# 2006 Champion Hurdle
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{{Infobox horse race
|name = 76th Champion Hurdle
|horse race = [Champion Hurdle](/source/Champion_Hurdle)
|image =
|caption =
|location = [Cheltenham Racecourse](/source/Cheltenham_Racecourse)
|date = 14 March 2006
|winning horse = '''[Brave Inca](/source/Brave_Inca)''' (IRE)
|starting price =
|winning jockey = [Tony McCoy](/source/Tony_McCoy)
|winning trainer = Colm Murphy (IRE)
|winning owner = Novices Syndicate
|conditions =
|previous = [2005](/source/2005_Champion_Hurdle)
|next = [2007](/source/2007_Champion_Hurdle)
}}
The '''2006 Champion Hurdle''' was a [horse race](/source/horse_racing) held at [Cheltenham Racecourse](/source/Cheltenham_Racecourse) on Tuesday 14 March 2006.[{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/results/11/cheltenham/2006-03-14/398196 |title=Champion Hurdle result |publisher=Racing Post |date=14 March 2006 |accessdate=2014-03-16}}] It was the 76th running of the [Champion Hurdle](/source/Champion_Hurdle).
The winner was the Novice Syndicate's [Brave Inca](/source/Brave_Inca), an eight-year-old [gelding](/source/gelding) trained in [Ireland](/source/Ireland) by Colm Murphy and ridden by [A. P. McCoy](/source/A._P._McCoy). The victory was the first in the race, for the owner and trainer. McCoy had previously won the race on [Make A Stand](/source/Make_A_Stand_(horse)) in 1997.
Brave Inca started the 7/4 favourite and won by a length from [Macs Joy](/source/Macs_Joy), with [Hardy Eustace](/source/Hardy_Eustace), who had won the race for the last two years in third. Fourteen of the eighteen runners completed the course.
==Race details==
* '''Sponsor:''' [Smurfit Kappa](/source/Smurfit_Kappa)
* '''Purse:''' £350,000; '''First prize:''' £202,683
* '''Going:''' Good to Soft
* '''Distance:''' 2 miles 110 yards
* '''Number of runners:''' 18
* '''Winner's time:''' 3m 50.00
==Full result==
{| border="1" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size:90%"
|- style="background:#7d7; text-align:center;"
| style="width:35px;"| '''Pos.'''
| style="width:45px;"| '''Marg.'''
| style="width:160px;"| '''Horse (bred)'''
| style="width:30px;"| '''Age'''
| style="width:160px;"| '''Jockey'''
| style="width:210px;"| '''Trainer (Country)'''
| style="width:50px;"| '''Odds'''
|-
| '''1'''
|
| [Brave Inca](/source/Brave_Inca) (IRE)
| 8
| [Tony McCoy](/source/Tony_McCoy)
| Colm Murphy (IRE)
| 7/4 fav
|-
| '''2'''
| ''1''
| [Macs Joy](/source/Macs_Joy) (IRE)
| 7
| [Barry Geraghty](/source/Barry_Geraghty)
| [Jessica Harrington](/source/Jessica_Harrington) (IRE)
| 13/2
|-
| '''3'''
| ''3½''
| [Hardy Eustace](/source/Hardy_Eustace) (IRE)
| 9
| Conor O'Dwyer
| [Dessie Hughes](/source/Dessie_Hughes) (IRE)
| 11/2
|-
| '''4'''
| ''6''
| [Al Eile](/source/Al_Eile) (IRE)
| 6
| [Timmy Murphy](/source/Timmy_Murphy)
| John Queally (IRE)
| 8/1
|-
| '''5'''
| ''¾''
| Arcalis (GB)
| 6
| [Graham Lee](/source/Graham_Lee_(jockey))
| Howard Johnson (GB)
| 9/1
|-
| '''6'''
| ''9''
| Briareus (GB)
| 6
| Thomas Greenall{{efn|amateur jockey}}
| [Andrew Balding](/source/Andrew_Balding) (GB)
| 20/1
|-
| '''7'''
| ''shd''
| Kawagino (IRE)
| 6
| [Jamie Moore](/source/Jamie_Moore_(jockey))
| Seamus Mullins (GB)
| 500/1
|-
| '''8'''
| ''¾''
| Faasel (IRE)
| 6
| [Tony Dobbin](/source/Tony_Dobbin)
| [Nicky Richards](/source/Nicky_Richards) (GB)
| 16/1
|-
| '''9'''
| ''shd''
| [The French Furze](/source/The_French_Furze) (IRE)
| 12
| Brian Harding
| [Nicky Richards](/source/Nicky_Richards) (GB)
| 150/1
|-
| '''10'''
| ''8''
| Royal Shakespeare (FR)
| 7
| [Tom Scudamore](/source/Tom_Scudamore)
| Tom Gollings (GB)
| 100/1
|-
| '''11'''
| ''6''
| [Intersky Falcon](/source/Intersky_Falcon) (IRE)
| 9
| [Mick Fitzgerald](/source/Mick_Fitzgerald)
| [Jonjo O'Neill](/source/Jonjo_O'Neill_(jockey)) (GB)
| 66/1
|-
| '''12'''
| ''15''
| Admiral (IRE)
| 5
| Paul O'Neill
| Richard Guest (GB)
| 150/1
|-
| '''13'''
| ''dist''
| Astonville (FR)
| 12
| Benjamin Hitchcott
| Phillippe Cottin (FR)
| 500/1
|-
| '''14'''
| ''dist''
| Fiepes Shuffle (GER)
| 6
| [Paul Carberry](/source/Paul_Carberry)
| Christian von der Recke (GER)
| 50/1
|-
| '''PU'''
|
| Leo's Luckyman (USA)
| 7
| John McNamara
| Roger Brookhouse (GB)
| 500/1
|-
| '''PU'''
|
| Turnium (FR)
| 11
| James Davies
| Phillippe Cottin (FR)
| 500/1
|-
| '''Fell'''
|
| Asian Maze (IRE)
| 7
| [Ruby Walsh](/source/Ruby_Walsh)
| Thomas Mullins (FIRE)
| 12/1
|-
| '''Fell'''
|
| Penzance (GB)
| 5
| [Robert Thornton](/source/Robert_Thornton_(jockey))
| [Alan King](/source/Alan_King_(horse_racing)) (GB)
| 40/1
|}
{{notelist}}
* Abbreviations: '''nse''' = nose; '''nk''' = neck; '''hd''' = head; '''dist''' = distance; '''UR''' = unseated rider; '''PU''' = pulled up
==Winner's details==
Further details of the winner, Brave Inca
* '''Sex:''' Gelding
* '''Foaled:''' 20 April 1998
* '''Country:''' Ireland
* '''Sire:''' Good Thyne; '''Dam:''' Wigwam Mam ([Commanche Run](/source/Commanche_Run))
* '''Owner:''' Novices Syndicate
* '''Breeder:''' D. W. Macauley
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Champion Hurdle}}
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