Faugheen

Faugheen
Faugheen winning the 2015 Champion Hurdle
Sire	Germany
Grandsire	Trempolino
Dam	Miss Pickering
Damsire	Accordion
Sex	Gelding
Foaled	2 May 2008
Country	Ireland
Colour	Bay
Breeder	John Waldron
Owner	Susannah Ricci
Trainer	Willie Mullins
Record	14: 13-1-0 12:11-1-0 (Hurdles) 1:1-0-0 (Bumpers) 1:1-0-0 (PTP)
Earnings	£695,657
Major wins
Dorans Pride Novice Hurdle (2013) Baring Bingham Novices' Hurdle (2014) Herald Champion Novice Hurdle (2014) Ascot Hurdle (2014) Christmas Hurdle (2014, 2015) Champion Hurdle (2015) Punchestown Champion Hurdle (2015) Irish Champion Hurdle (2016)
Awards
Irish Horse of the Year (2015)

Faugheen (foaled 2 May 2008) is an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2015 Champion Hurdle and back-to-back Christmas Hurdles in 2014 and 2015. His best performance on a racecourse came in the 2016 Irish Champion Hurdle for which he was rated the best two-mile hurdler of the 21st century. His career started over Point-to-point fences as a four-year-old and was sent racing under National Hunt rules in the 2013/2014 season where he emerged as a leading Novice hurdler, winning all of his races including the Dorans Pride Novice Hurdle, Cheltenham Novices' Hurdle and Herald Champion Novice Hurdle acquiring the nickname "The Machine" in the process.

Faugheen continued his undefeated run in the next season out of Novices company when he was kept over hurdles, winning his first three races in Britain with victories at Ascot and a month later in the Christmas Hurdle, followed with a win at the highest level in the Champion Hurdle, defeating a strong field that included 2 previous champions. He finished the 2014/2015 National Hunt campaign with a perfect record by taking the Punchestown Champion Hurdle and was marked by the Anglo-Irish and Timeform handicappers as the highest rated hurdler in training.