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	Rooster Booster dies on the gallops / Sport / Home - Morning Star
		CHAMPION Hurdle winner Rooster Booster died on the gallops yesterday while being prepared for the Boxing Day meeting at Sandown.
		The 2003 Champion Hurdle winner, who was runner-up to Hardy Eustace the following year, had been due to compete in the Christmas Hurdle.
		Hobbs's charge won the 2004 Champion Hurdle Trial at Haydock before putting up an amazing performance to be beaten just a short head in the Gold Trophy at Newbury, despite shouldering top weight.
	www.morningstaronline.co.uk /index2.php/ex/sport/rooster_booster_dies_on_the_gallops (300 words)

	Champion Track & Field Equipment at MSN Shopping
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	shopping.msn.com /results/shp/?bCatId=9191,av=2-120884 (187 words)

	Cheltenham Festival 2007 Official Site \| Gold Cup, Champion Hurdle, Queen Mother Champion Chase, World Hurdle, Racing ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Champion Hurdler Brave Inca held Iktitaf to win the December Festival Hurdle for the second year running at Leopardstown on Friday.
		Acambo is 20-1 for the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle after an authoritative victory in the Ladbroke Handicap Hurdle at Ascot.
		Mighty Man was cut to 5-1 for the Ladbrokes World Hurdle in March after he claimed victory in the Grade One BGC Long Walk Hurdle at Ascot.
	cheltenham.sportinglife.com /key_trials (815 words)

	Top Hurdlers 2004-05
		Champion Hurdle not run to suit but appears to have deteriorated from last season.
		Fifth in a slowly Champion Hurdle, probably not good enough this year but may have found the ground too lively at this l evel.
		Despite a slow early pace in the Champion Hurdle was soon beaten when the pressure was applied.
	www.timeking.co.uk /tophdl05.htm (2369 words)

	Telegraph \| Sport \| Magnier to ride Cowboy in the Champion Hurdle
		Rhinestone Cowboy, owned by John and Sue Magnier J P's parents, became 5-2 favourite for the Champion Hurdle after winning a handicap hurdle under topweight at Haydock Park on Dec 13, with the young rider claiming his full 7lb allowance.
		The Champion Hurdle mount is an enormous responsibility to be handed to such a young and inexperienced rider, and has provided one of the great topics for debate in National Hunt circles.
		The last amateur to win the Champion Hurdle was Mr Colin Magnier, who rode For Auction to victory when beating Broadsword and Ekbalco in the 1982 running of the big race.
	telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2003/12/23/shhots23.xml (683 words)

	Player Bio: Perdita Felicien :: Women's Track (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Hit the final hurdle at the Big Ten Championships to thwart her undefeated indoor and outdoor season in the hurdles...
		Indoor: Became the first indoor national champion in Illinois history when she won the 60m hurdles in a time of 7.90 seconds...
		All-American in the 60m hurdles with a second-place finish at the NCAA Championships (3/9/01)...
	fightingillini.cstv.com /sports/w-track/mtt/felicien_perdita00.html (1016 words)

	Istabraq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The crowd that day were not only witnessing a new champion but a horse that would become the greatest hurdler ever seen.
		Returning to the track in December 2000, Triple Champion Hurdle winner Istabraq suffered both a rare defeat and the first fall of his career when coming down at the final flight of the AIB Agri-Business December Festival Hurdle at Leopardstown.
		However, in the Shell Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown in Feburary 2001 Istabraq survived the second, costly fall of his outstanding career.
	www.racinginfo.uk.com /horses/istabraq.htm (1184 words)

	Champion Hurdle Aspirants put Reputations on Line (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		They were first and second respectively in the Triumph Hurdle and have both been backed from 20-1 into 14-1 with VC Bet in the last week.
		In doing so he leapt To the fore-front of the market for the Champion Hurdle and was slashed from 33-1 down to 10-1 fourth favourite with VC Bet.
		He would not be the first massive improver to win a Champion Hurdle – Make a Stand comes quickly to mind”.
	www.sportsmadbetting.com /sports-betting/horse_racing3.html (257 words)

	Sport \| Hardy looks Champion at a tempting 4-1
		Hardy Eustace has had things his own way in the last two runnings of the Smurfit Champion Hurdle, and after the entries for this year's renewal are revealed today his grip on the race may tighten.
		Last year was almost a carbon copy of Hardy Eustace's 2004 Champion Hurdle victory, with O'Dwyer dictating his own pace and then quickening it up on the run to the second last hurdle.
		The last seven Champion Hurdle winners had all been successful at the Festival before, and 14 of the last 17 winners had winning form at the course.
	sport.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,5375181-108367,00.html (970 words)

	RTÉ.ie Sport - Limestone Lad to bypass Champion Hurdle
		The 10-year-old gelding finished runner-up to Bacchanal in the 2000 Stayers' Hurdle and it seems trainer James Bowe feels his best chance for Cheltenham glory would be to by-pass the Champion Hurdle event.
		However, the father and son team are confident Limestone Lad can go all the way in the Stayers' Hurdle and were particularly impressed by his runner-up placing to Bannow Bay in the Christmas Hurdle at Leopardstown last month.
		Meanwhile, Istabraq who will be bidding for a record fourth victory in the hurdling championship, is among 12 Irish-trained entries for the £270,000 event on the opening day of the National Hunt Festival.
	www.rte.ie /sport/2002/0114/cheltenham.html (437 words)

