The 2008 Champion Hurdle was a horse race held at Cheltenham Racecourse on Tuesday 11 March 2008. It was the 78th running of the Champion Hurdle. The winner was the DSJP Syndicate's Katchit, a five-year-old gelding trained in Wiltshire by Alan King and ridden by Robert Thornton. The victory was the first in the race, for owner, trainer and jockey. Katchit won at odds of 10/1 by a length from Osana. As of 2017, he remains the only five-year-old to win the race since See You Then in 1985. The field included Sublimity, the winner of the race in the previous year. Fourteen of the fifteen runners completed the course. Race details Sponsor: Smurfit Kappa Purse: £350,000; First prize: £205,272 Going: Good to Soft Distance: 2 miles 110 yards Number of runners: 15 Winner's time: 4m 08.10 Full result Abbreviations: nse = nose; nk = neck; hd = head; dist = distance; UR = unseated rider; PU = pulled up Winner's details Further details of the winner, Katchit Sex: Gelding Foaled: 23 February 2003 Country: Ireland Sire: Kalanisi; Dam: Miracle (Ezzoud) Owner: D S J P Syndicate Breeder: Whitley Stud References Champion Hurdle 2008 Champion Hurdle Champion Hurdle 2000s in Gloucestershire