2002 Champion Hurdle

72nd Champion Hurdle
Champion Hurdle
LocationCheltenham Racecourse
Date12 March 2002
Winning horseHors La Loi III (FR)
JockeyDean Gallagher
TrainerJames Fanshawe (GB)
OwnerPaul Green
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The 2002 Champion Hurdle was a horse race held at Cheltenham Racecourse on Tuesday 12 March 2002. It was the 72nd running of the Champion Hurdle.

The race was won by Paul Green's Hors La Loi III, a seven-year-old French-bred gelding trained at Newmarket, Suffolk by James Fanshawe and ridden by Dean Gallagher. His victory was the first in the race for his owner and jockey. Fanshawe had previously won the race with Royal Gait in 1992.

Hors La Loi II started at odds of 10/1 and won by three lengths from the 25/1 outsider Marble Arch, with the French mare Bilboa in third. Istabraq who had won the race in 1998, 1999 and 2000 started the 2/1 favourite but was pulled up after jumping the first two hurdles. The second favourite Valiramix was fatally injured when he slipped and fell approaching the second last. Twelve of the fifteen runners completed the course.[1]

Race details

  • Sponsor: Smurfit
  • Purse: £270,000; First prize: £156,600
  • Going: Good to Soft
  • Distance: 2 miles 110 yards
  • Number of runners: 15
  • Winner's time: 3m 53.80

Full result

Pos. Marg. Horse (bred) Age Jockey Trainer (Country) Odds
1 Hors La Loi III (FR) 7 Dean Gallagher James Fanshawe (GB) 10/1
2 3 Marble Arch (GB) 6 Ruby Walsh Hughie Morrison (GB) 25/1
3 ½ Bilboa (FR) 5 Thierry Doumen François Doumen (FR) 14/1
4 shd Geos (FR) 7 Richard Johnson Nicky Henderson (GB) 16/1
5 ½ Landing Light (IRE) 7 Mick Fitzgerald Nicky Henderson (GB) 100/30
6 8 Ansar (IRE) 6 Paul Carberry Dermot Weld (IRE) 50/1
7 19 Mr Cool (GB) 8 Rodi Greene Martin Pipe (GB) 100/1
8 1¾ Mister Morose (IRE) 12 Carl Llewellyn Nigel Twiston-Davies (GB) 100/1
9 2 Liss A Paoraigh (IRE) 7 Norman Williamson John Kiely (IRE) 20/1
10 3½ Chimes At Midnight (USA) 5 Martin Mooney Luke Comer (IRE) 150/1
11 2 Rostropovich (IRE) 5 David Casey Mouse Morris (IRE) 100/1
12 ½ Regal Exit (FR) 6 J. R. Kavanagh Nicky Henderson (GB) 66/1
PU Istabraq (IRE) 10 Charlie Swan Aidan O'Brien (IRE) 2/1 fav
SU Valiramix (FR) 6 Tony McCoy Martin Pipe (GB) 3/1
PU Penny Rich (IRE) 8 Conor O'Dwyer Tom Hogan (IRE) 100/1
  • Abbreviations: nse = nose; nk = neck; hd = head; dist = distance; UR = unseated rider; PU = pulled up; LFT = left at start; SU = slipped up

Winner's details

Further details of the winner, Hors La Loi III

  • Sex: Gelding
  • Foaled: 22 February 1995
  • Country: France
  • Sire: Cyborg; Dam: Quintessence III (El Condor)
  • Owner: Paul Green
  • Breeder: François Cottin

References

  1. ^ "Champion Hurdle result". Racing Post. 12 March 2002. Retrieved 2014-03-18.

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