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Tingle Creek Chase: Past Winners, Stats & History

Tingle Creek Festival
Course:
Sandown
Chase Course
Grade:
Grade 1
Length:
1m 7½f
Last Winner:
Edwardstone @ 5/1
Prize Money:
£175,000 (2022)

Won by the likes of Sprinter Sacre, Sire De Grugy, Master Minded and Un De Sceaux in recent years, the Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown is always a race to savour and is one of the season’s top two mile chases. Some of the genuine superstars of the chasing game take to the track here in a race which has been won by a number of legends of the game.

First run in 1979, the steeplechase is named after the horse Tingle Creek who became a firm favourite amongst racing enthusiasts during the 1970’s thanks to his bold front running style and weight defying performances. The Esher track in particularly suited his running style, winning the Pattern Handicap there three times in six runnings, finishing as runner-up in the other three.

Tingle Creek Chase Course Map (Chase Course)

Sandown Chase Racecourse Map

Tingle Creek Chase Past Winners

Year Winner SP Trainer Jockey
2022 Edwardstone 5/1 Alan King Tom Cannon
2021 Greaneteen 12/1 Paul Nicholls Bryony Frost
2020 Politologue 11/8 Paul Nicholls Harry Skelton
2019 Defi Du Seuil 2/1 Philip Hobbs Barry Geraghty
2018 Altior 8/13 Nicky Henderson Nico de Boinville
2017 Politologue 7/2 Paul Nicholls Harry Cobden
2016 Un De Sceaux 5/4 Willie Mullins Ruby Walsh
2015 Sire De Grugy 10/3 Gary Moore Jamie Moore
2014 Dodging Bullets 9/1 Paul Nicholls Sam Twiston-Davies
2013 Sire De Grugy 7/4 Gary Moore Jamie Moore
2012 Sprinter Sacre 4/11 Nicky Henderson Barry Geraghty
2011 Sizing Europe 11/8 Henry De Bromhead Andrew Lynch
2010 Master Minded 10/11 Paul Nicholls Noel Fehily
2009 Twist Magic 9/4 Paul Nicholls Ruby Walsh
2008 Master Minded 4/7 Paul Nicholls Tony McCoy
2007 Twist Magic 5/1 Paul Nicholls Sam Thomas
2006 Kauto Star 4/9 Paul Nicholls Ruby Walsh
2005 Kauto Star 5/2 Paul Nicholls Mick Fitzgerald
2004 Moscow Flyer 2/1 Jessica Harrington Barry Geraghty
2003 Moscow Flyer 6/4 Jessica Harrington Barry Geraghty

About the Tingle Creek Chase

Fences at Sandown Racecourse
George Redgrave, flickr

Ask any veteran of the racing scene and they might well recall fond memories of 1970s superstar Tingle Creek. So many of the flamboyant chestnut’s most memorable displays came at Sandown so it’s only fitting that it’s here where a race is named in his honour. The distance couldn’t be any more suitable either as Tingle Creek was very much a two-mile chase specialist despite not looking like one, nor being bred to be one.

While initially a handicap affair during its earlier days, since 1994 this race has carried Grade 1 status. This change in classification proved enough to bring Champion Chase winner Viking Flagship to Sandown that year and he produced the goods on his seasonal debut. So many elite chasers have continued to win this race since then, including the likes of Moscow Flyer, Kauto Star and Sizing Europe. It remains one of the leading minimum distance races on the National Hunt calendar and one that regularly involves Champion Chase hopefuls and winners.

THE MAKING OF CHAMPIONS

Tingle Creek himself never won the Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival but the race in his honour has regularly produces winners of Cheltenham’s most cherished two mile race. Although the two races are separated by around three months, the result here is one you definitely ought to look at ahead of the Cheltenham Festival. If a horse can handle the two miles and 13 fences at Sandown, as well as the classy field that almost always assembles, they are certainly worth adding to the Festival short list.

