2010 Champion Hurdle

Binocular (FR) won the 2010 Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham on 16 March 2010, trained by Nicky Henderson and ridden by A P McCoy, at 9/1, beating Khyber Kim (GB) by 3½ lengths.

Updated 2010-03-16

Quick answers

Who won the Champion Hurdle in 2010? Binocular (FR) won the 2010 Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham on 16 March 2010, trained by Nicky Henderson and ridden by A P McCoy, at 9/1, beating Khyber Kim (GB) by 3½ lengths.
Who came second in the 2010 Champion Hurdle? Khyber Kim (GB) (7/1) finished second, and Zaynar (FR) (15/2) was third.
Did the favourite win the 2010 Champion Hurdle? No. The 11/4 favourite Go Native (IRE) finished 10th of 12.
What was the winning time of the 2010 Champion Hurdle? Binocular (FR) won in 3m 53.80s over 2m½f on Good To Soft going.
How much prize money did the 2010 Champion Hurdle winner get? Binocular (FR) earned £210,937 for winning the 2010 Champion Hurdle.
How many ran in the 2010 Champion Hurdle? 12 ran in the 2010 Champion Hurdle (average since 1990: 13.3).

Binocular (FR)Winner

9/1SP

12 ranRunners

3m 53.80sWinning time

£210,937Prize to winner

Go Native (IRE) (11/4F): 10th of 12Favourite

Full result

Pos	Btn	Horse	SP	Age	Wgt	Jockey	Trainer	OR	Headgear	Owner	Total btn	Time	Prize
1	won 3½	Binocular (FR)	9/1	6	11-10	A P McCoy	Nicky Henderson	163	-	John P McManus	-	3m 53.80s	£210,937
2	3½	Khyber Kim (GB)	7/1	8	11-10	Paddy Brennan	Nigel Twiston-Davies	165	-	Mrs Caroline Mould	3½	-	£79,143
3	6	Zaynar (FR)	15/2	5	11-10	Andrew Tinkler	Nicky Henderson	168	p	Men In Our Position	9½	-	£39,627
4	2½	Celestial Halo (IRE)	7/1	6	11-10	R Walsh	Paul Nicholls	168	tb	The Stewart Family	12	-	£19,758
5	nse	Starluck (IRE)	14/1	5	11-10	Timmy Murphy	Alan Fleming	161	-	A T A Wates	12	-	£9,916
6	6	Solwhit (FR)	6/1	6	11-10	Davy Russell	C Byrnes	168	-	Top Of The Hill Syndicate	18	-	£4,958
7	¾	Medermit (FR)	11/1	6	11-10	Robert Thornton	Alan King	164	-	The Dunkley Reilly Partnership	18¾	-	-
8	4½	Jumbo Rio (IRE)	50/1	5	11-10	Andrew J McNamara	E J O'Grady	155	-	Patrick Wilmott	23¼	-	-
9	1¼	Punjabi (GB)	15/2	7	11-10	Barry Geraghty	Nicky Henderson	164	-	Raymond Tooth	24½	-	-
10	hd	Go Native (IRE)	11/4F	7	11-10	Paul Carberry	Noel Meade	164	-	Docado Syndicate	24¾	-	-
11	nk	Raise Your Heart (IRE)	100/1	7	11-10	John Cullen	Ms Joanna Morgan	143	-	Gaeltacht Gang Syndicate	25	-	-
12	19	Won In The Dark (IRE)	40/1	6	11-10	Graham Lee	Sabrina J Harty	153	-	Gerard V Crehan	dist	-	-

Distances beaten are to the horse in front (Btn) and to the winner (Total btn). Headgear: b blinkers, v visor, p cheekpieces, t tongue strap, h hood, e/s eyeshield, ht hood and tongue strap. Prize money is shown in the currency of the country the race was run in (£ in Britain, € in Ireland).

