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 | 1979 |
| 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 | £150,000 (2019) 1st: £84,405 |
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| Altior | Un De Sceaux | Saint Calvados |
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| Politologue | Fox Norton | Ar Mad |
| 2016 | ||
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| Un De Sceaux | Sire De Grugy | God's Own |
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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 |
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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 |
| 2003 | ||
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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 1979, and it was named 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. The Tingle Creek Chase has been a Grade I race since 1994. Prior to 1994 it was run as a handicap race.
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 (10 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)
Winners
- 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
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