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The Champion Hurdle is the two-mile hurdling championship, the feature of the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival. This is the full roll of honour from 1970 to 2026 - every winning horse with its age, starting price, jockey and trainer - and the trends that emerge across the whole history.
Every row is source-verified against two independent records; unsourced cells are left blank rather than guessed. The 2001 running is shown as not run, the Festival lost to the foot-and-mouth outbreak.
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Every winner since 1970, newest first. SP is the official returned price, with the favourite marker where it applied.
Champion Hurdle: Roll of Honour
| Year | Winner | Age | SP | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | |||||
| 2026 | Lossiemouth | 7 | 7/5f | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins |
| 2025 | Golden Ace | 7 | 25/1 | Lorcan Williams | Jeremy Scott |
| 2024 | State Man | 7 | 2/5f | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins |
| 2023 | Constitution Hill | 6 | 4/11f | Nico de Boinville | Nicky Henderson |
| 2022 | Honeysuckle | 8 | 8/11f | Rachael Blackmore | Henry de Bromhead |
| 2021 | Honeysuckle | 7 | 11/10f | Rachael Blackmore | Henry de Bromhead |
| 2020 | Epatante | 6 | 2/1f | Barry Geraghty | Nicky Henderson |
| 2010s | |||||
| 2019 | Espoir d'Allen | 5 | 16/1 | Mark Walsh | Gavin Cromwell |
| 2018 | Buveur d'Air | 7 | 4/6f | Barry Geraghty | Nicky Henderson |
| 2017 | Buveur d'Air | 6 | 5/1 | Noel Fehily | Nicky Henderson |
| 2016 | Annie Power | 8 | 5/2f | Ruby Walsh | Willie Mullins |
| 2015 | Faugheen | 7 | 4/5f | Ruby Walsh | Willie Mullins |
| 2014 | Jezki | 6 | 9/1 | Barry Geraghty | Jessica Harrington |
| 2013 | Hurricane Fly | 9 | 13/8f | Ruby Walsh | Willie Mullins |
| 2012 | Rock On Ruby | 7 | 11/1 | Noel Fehily | Paul Nicholls |
| 2011 | Hurricane Fly | 7 | 11/4f | Ruby Walsh | Willie Mullins |
| 2010 | Binocular | 6 | 9/1 | Tony McCoy | Nicky Henderson |
| 2000s | |||||
| 2009 | Punjabi | 6 | 22/1 | Barry Geraghty | Nicky Henderson |
| 2008 | Katchit | 5 | 10/1 | Robert Thornton | Alan King |
| 2007 | Sublimity | 7 | 16/1 | Philip Carberry | John Carr |
| 2006 | Brave Inca | 8 | 7/4f | Tony McCoy | Colm Murphy |
| 2005 | Hardy Eustace | 8 | 7/2jf | Conor O'Dwyer | Dessie Hughes |
| 2004 | Hardy Eustace | 7 | 33/1 | Conor O'Dwyer | Dessie Hughes |
| 2003 | Rooster Booster | 9 | 9/2 | Richard Johnson | Philip Hobbs |
| 2002 | Hors La Loi III | 7 | 10/1 | Dean Gallagher | James Fanshawe |
| 2001 | Not run — Entire Cheltenham Festival abandoned owing to the 2001 UK foot-and-mouth disease outbreak; the Champion Hurdle was not run. A substitute race was staged at Sandown (won by Landing Light), but this was not the Champion Hurdle. | ||||
| 2000 | Istabraq | 8 | 8/15f | Charlie Swan | Aidan O'Brien |
| 1990s | |||||
| 1999 | Istabraq | 7 | 4/9f | Charlie Swan | Aidan O'Brien |
| 1998 | Istabraq | 6 | 3/1f | Charlie Swan | Aidan O'Brien |
| 1997 | Make A Stand | 6 | 7/1 | Tony McCoy | Martin Pipe |
| 1996 | Collier Bay | 6 | 9/1 | Graham Bradley | Jim Old |
| 1995 | Alderbrook | 6 | 11/2 | Norman Williamson | Kim Bailey |
| 1994 | Flakey Dove | 8 | 9/1 | Mark Dwyer | Richard Price |
| 1993 | Granville Again | 7 | 13/2 | Peter Scudamore | Martin Pipe |
| 1992 | Royal Gait | 9 | 6/1 | Graham McCourt | James Fanshawe |
| 1991 | Morley Street | 7 | 4/1f | Jimmy Frost | Toby Balding |
| 1990 | Kribensis | 6 | 95/40 | Richard Dunwoody | Michael Stoute |
| 1980s | |||||
| 1989 | Beech Road | 7 | 50/1 | Richard Guest | Toby Balding |
| 1988 | Celtic Shot | 6 | 7/1 | Peter Scudamore | Fred Winter |
| 1987 | See You Then | 7 | 11/10f | Steve Smith Eccles | Nicky Henderson |
| 1986 | See You Then | 6 | 5/6f | Steve Smith Eccles | Nicky Henderson |
| 1985 | See You Then | 5 | 16/1 | Steve Smith Eccles | Nicky Henderson |
| 1984 | Dawn Run | 6 | 4/5f | Jonjo O'Neill | Paddy Mullins |
| 1983 | Gaye Brief | 6 | 7/1 | Richard Linley | Mercy Rimell |
| 1982 | For Auction | 6 | 40/1 | Colin Magnier | Michael Cunningham |
| 1981 | Sea Pigeon | 11 | 7/4f | John Francome | Peter Easterby |
| 1980 | Sea Pigeon | 10 | 13/2 | Jonjo O'Neill | Peter Easterby |
| 1970s | |||||
| 1979 | Monksfield | 7 | 9/4f | Dessie Hughes | Des McDonogh |
| 1978 | Monksfield | 6 | 11/2 | Tommy Kinane | Des McDonogh |
| 1977 | Night Nurse | 6 | 15/2 | Paddy Broderick | Peter Easterby |
| 1976 | Night Nurse | 5 | 2/1f | Paddy Broderick | Peter Easterby |
| 1975 | Comedy of Errors | 8 | 11/8f | Ken White | Fred Rimell |
| 1974 | Lanzarote | 6 | 7/4 | Richard Pitman | Fred Winter |
| 1973 | Comedy of Errors | 6 | 8/1 | Bill Smith | Fred Rimell |
| 1972 | Bula | 7 | 8/11f | Paul Kelleway | Fred Winter |
| 1971 | Bula | 6 | 15/8f | Paul Kelleway | Fred Winter |
| 1970 | Persian War | 7 | 5/4f | Jimmy Uttley | Colin Davies |
The trends
Winning age
- 6yo
- 38%
- 7yo
- 34%
- 8yo
- 13%
- 5yo
- 7%
Age known for 56 of 56 winners (1970–2026)
Market
- Started favourite
- 48%
- Won at 10/1 or bigger
- 20%
- Won at 5/1 or shorter
- 55%
Starting price known for 56 of 56 winners (1970–2026)
Trainers & jockeys
- Most successful trainer
- Nicky Henderson (9)
- Most successful jockey
- Barry Geraghty (4)
56 runnings (1970–2026)
What the trends tell you
Read these as history, not a system. The Champion Hurdle is the one Festival championship where favourites really deliver - close to half have obliged since 1970, because top-class hurdlers tend to dominate. Nicky Henderson's nine winners are a record, and Istabraq's three in a row (1998-2000) is the modern benchmark; Constitution Hill's 4/11 in 2023 made him the shortest-priced winner in the race's history. Six is the most common winning age. None of this is advice.
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