👀 The "non-runner" who won at the Cheltenham Festival! Binocular lands the 2010 Champion Hurdle
A look back at a classic renewal of the Champion Hurdle at the 2010 Cheltenham Festival as Binocular ran out a commanding winner in the hands of AP McCoy.
Successfully transformed from non-runner to winner in the space of less than a month, Binocular (9-1) took the Champion Hurdle under Tony McCoy. Four weeks previously, a muscle problem was said to have been identified which would keep him out of the race but, after the six-year-old schooled well at Nicky Henderson's Lambourn yard on the Wednesday before the race, the decision was taken that he would run after all.
Blinkered for the first time, Celestial Halo set the early pace, stalked by Binocular's stablemate Zaynar. Coming down the hill with half a mile to go, McCoy eased his mount into contention and, from the third-last onwards, his mount appeared a certain winner.
When asked to quicken before the last, Binocular took the sting out of his nearest pursuer, Khyber Kim, and maintained a healthy advantage all the way to the line, eventually scoring by three and a half lengths, with Zaynar plugging on for third.
The winning owner JP McManus said: "I'd torn up my ticket a few weeks ago and it was only last week when Nicky got back in touch and said, 'I think we might just be able to do this'."
This was a fifth victory in the Champion Hurdle for Henderson, equalling the record held by Peter Easterby.
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