	Champion Hurdle Horse Racing - Online Betting Guide
		Champion Hurdle - a guide to the Champion Hurdle horse race and a list of the recent winners.
		The Champion Hurdle is a National Hunt Horse Race staged for horses four years old and above.
		The Champion Hurdle was first run way back in 1927.
	www.bettingkingdom.co.uk /horse-races/champion-hurdle.html (186 words)

	Hurdles First - Finding Your Own Style
		When you can hurdle in a way that is unique to who you are as an athlete and who you are as a person, the confidence you have in your ability to come up big in big races is unshakeable.
		Mark Crear was ranked #1 in the world in 1995 and ran a personal best of 12.98 although he commonly locked the knee of his lead leg.
		Aries Merritt, 2006 NCAA 110m hurdle champion, employs a very high lead-arm swing that is downright funny-looking, yet he broke Greg Foster’s 28-year-old NCAA record of 13.22.
	www.hurdlesfirst.com /ownstyle.htm (869 words)

	Telegraph \| Sport \| Feathard Lady to miss Champion Hurdle
		The six-year-old, unquestionably the season's most progressive hurdler, was elevated to Champion Hurdle favouritism after a facile win in the Christmas Hurdle at Sandown.
		However, she was eased slightly in the market a fortnight ago when Murphy announced she had injured a hind fetlock, a setback he hoped would only hamper her preparation for Cheltenham rather than rule her out.
		The ultra-consistent gelding, who went on to win the Morgiana Hurdle at Punchestown and the Christmas Festival Hurdle at Leopardstown, is likely to start favourite for the AIG Europe Irish Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown on Sunday.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2006/01/25/shmarc25.xml&sSheet=/sport/2006/01/26/ixsport.html (576 words)

	Irish Examiner> Breaking News> Sport
		Speaking at Kempton, where he saddled Harry's Dream to victory in a three-mile handicap chase, Hobbs said: "I wanted to give him a run before the Greatwood Hurdle because, if he is going to win the Champion Hurdle, he has got to win that off his current mark, which is 148.
		Champion jockey Jamie Spencer, who won the Cambridgeshire on Formal Decree two weeks ago and was becoming the first rider to complete the 'Autumn Double' since 1885, brought the 9-2 favourite home to a famous victory in the marathon handicap.
		Winner of the Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham in March, the four-year-old got the better of Inchnadamph (25-1) by a length, with long-time leader Dr Sharp (100-1) two lengths away in third and Ski Jump (25-1) fourth.
	www.irishexaminer.com /breaking/story.asp?j=83173928&p=83y74zz4&n=83174263 (761 words)

	AIG Champion Hurdle Betting
		THE AIG Europe Irish Champion Hurdle is the principal betting event of the season for top Irish hurdlers, is a major trial of Cheltenham Champion Hurdle aspirations and can be one of the most exciting spectacles of the Irish National Hunt or horse racing season full stop.
		The decision for the punter in terms of his selection from the AIG Europe Champion Hurdle betting market usually revolves around the highest rated horses, some of whom may have championship winning or course and distance form over the two mile flat, left handed Leopardstown track.
		Of course, as with many other Betfair Horse Racing markets, the AIG Europe Champion Hurdle betting win market will go in-play from the off, right until the final stride or even until the result of a photo finish or dead heat is announced.
	betting.betfair.com /horse-racing/aig-champion-hurdle-betting.html (370 words)

	Desert Orchid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		When he fell heavily in a novice hurdle race at Kempton in 1983, he took such a long time to get to his feet that it seemed his first race might be his last.
		He was pulled up in the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham, the Welsh Champion Hurdle at Chepstow, and on his final outing of the season fell at Ascot.
		But the home of champions and stallions welcomed the old gelding and his trainer with open arms and Newmarket racecourses held their annual press day in 2006 on Dessie's 27th birthday at his stable.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Desert_orchid (1661 words)

	The Racing Forum - Rooster Booster's Champion Hurdle Prospects (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		It was no surprise to see him transfer that smart form to his novice hurdles races but he never once put up a fast time in them, whereas his festival bumper time was the second fastest (by my figures, allowing for the going) in recent times.
		The Champion Hurdle will again be run very much to suit the horse, and I can see him still tanking along under a tight rein, as they get to the bottom of the hill, with the remainder strung out like Grandma's bloomers.
		The 2m Hurdle division is not all that strong.
	theracingforum.co.uk /cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=23&topic=122 (1926 words)

	premiership, GAA, Irish rugby, golf & more Irish sports news
		Dual Champion Hurdle winner Hardy Eustace and crack mare Asian Maze will be entered in the Grade Two Boylesports.com International at Cheltenham on 9 December.
		Ominously for his rivals, Hughes believes the best may be yet to come from the nine-year-old, who landed the Champion Hurdle in 2004 and 2005, before finishing a gallant third to Brave Inca this year.
		Asian Maze's Grade One successes have all come at two and a half miles or further and there was much conjecture last season as to whether she possessed the pace to be a live Champion Hurdle candidate - a question which went unanswered after a fourth-flight fall in the extended two-mile showpiece in March.
	home.eircom.net /content/rte/racing/9390558?view=Eircomnet (504 words)

