Tingle Creek Chase Explained

Class:Grade 1
Horse Race:Tingle Creek Chase
Location:Sandown Park Racecourse
Esher, England
Inaugurated:1969
Race Type:Steeplechase
Sponsor:Betfair
Website:Sandown Park
Distance:1 mile 7 furlongs and 119 yards (3,126 metres)
Surface:Turf
Track:Right-handed
Qualification:Four-years-old and up
Weight:11 st 4 lb (4yo)
11 st 10 lb (5yo+)
Allowances
7 lb for fillies and mares
Purse:£175,000 (2022)
1st: £99,663

|}The Tingle Creek Chase is a Grade 1 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Sandown Park over a distance of about 2 miles (1 mile 7 furlongs and 119 yards, or 3,126 metres), and during its running there are thirteen fences to be jumped. The race is scheduled to take place each year in early December.

The event was first run in 1969 as the Benson & Hedges Gold Cup before being renamed the Mecca Bookmakers' Handicap Chase and then the Tingle Creek Handicap Chase in 1979, in honour of Tingle Creek, a popular National Hunt racehorse in the 1970s. Tingle Creek had a particularly good record in races at Sandown Park, winning the Sandown Park Pattern Handicap Chase three times amongst his 23 wins over obstacles in Britain and, in 1973, taking the race eventually named after him. The Tingle Creek Chase has been a Grade I race since 1994. Prior to 1994 it was run as a handicap race.[1]

Records

Most successful horse (3 wins):

Leading jockey (5 wins):

Leading trainer (12 wins):

Winners since 1979

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Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
1979Artifice8Richard HoareJohn Thorne
1980Stopped8Ben de HaanFred Winter
1981News King7John FrancomeFred Winter
1982News King8John FrancomeFred Winter
1983no race 1983
1984Far Bridge8Brian ReillyToby Balding
1985Lefrak City8Richard DunwoodyTim Forster
1986Berlin7Dermot BrowneNick Gaselee
1987Long Engagement6Brendan PowellDavid Nicholson
1988Desert Orchid9Simon SherwoodDavid Elsworth
1989Long Engagement8Brendan PowellDavid Nicholson
1990Young Snugfit6Jamie OsborneOliver Sherwood
1991Waterloo Boy8Richard DunwoodyDavid Nicholson
1992Waterloo Boy9Richard DunwoodyDavid Nicholson
1993Sybillin7Peter NivenJimmy FitzGerald
1994Viking Flagship7Adrian MaguireDavid Nicholson
1995Sound Man7Richard DunwoodyEdward O'Grady
1996Sound Man8Richard DunwoodyEdward O'Grady
1997Ask Tom8Russ GarrittyTom Tate
1998Direct Route7Norman WilliamsonHoward Johnson
1999Flagship Uberalles5Joe TizzardPaul Nicholls
20006Richard JohnsonNoel Chance
2001Flagship Uberalles7Robert WidgerPhilip Hobbs
2002Cenkos8Ruby WalshPaul Nicholls
2003Moscow Flyer9Barry GeraghtyJessica Harrington
2004Moscow Flyer10Barry GeraghtyJessica Harrington
2005Kauto Star5Mick FitzgeraldPaul Nicholls
2006Kauto Star6Ruby WalshPaul Nicholls
2007Twist Magic5Sam ThomasPaul Nicholls
2008Master Minded5Tony McCoyPaul Nicholls
2009Twist Magic7Ruby WalshPaul Nicholls
20107Noel FehilyPaul Nicholls
2011Sizing Europe9Andrew LynchHenry de Bromhead
2012Sprinter Sacre6Barry GeraghtyNicky Henderson
2013Sire De Grugy7Jamie MooreGary Moore
2014Dodging Bullets6Sam Twiston-DaviesPaul Nicholls
2015Sire De Grugy9Jamie MooreGary Moore
2016Un de Sceaux8Ruby WalshWillie Mullins
2017Politologue6Harry CobdenPaul Nicholls
2018Altior8Nico de BoinvilleNicky Henderson
2019Defi Du Seuil6Barry GeraghtyPhilip Hobbs
2020Politologue9Harry SkeltonPaul Nicholls
2021Greaneteen7Bryony FrostPaul Nicholls
2022Edwardstone8Tom CannonAlan King
2023Jonbon7Nico de BoinvilleNicky Henderson

See also

References

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Godfrey . Nicholas . Ten things you didn't know about Tingle Creek . Racing Post . 30 December 2020 . 22 November 2019.