67th Champion Hurdle
Champion Hurdle
LocationCheltenham Racecourse
Date12 March 1996
Winning horseCollier Bay (GB)
JockeyGraham Bradley
TrainerJim Old (GB)
OwnerWally Sturt

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 Alderbrook (GB) 7 Richard Dunwoody Kim Bailey (GB) 10/11 fav
3 6 Pridwell (GB) 6 Chris Maude Martin Pipe (GB) 33/1
4 Danoli (IRE) 8 Tommy Treacy Tom Foley (IRE) 5/1
5 1 Squire Silk (GB) 7 Jason Titley Andy Turnell (GB) 20/1
6 Mysilv (GB) 6 Jamie Osborne Charles Egerton (GB) 7/1
7 4 Boro Eight (GB) 10 Richard Johnson Venetia Williams (GB) 100/1
8 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 details

Further details of the winner, Collier Bay

References

  1. "Champion Hurdle result". Racing Post. 12 March 1996. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
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