Binocular, foaled on 17 March 2004 in France, is a French thoroughbred retired racehorse.

[2] Binocular started racing as a two-year-old when he was entered into the Prix de Belleville – for unraced colt (horse) and geldings – in October 2006.

[2] His first notable win came in February 2008 at Kempton Park Racecourse in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, England where he won the Adonis Juvenile Novices' Hurdle, a Grade 2 National Hunt race.

[4] Binocular's other major Grade 1 National Hunt win came in the Champion Hurdle in March 2010 at Cheltenham Racecourse when he beat Khyber Kim by 3.5 lengths.

[5] Binocular had originally been ruled out of the Champion Hurdle due to a muscle problem,[6] and he drifted out to as high as 999–1 to win the race.