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Punjabi ridden by Barry Geraghty, left, and Celestial Halo ridden by Ruby Walsh, right, race during the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy at Cheltenham Racecourse, Cheltenham, England, Tuesday, March 10, 2009. Punjabi held off stablemate and hot favorite Binocular, unseen, to win the Champion Hurdle on the first day of the Cheltenham Festival on Tuesday. Ridden by Barry Geraghty and trained by Nicky Henderson, the 22-1 shot hit the front at the last hurdle and then had to withstand the challenge of the fast finishing Tony McCoy on 6-4 favorite Binocular. A neck behind the winner, Celestial Halo with Ruby Walsh aboard captured second in a photo finish from Binocular in the 2.1-mile (3.4-kilometer) race. (AP Photo/David Davies/PA) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE **