Champion Hurdle 2010 Betting Guide
The Champion Hurdle is the third biggest race in the National Hunt Calendar, behind the Grand National and the Cheltenham Gold Cup. The Champion Hurdle Runners have been declared and we can now start formulate an idea of the runners that will line up at Cheltenham next week. The big news is surrounding Binocular and Solwhit who are both injury doubts ahead of the race, that has had a big affect on the betting as punters wait to hear news on these Champion hurdle contenders.
The Champion Hurdle Odds are looking as open as they have ever been with five or six horses all around 10/1 and no one making an obvious claim for favouritism. The Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle was won by Go Native who is now a real Champion Hurdle contender as is Kybher Kim who won the Boylesports International Hurdle at Cheltenham in December. Solwhit came third in the same race but was hugely impressive on his first run this season at Punchestown and remains well fancied. Zaynar was well fancied after his run at Ascot early in the season but he looked poor on his latest run at Kelso when he could only come second in poor company and his odds have drifted.
Solwhit continued his good season in winning the Irish Champion Hurdle by some distance ahead of Sublimity and Celestial Halo who looked out of sorts. At the time Solwhit was further cut for the Champion Hurdle but he is now a major doubt for the race after scoping dirty while Sublimity is definately out of the race after picking up ann injury.
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2009 Champion Hurdle Race Result
As expected the 2009 Champion Hurdle lived up to its reputation of being one of the great races of the National Hunt season. It had been expected that it would be won by the favourite, Binocular, but he only managed third place behind stablemate, Punjabi. See 2009 Champion Hurdle Result for the full story.
Betting on the Champion Hurdle
As you may know, the Champion Hurdle betting is a huge market and millions are backed each year. The last few years have belonged to the Bookmakers however, with Sublimity winning the Champion Hurdle 2007 at 16/1 and Katchit winning in 2008 at 10/1. That said it is often a good race for favourites and the classier horses. A prime example of this was the win in the Champion Hurdle 2006 for Brave Inca who battled home when 7/4 favourite. All the rage in 2010 are the five horses of Binocular, Solwhit, Zaynar, Go Native and Hurricane Fly who are all well fancied at this stage. Take a look at our Champion Hurdle Form Guide for some ideas and you also might want to take advantage of our Champion Hurdle tips. Finally you can look at the current Champion Hurdle Odds here.
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Open a new account with the online sports betting site Paddy Power and you can claim a free £100 bet. Once you place your first bet in a new account they match your initial stake and give you a free bet to the same value. You can quite simply have a £100 bet risk free on the 2010 Champion hurdle and if it loses you get the money back to try again with! Paddy Power are the largest independent bookmaker in Ireland and a great choice for online sports betting.
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Champion Hurdle Runners and Riders
Like in any horse race there are always specialists either on the horse or who have prepared the horse for the race. Most of those specialists will be at the Festival this and several will have an influence in the Champion Hurdle. The Champion Hurdle Top Trainers gives you a insight to some of those, with a little background information as does the Champion Hurdle top jockeys.
The 2010 Champion Hurdle Runners and riders will be updated at every declaration and will assist you when making selections for the big race.