Chart Showing the Race Position of the Tingle Creek Winners in the Following Cheltenham Champion Chase Between 1999/00 and 2021/22

It’s often been the case that the winner of the Tingle Creek is the same name later crowned king of the Champion Chase as you can see above. Missing from the chart is 2016 winner Un De Sceaux, who took a different approach, instead competing, and winning, the two and a half mile Ryanair Chase. The 2000 Tingle Creek winner, Flagship Uberalles, was denied a tilt at the 2001 Champion Chase due to the foot-and-mouth crisis.

Paul Nicholls is responsible for many of the entries featuring on the above chart and his record in this race is completely unrivalled. In 2021, the 13-time British jump racing Champion Trainer made it win number twelve, just over two decades after enjoying his first Tingle Creek success. Consistently able to churn out some of the most talented minimum distance chasers, you’d be wise to always take any of his entries in this race seriously.

FLYING THE FLAGSHIP

Ireland and US Flags Against Bright Sky

Double winners have been a regular feature of this race over the years, with News King first to manage the feat back in the Tingle Creek’s handicap days, followed by Long Engagement and Waterloo boy. The trend has continued under Grade 1 status with eight additional horses pulling off the double since.

Three victories is something only managed by one horse though, the brilliant Flagship Uberalles, who also won the Champion Chase in his illustrious career. First winning as a five-year-old, the youngest horse ever to win the two mile contest, the half-brother of Viking Flagship then proceeded to outdo his relative in this race. Two further victories followed, both under completely different trainers, for what is one of the most unique hat-tricks you are ever likely to see.

FLAGSHIP UBERALLES’ GRADED RACE VICTORIES

Month & Year Race Grade Trainer Odds Winnings
April 2003 Punchestown Champion Chase 1 Philip Hobbs 8/1 €75k
March 2002 Queen Mother Champion Chase 1 Philip Hobbs 7/4 F £128k
December 2001 Tingle Creek 1 Philip Hobbs 7/2 £46k
December 2000 Tingle Creek 1 Noel Chance 3/1 F £32k
February 2000 Game Spirit Chase 2 Paul Nicholls 1/4 F £25k
December 1999 Tingle Creek 1 Paul Nicholls 10/3 £39k
November 1999 Haldon Gold Cup 2 Paul Nicholls 7/4 F £19k
April 1999 Maghull Chase 1 Paul Nicholls 5/2 JF £33k
March 1999 Arkle Chase 1 Paul Nicholls 11/1 £57k
February 1999 Kingmaker Chase 2 Paul Nicholls 9/4 £16k

Flagship Uberalles actually stood a really good shot of making it four Tingle Creek wins too but an awful stumble over one of the fences ensured this didn’t happen. The mistake in 2002 did however put a near immediate end to Moscow Flyer’s race as Jessica Harrington’s runner was unable to avoid the stumbling 15/8 favourite. Such was the strength of the collision, Barry Geraghty flew off the saddle as Moscow Flyer’s Sandown debut ended in disaster. He would return the following two years to win but the initial forced failure denied him from matching Flagship’s hat-trick.

CHELTENHAM COMES TO THE RESCUE

Ground Frost

Frosty conditions in 1983 forced the abandonment of the Tingle Creek chase and in 2000 there was danger of another cancellation until Cheltenham stepped in. By this time it was a race that needed to be saved and without it, Flagship Uberalles may never have pulled off his unrivalled trio of victories.

Ten years after saving the day, Cheltenham was again called into action due to freezing temperatures and snowfall at Sandown. It hosted the 2010 Tingle Creek just a week later than initially scheduled, causing virtually no disruption to the National Hunt schedule, and allowing the brilliant Master Minded to claim his part in the race’s history. As a slight aside for the trivia fans, it should be noted that the two runnings at Cheltenham were over a slightly longer distance of two miles, 110 yards, rather than the standard two miles.

Other Races of Note at Sandown

  • bet365 Celebration Chase
  • bet365 Gold Cup
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  • Henry VIII Novices' Chase
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