Tingle Creek Chase
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.
| Grade 1 race | |
| Location | Sandown Park Racecourse Esher, England |
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| Inaugurated | 1969 |
| Race type | Steeplechase |
| Sponsor | Betfair |
| Website | Sandown Park |
| Race information | |
| 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 1 lb (4yo) 11 st 7 lb (5yo+) Allowances 7 lb for fillies and mares |
| Purse | £120,000 (2020) 1st: £68,340 |
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| Politologue | Greaneteen | Rouge Vif |
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| Altior | Un De Sceaux | Saint Calvados |
| 2017 | ||
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| Politologue | Fox Norton | Ar Mad |
| 2016 | ||
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| Un De Sceaux | Sire De Grugy | God's Own |
| 2015 | ||
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| Sire De Grugy | Special Tiara | Vibrato Valtat |
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| Dodging Bullets | Somersby | Hinterland |
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| Sire de Grugy | Somersby | Captain Conan |
| 2012 | ||
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| Sprinter Sacre | Kumbeshwar | Sanctuaire |
| 2011 | ||
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| Sizing Europe | Kauto Stone | Cornas |
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| Master Minded | Petit Robin | Somersby |
| 2009 | ||
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| Twist Magic | Forpadydeplasterer | Well Chief |
| 2008 | ||
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| Master Minded | Tidal Bay | Takeroc |
| 2007 | ||
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| Twist Magic | Voy Por Ustedes | Monet's Garden |
| 2006 | ||
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| Kauto Star | Voy Por Ustedes | Oneway |
| 2005 | ||
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| Kauto Star | Ashley Brook | Oneway |
| 2004 | ||
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| Moscow Flyer | Azertyuiop | Well Chief |
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| Moscow Flyer | Azertyuiop | Flagship Uberalles |
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| Cenkos | Edredon Bleu | Wahiba Sands |
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| Flagship Uberalles | Edredon Bleu | Fadalko |
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| Flagship Uberalles | Fadalko | Bellator |
| 1999 | ||
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| Flagship Uberalles | Direct Route | Edredon Bleu |
| 1998 | ||
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| Direct Route | Edredon Bleu | Mandys Mantino |
| 1997 | ||
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| Ask Tom | Viking Flagship | Or Royal |
| 1996 | ||
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| Sound Man | Viking Flagship | Storm Alert |
| 1995 | ||
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| Sound Man | Storm Alert | Travado |
| 1994 | ||
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| Viking Flagship | Travado | Deep Sensation |
| 1993 | ||
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| Sybillin | Deep Sensation | Waterloo Boy |
| 1992 | ||
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| Waterloo Boy | Deep Sensation | Uncle Ernie |
| 1991 | ||
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| Waterloo Boy | Young Snugfit | Moment of Truth |
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| Young Snugfit | Sabin Du Loir | Waterloo Boy |
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| Long Engagement | Desert Orchid | Prideaux Boy |
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| Desert Orchid | Jim Thorpe | Panto Prince |
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| Long Engagement | Desert Orchid | Amber Rambler |
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 taking the race eventually named after him in 1973. 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):
- Flagship Uberalles – 1999, 2000, 2001
Leading jockey (5 wins):
- Richard Dunwoody – Lefrak City (1985), Waterloo Boy (1991, 1992), Sound Man (1995, 1996)
Leading trainer (11 wins):
- Paul Nicholls – Flagship Uberalles (1999), Cenkos (2002), Kauto Star (2005, 2006), Twist Magic (2007, 2009), Master Minded (2008, 2010), Dodging Bullets (2014), Politologue (2017, 2020)
Winners since 1979
- The 1983 race was abandoned due to frost
- The 2000 and 2010 runnings took place at Cheltenham over a distance of 2m 110yd
- amateur jockey
References
- Godfrey, Nicholas (22 November 2019). "Ten things you didn't know about Tingle Creek". Racing Post. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- pedigreequery.com – Tingle Creek Chase – Sandown.