How they ran next

Pos here	Horse	Next run	Course	Race	Result	SP
1	Binocular (FR)	2010-11-27	Newbury	stanjames.com Fighting Fifth Hurdle Grade 1	3rd of 5	5/6F
2	Khyber Kim (GB)	2010-04-10	Aintree	John Smith's Dick Francis Aintree Hurdle Grade 1	won	7/2
3	Zaynar (FR)	2010-04-10	Aintree	John Smith's Dick Francis Aintree Hurdle Grade 1	3rd of 7	11/8F
4	Celestial Halo (IRE)	2010-04-10	Aintree	John Smith's Dick Francis Aintree Hurdle Grade 1	fell	5/1
5	Starluck (IRE)	2010-11-27	Newbury	stanjames.com Fighting Fifth Hurdle Grade 1	2nd of 5	7/1
6	Solwhit (FR)	2010-04-23	Punchestown	Rabobank Champion Hurdle	2nd of 11	5/1
7	Medermit (FR)	2010-04-23	Punchestown	Rabobank Champion Hurdle	4th of 11	11/1
8	Jumbo Rio (IRE)	2010-11-07	Navan	Lismullen Hurdle	2nd of 5	11/4
9	Punjabi (GB)	2010-04-23	Punchestown	Rabobank Champion Hurdle	11th of 11	9/1
10	Go Native (IRE)	2012-10-10	Navan	October Maiden	3rd of 15	7/1
11	Raise Your Heart (IRE)	2010-04-11	Curragh	New Tote Sports Lounge Alleged Stakes	6th of 10	20/1
12	Won In The Dark (IRE)	2010-04-10	Aintree	John Smith's Dick Francis Aintree Hurdle Grade 1	4th of 7	20/1

12 of 12 have run since; 1 won next time out.

Champion Hurdle winners by year

Year	Winner	SP	Trainer
2026	Lossiemouth (FR)	7/5F	Willie Mullins
2025	Golden Ace (GB)	25/1	Jeremy Scott
2024	State Man (FR)	2/5F	Willie Mullins
2023	Constitution Hill (GB)	4/11F	Nicky Henderson
2022	Honeysuckle (GB)	8/11F	Henry de Bromhead
2021	Honeysuckle (GB)	11/10F	Henry de Bromhead
2020	Epatante (FR)	2/1F	Nicky Henderson
2019	Espoir D'Allen (FR)	16/1	Gavin Cromwell
2018	Buveur D'Air (FR)	4/6F	Nicky Henderson
2017	Buveur D'Air (FR)	5/1	Nicky Henderson
2016	Annie Power (IRE)	5/2F	Willie Mullins
2015	Faugheen (IRE)	4/5F	Willie Mullins
2014	Jezki (IRE)	9/1	Mrs John Harrington
2013	Hurricane Fly (IRE)	13/8F	Willie Mullins
2012	Rock On Ruby (IRE)	11/1	Paul Nicholls
2011	Hurricane Fly (IRE)	11/4F	Willie Mullins
2010	Binocular (FR)	9/1	Nicky Henderson
2009	Punjabi (GB)	22/1	Nicky Henderson
2008	Katchit (IRE)	10/1	Alan King
2007	Sublimity (FR)	16/1	John G Carr
2006	Brave Inca (IRE)	7/4F	C A Murphy
2005	Hardy Eustace (IRE)	7/2JF	D T Hughes
2004	Hardy Eustace (IRE)	33/1	D T Hughes
2003	Rooster Booster (GB)	9/2	Philip Hobbs
2002	Hors La Loi III (FR)	10/1	James Fanshawe
2000	Istabraq (IRE)	8/15F	Aidan O'Brien
1999	Istabraq (IRE)	4/9F	Aidan O'Brien
1998	Istabraq (IRE)	3/1F	Aidan O'Brien
1997	Make A Stand (GB)	7/1	M C Pipe
1996	Collier Bay (GB)	9/1	Jim Old
1995	Alderbrook (GB)	11/2	Kim Bailey
1994	Flakey Dove (GB)	9/1	Richard Price
1993	Granville Again (GB)	13/2	M C Pipe
1992	Royal Gait (GB)	6/1	James Fanshawe
1991	Morley Street (GB)	4/1F	G B Balding
1990	Kribensis (GB)	95/40	Sir Michael Stoute

Years with a result in GB and IRE records since 1990.

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2010 Champion Hurdle

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