	Brave Inca Wins Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle - Cheltenham 2006
		Hardy Eustace, winner of the Smurfit Champion Hurdle for the past two years, heads the 35 entries for this year's renewal, run on the opening day of The Festival 2006, Tuesday, March 14.
		The Smurfit Champion Hurdle has attracted a top-class entry of 35 horses, the same number as last year, including 13 entries from Ireland, who dominated last year's contest, five from France and one from Germany.
		Istabraq, successful in the three Champion Hurdles from 1998 to 2000, was retired after failing to become the first horse to win the race four times in 2002.
	www.racingbetter.co.uk /races_2006/cheltenham/smurfit_champion_hurdle.html (3144 words)

	BBC - 606 - - A17600249 - DETROIT WILL BE CHAMPION
		I have no doubts Detroit City is a good horse I would just worry what he beat in the Greatwood Hurdle.
		I can't wait for the Boylesports Hurdle Dec 9 to see some of the big guns in action.
		Connections were thinking of racing over further had he flopped at Cheltenham and I think easy ground would be a must for DC to win the Champion Hurdle.Should it come up top of the ground a lively outsider has to be Arcalis.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/606/A17600249 (304 words)

	Champion Hurdle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Champion Hurdle is a Grade 1 National Hunt horse race in the United Kingdom for four-year-old and above horses run over a distance of 2 miles 110 yards (3,319 metres) at Cheltenham Racecourse on the first day of the Cheltenham Festival in March.
		There are eight hurdles to be jumped in the race.
		It was first run in 1927, and is the most prestigious hurdle race in the United Kingdom.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Champion_Hurdle (439 words)

	RTÉ.ie Sport - Hardy springs 33/1 shock to take Champion Hurdle
		Hardy Eustace, ridden by Conor O'Dwyer, virtually made all at odds of 33/1 to give Ireland victory in the Smurfit Champion Hurdle.
		Dessie Hughes' charge set a steady pace on last year's Royal and Sun Alliance Hurdle winner as reigning champion Rooster Booster lobbed along at the back of the field.
		Richard Johnson took a pull on Rooster Booster approaching three fences out as he was going so well, and jumped the last narrowly in front.
	www.rte.ie /sport/2004/0316/championhurdle.html (328 words)

	Champion Hurdle winner Rooster Booster dies
		Former Cheltenham Champion Hurdle winner Rooster Booster has died unexpectedly on the gallops.
		Rooster Booster won the 2003 Champion Hurdle and was runner-up to Hardy Eustace the following year.
		On the ski slopes of Quebec, former world champion Melanie Turgeon fearlessly skied ignoring shin splints, concussion, a blown knee, a broken wrist, damaged shoulder and very many back problems, including two slipped discs.
	www.girlstalksports.com /More-Sports/Horse-Racing/Champion-Hurdle-winner-Rooster-Booster-dies-20051221544 (302 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Other Sport... \| Horse Racing \| Champion Hurdle runners and riders
		Third in this race last year but has had an excellent preparation with wins at Leopardstown, including the AIG Champion Hurdle and is a real contender.
		Chasing a hat-trick in the big race and obviously has the ability, but concerns over his form after a disappointing run in the AIG Champion Hurdle.
		Last year's Triumph Hurdle winner has lost his way this term and needs to recover fast to become a serious challenger.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/sport2/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/4774384.stm (463 words)

	General News from VCBet.com
		Paul Nicholls’ progressive Denman claimed the Grade I Challow Hurdle at Cheltenham on New Year's Day winning by twenty one lengths and was slashed from 20-1 to 6-1 by VC Bet for the Royal and SunAlliance Hurdle.
		In doing so he leapt To the fore-front of the market for the Champion Hurdle and was slashed from 33-1 down to 10-1 fourth favourite with VCBet.
		VCBet’s Neal Wilkins commented “Apart from one mistake in the early stages of the race Cerium jumped wholly adequately for a novice and his chance must be respected particularly bearing in mind that as a four-year-old at present he will receive all the alloawances.
	www.bookiebusters.net /news/vcbet/general2.html (1464 words)

	Cheltenham Racecourse - Racing News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The seven-year-old was later forced to miss the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle through injury, having finished runner-up to Hardy Eustace in 2005.
		Hardy Eustace, successful in the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle in 2004 and 2005, and third to Brave Inca in the race last season, could bid to enhance his superb Cheltenham record.
		Jessica Harrington is considering the race for Mac’s Joy, winner of the Grade One ACC Bank Champion Hurdle at Punchestown in April, and runner-up to Brave Inca in the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle last term.
	www.cheltenham.co.uk /racenewsweb/story.jsp?ID=622 (939 words)

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