- Source: 2004 Champion Hurdle
The 2004 Champion Hurdle was a horse race held at Cheltenham Racecourse on Tuesday 16 March 2004. It was the 74th running of the Champion Hurdle.
The race was won by Laurence Byrne's Hardy Eustace, a seven-year-old gelding trained in Ireland by Dessie Hughes and ridden by Conor O'Dwyer. His victory was the first in the race for his owner, trainer and jockey.
Hardy Eustace started a 33/1 outsider and led throughout to win by five lengths from Rooster Booster who had won the race in the previous year, with Intersky Falcon in third. Thirteen of the fourteen runners completed the course.
Race details
Sponsor: Smurfit
Purse: £300,000; First prize: £174,000
Going: Good
Distance: 2 miles 110 yards
Number of runners: 14
Winner's time: 3m 54.50
Full result
Winner's details
Further details of the winner, Hardy Eustace
Sex: Gelding
Foaled: 5 April 1997
Country: Ireland
Sire: Archway; Dam: Sterna Star (Corvaro)
Owner: Laurence Byrne
Breeder: Patrick Joyce
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Cody Rhodes
- 2004 Champion Hurdle
- Champion Hurdle
- 2024 Champion Hurdle
- KPMG Champion Novice Hurdle
- Irish Champion Hurdle
- Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres hurdles
- Champion Hurdle Trial
- 2023 Champion Hurdle
- Punchestown Champion Hurdle
- 2012 Champion Hurdle
