1993 Champion Hurdle
| 64th Champion Hurdle Cheltenham, 16 March 1993 |
| won by Granville Again (GB) |
The 1993 Champion Hurdle was a horse race held at Cheltenham Racecourse on Tuesday 16 March 1993. It was the 64th running of the Champion Hurdle.
The winner was Eric Scarth's Granville Again, a seven-year-old chestnut gelding trained in Devon by Martin Pipe and ridden by Peter Scudamore. Granville Again's victory was a first in the race for trainer and owner and a second for Scudamore, who had ridden Celtic Shot to victory in 1988. Granville Again was a full brother to Morley Street, who had won the race in 1991.
Granville Again was a non-Thoroughbred gelding, who had been strongly fancied for the 1992 running of the race, but fell at the second last hurdle. Starting at odds of 13/2 he won the Champion Hurdle by a length from the 50/1 outsider Royal Derbi with Halkopous in third place. Two previous winners of the race, Morley Street and Kribensis took part and finished eleventh and twelfth respectively. Seventeen of the eighteen runners completed the course.[1]
Race details
- Sponsor: Smurfit
- Purse: £141,590; First prize: £84,734
- Going: Good to Firm
- Distance: 2 miles 110 yards
- Number of runners: 18
- Winner's time: 3m 51.40
Full result
| Pos. | Marg. | Horse (bred) | Age | Jockey | Trainer (Country) | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Granville Again (GB) | 7 | Peter Scudamore | Martin Pipe (GB) | 13/2 | |
| 2 | 1 | Royal Derbi (GB) | 8 | Mark Perrett | Neville Callaghan (GB) | 50/1 |
| 3 | 2½ | Halkopous (GB) | 7 | Adrian Maguire | Mark Tompkins (GB) | 9/1 |
| 4 | 3 | King Credo (GB) | 8 | Hywel Davies | Steve Woodman (GB) | 20/1 |
| 5 | 2 | Oh So Risky (GB) | 6 | Paul Holley | David Elsworth (GB) | 10/1 |
| 6 | hd | Vintage Crop (GB) | 6 | Brendan Sheridan | Dermot Weld (IRE) | 9/1 |
| 7 | ½ | Flakey Dove (GB) | 7 | Carl Llewellyn | Richard Price (GB) | 50/1 |
| 8 | nk | Flown (GB) | 6 | Richard Dunwoody | Nicky Henderson (GB) | 7/2 fav |
| 9 | 2 | Jinxy Jack (IRE) | 9 | Neale Doughty | Gordon W. Richards (GB) | 25/1 |
| 10 | 3 | Eyelid | 7 | Charlie Swan | Michael Purcell (IRE) | 50/1 |
| 11 | nk | Kribensis (GB) | 9 | Declan Murphy | Michael Stoute (GB) | 16/1 |
| 12 | 2 | Morley Street (GB) | 9 | Graham Bradley | Toby Balding (GB) | 20/1 |
| 13 | 3½ | Coulton (GB) | 6 | Mark Dwyer | Mick Easterby (GB) | 9/1 |
| 14 | 7 | Athy Spirit (IRE) | 8 | K. O'Brien | W. Fennin (IRE) | 200/1 |
| 15 | 5 | Duke of Monmouth (USA) | 5 | Graham McCourt | Simon Sherwood (GB) | 25/1 |
| 16 | 7 | Valfinet (FR) | 6 | Jonothon Lower | Martin Pipe (GB) | 16/1 |
| 17 | Staunch Friend (USA) | 5 | Jamie Osborne | Mark Tompkins (GB) | 20/1 | |
| PU | Ruling (USA) | 7 | Peter Niven | Fulke Johnson Houghton (GB) | 14/1 |
- 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, Granville Again
- Sex: Gelding
- Foaled: 20 June 1986
- Country: United Kingdom
- Sire: Deep Run; Dam: High Board (High Line)
- Owner: Eric Scarth
- Breeder: M. Parkhill
References
- ^ "Champion Hurdle result". Racing Post. 16 March 1993. Retrieved 2014-03-29.