1990 Champion Hurdle

The 1990 Champion Hurdle was a horse race held at Cheltenham Racecourse on Tuesday 13 March 1990. It was the 61st running of the Champion Hurdle.

61st Champion Hurdle
Cheltenham, 13 March 1990
won by Kribensis (IRE)

The winner was Sheikh Mohammed's Kribensis, a six-year-old grey gelding trained in Suffolk by Michael Stoute and ridden by Richard Dunwoody. Kribensis's victory was a first in the race for jockey, trainer and owner.

Kribensis had established himself as a top class hurdler by winning the Christmas Hurdle in 1988, but had finished only seventh when 11/8 favourite for the 1989 Champion Hurdle. In 1990 he was made 95/40 second favourite for the Champion Hurdle and won by three lengths from the American-bred stallion Nomadic Way, with the 150/1 outsider Past Glories three quarters of a length away in third place. The 1989 winner Beech Road, the 2/1 favourite, finished in fourth place whilst See You Then the winner in 1985, 1986 and 1987 finished last. Sixteen of the nineteen runners completed the course.[1]

Race details
  • Sponsor: Waterford Crystal
  • Purse: £83,343; First prize: £50,047
  • Going: Good to Firm
  • Distance: 2 miles
  • Number of runners: 19
  • Winner's time: 3m 50.70

Full result
Pos. Marg. Horse (bred) Age Jockey Trainer (Country) Odds
1 Kribensis (IRE) 6 Richard Dunwoody Michael Stoute (GB) 95/40
2 3 Nomadic Way (USA) 5 Peter Scudamore Barry Hills (GB) 8/1
3 ¾ Past Glories (GB) 7 J. J. Quinn J Hetherton (GB) 150/1
4 ½ Beech Road (GB) 8 Richard Guest Toby Balding (GB) 2/1 fav
5 8 Morley Street (GB) 6 Jimmy Frost Toby Balding (GB) 10/1
6 nk Jinxy Jack (IRE) 6 Neale Doughty Gordon W. Richards (GB) 50/1
7 7 Island Set (USA) 8 Chris Grant Kevin Morgan (GB) 40/1
8 1½ Vagador (CAN) 7 Amanda Harwood Guy Harwood (GB) 16/1
9 hd Deep Sensation (GB) 5 Richard Rowe Josh Gifford (GB) 33/1
10 3 Elementary (IRE) 7 Tommy Carmody Jim Bolger (IRE) 22/1
11 ½ Don Valentino (GB) 5 Hywel Davies Jenny Pitman (GB) 50/1
12 Space Fair 7 Tom Taaffe Richard Lee (GB) 150/1
13 Sudden Victory 6 Kevin Mooney Barry Hills (GB) 150/1
14 Redundant Pal (GB) 7 Conor O'Dwyer Paddy Mullins (IRE) 33/1
15 Dis Train 6 Mark Pitman Jenny Pitman (GB) 100/1
16 See You Then (GB) 10 Steve Smith Eccles Nicky Henderson (GB) 25/1
BD Cruising Altitude 7 Jamie Osborne Oliver Sherwood (GB) 9/1
Fell Persian Style 6 Peter Hobbs Josh Gifford (GB) 150/1
Fell Bank View (GB) 5 Graham McCourt Nigel Tinkler (GB) 50/1
  • 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, Kribensis

  • Sex: Gelding
  • Foaled: 9 February 1984
  • Country: Ireland
  • Sire: Henbit; Dam: Aquaria (Double-U-Jay)
  • Owner: Sheikh Mohammed
  • Breeder: Martin Ryan
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References
  1. "Champion Hurdle result". Racing Post. 13 March 1990. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
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