2011 Champion Hurdle

81st Champion Hurdle
Champion Hurdle
LocationCheltenham Racecourse
Date15 March 2011
Winning horseHurricane Fly (IRE)
JockeyRuby Walsh
TrainerWillie Mullins (IRE)
OwnerGeorge Creighton & Rose Boyd
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The 2011 Champion Hurdle was a horse race held at Cheltenham Racecourse on Tuesday 15 March 2011.[1] It was the 81st running of the Champion Hurdle.

The winner was George Creighton & Rose Boyd's Hurricane Fly, a seven-year-old gelding trained in Ireland by Willie Mullins and ridden by Ruby Walsh. The victory was the first in the race for owner, trainer and rider.

Hurricane Fly won by one and a quarter lengths from Peddlers Cross. There were no previous Champion Hurdlers in the field. All eleven of the runners completed the course.

  1. ^ "Champion Hurdle result". Racing Post. 15 March 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-15.