# 2007 Champion Hurdle

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{{Infobox horse race
|name            = 77th Champion Hurdle
|horse race      = [Champion Hurdle](/source/Champion_Hurdle)
|image           = 
|caption         = 
|location        = [Cheltenham Racecourse](/source/Cheltenham_Racecourse)
|date            = 13 March 2007
|winning horse   = '''[Sublimity](/source/Sublimity_(horse))''' (FR)
|starting price  = 
|winning jockey  = Philip Carberry
|winning trainer = John Carr (IRE)
|winning owner   = Bill Hennessy
|conditions      = 
|previous        = [2006](/source/2006_Champion_Hurdle)
|next            = [2008](/source/2008_Champion_Hurdle)
}}

The '''2007 Champion Hurdle''' was a [horse race](/source/horse_racing) held at [Cheltenham Racecourse](/source/Cheltenham_Racecourse) on Tuesday 13 March 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/results/11/cheltenham/2007-03-13/422662 |title=Champion Hurdle result |publisher=Racing Post |date=13 March 2007 |accessdate=2014-03-16}}</ref> It was the 77th running of the [Champion Hurdle](/source/Champion_Hurdle).

The winner was Bill Hennessy's [Sublimity](/source/Sublimity_(horse)), a seven-year-old [gelding](/source/gelding) trained in [Ireland](/source/Ireland) by John Carr and ridden by [Philip Carberry](/source/Philip_Carberry). The victory was the first in the race, for owner, trainer and jockey.

Sublimity won at odds of 16/1 by three lengths from the previous season's winner [Brave Inca](/source/Brave_Inca). The field also included [Hardy Eustace](/source/Hardy_Eustace), the winner of the race in 2004 and 2005. Eight of the ten runners completed the course.

==Race details==
* '''Sponsor:''' [Smurfit Kappa](/source/Smurfit_Kappa)
* '''Purse:''' £350,000; '''First prize:''' £205,272
* '''Going:''' Soft
* '''Distance:''' 2 miles 110 yards
* '''Number of runners:''' 10
* '''Winner's time:''' 3m 55.70

==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'''
| 
| [Sublimity](/source/Sublimity_(horse)) (FR)
| 7
| Philip Carberry
| John Carr (IRE)
| 16/1
|-
| '''2'''
| ''3''
| [Brave Inca](/source/Brave_Inca) (IRE)
| 9
| [Ruby Walsh](/source/Ruby_Walsh)
| Colm Murphy (IRE)
| 11/2
|-
| '''3'''
| ''nk''
| Afsoun (FR)
| 5
| [Mick Fitzgerald](/source/Mick_Fitzgerald)
| [Nicky Henderson](/source/Nicky_Henderson) (GB)
| 28/1
|-
| '''4'''
| ''nk''
| [Hardy Eustace](/source/Hardy_Eustace) (IRE)
| 10
| Conor O'Dwyer
| [Dessie Hughes](/source/Dessie_Hughes) (IRE)
| 3/1
|-
| '''5'''
| ''15''
| Kawagino (IRE)
| 7
| Wayne Kavanagh
| Seamus Mullins (GB)
| 100/1
|-
| '''6'''
| ''hd''
| [Detroit City](/source/Detroit_City_(horse)) (USA)
| 5
| [Richard Johnson](/source/Richard_Johnson_(jockey))
| [Philip Hobbs](/source/Philip_Hobbs) (GB)
| 6/4 fav
|-
| '''7'''
| ''¾''
| Asian Maze (IRE)
| 8
| [Robbie Power](/source/Robbie_Power)
| Thomas Mullins (IRE)
| 20/1
|-
| '''8'''
| ''dist''
| Marble Garden (USA)
| 6
| James Davies
| R Chotard (FR)
| 250/1
|-
| '''Fell'''
| 
| Iktitaf (IRE)
| 6
| [Barry Geraghty](/source/Barry_Geraghty)
| [Noel Meade](/source/Noel_Meade) (IRE)
| 16/1
|-
| '''PU'''
| 
| [Straw Bear](/source/Straw_Bear) (USA)
| 6
| [A. P. McCoy](/source/A._P._McCoy)
| Nick Gifford (GB)
| 7/1
|}
<div style="font-size:85%">
* Abbreviations: '''nse''' = nose; '''nk''' = neck; '''hd''' = head; '''dist''' = distance; '''UR''' = unseated rider; '''PU''' = pulled up
</div>

==Winner's details==
Further details of the winner, Sublimity
* '''Sex:''' Gelding
* '''Foaled:''' 23 April 2000
* '''Country:''' France
* '''Sire:''' [Selkirk](/source/Selkirk_(horse)); '''Dam:''' Fig Tree Drive ([Miswaki](/source/Miswaki))
* '''Owner:''' Bill Hennessy
* '''Breeder:''' Stratford Place & Watership Down Stud

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Champion Hurdle}}

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