat racer, who had become a good handicapper over hurdles before emerging as a potential champion by defeating Danoli in the Irish Champion Hurdle in January. Starting the 9/1 fourth choice in the betting, he won Champion Hurdle by two and a half lengths from Alderbrook the 1995 winner who started the 10/11 favourite. Fourteen of the sixteen runners completed the course.[1] Race details- Sponsor: Smurfit
- Purse: £208,992; First prize: £127,966
- Going: Good to Soft
- Distance: 2 miles 110 yards
- Number of runners: 16
- Winner's time: 3m 59.00
Full result| Pos. | Marg. | Horse (bred) | Age | Jockey | Trainer (Country) | Odds |
|---|
| 1 | Collier Bay (GB) | 6 | Graham Bradley | Jim Old (GB) | 9/1 | | 2 | 2½ | Alderbrook (GB) | 7 | Richard Dunwoody | Kim Bailey (GB) | 10/11 fav | | 3 | 6 | Pridwell (GB) | 6 | Chris Maude | Martin Pipe (GB) | 33/1 | | 4 | 1¾ | Danoli (IRE) | 8 | Tommy Treacy | Tom Foley (IRE) | 5/1 | | 5 | 1 | Squire Silk (GB) | 7 | Jason Titley | Andy Turnell (GB) | 20/1 | | 6 | 1¼ | Mysilv (GB) | 6 | Jamie Osborne | Charles Egerton (GB) | 7/1 | | 7 | 4 | Boro Eight (GB) | 10 | Richard Johnson | Venetia Williams (GB) | 100/1 | | 8 | 1½ | Staunch Friend (USA) | 8 | Peter Niven | Mark Tompkins (GB) | 66/1 | | 9 | 11 | Hotel Minella (GB) | 9 | Charlie Swan | Aidan O'Brien (IRE) | 10/1 | | 10 | 5 | Land Afar (GB) | 9 | Mick Fitzgerald | Paul Webber (GB) | 25/1 | | 11 | 8 | Chief Minister (IRE) | 7 | Tony Dobbin | Thomas Dyer (GB) | 100/1 | | 12 | 18 | Right Win (IRE) | 6 | Graham McCourt | Richard Hannon, Sr. (GB) | 25/1 | | 13 | 13 | Kissair (IRE) | 5 | Jonothon Lower | Martin Pipe (GB) | 66/1 | | 14 | 4 | Absalom's Lady (GB) | 8 | A. P. McCoy | David Elsworth (GB) | 66/1 | | PU | Mack The Knife (GB) | 7 | David Bridgwater | Martin Pipe (GB) | 33/1 | | PU | Muse (GB) | 9 | Paul Holley | David Elsworth (GB) | 100/1 |
- Abbreviations: nse = nose; nk = neck; hd = head; dist = distance; UR = unseated rider; PU = pulled up; LFT = left at start; SU = slipped up; BD = brought down
Winner's detailsFurther details of the winner, Collier Bay - Sex: Gelding
- Foaled: 21 January 1990
- Country: United Kingdom
- Sire: Green Desert; Dam: Cockatoo Island (High Top)
- Owner: Wally Sturt
- Breeder: Stanley Estate and Stud
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.racingpost.com/horses/result_home.sd?race_id=200049&r_date=1996-03-12&popup=yes#results_top_tabs=re_&results_bottom_tabs=ANALYSIS |title=Champion Hurdle result |publisher=Racing Post |date=12 March 1996 |accessdate=2014-03-25}}
{{Champion Hurdle}} 5 : 1996 in horse racing|Champion Hurdle|1996 in British sport|March 1996 sports events in Europe|20th century in Gloucestershire |