Tingle Creek Chase

Tingle Creek Chase
ClassGrade 1
LocationSandown Park Racecourse
Esher, England
Inaugurated1969
Race typeSteeplechase
SponsorBetfair
WebsiteSandown Park
Race information
Distance1 mile 7 furlongs and 119 yards (3,126 metres)
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
QualificationFour-years-old and up
Weight11 st 4 lb (4yo)
11 st 10 lb (5yo+)
Allowances
7 lb for fillies and mares
Purse£175,000 (2022)
1st: £99,663
Tingle Creek Chase
2024
Jonbon Quilixios JPR One
Previous years
2023
Jonbon Edwardstone Haddex Des Obeaux
2022
Edwardstone Greaneteen Shishkin
2021
Greaneteen Hitman Captain Guinness
2020-2011
2020
Politologue Greaneteen Rouge Vif
2018
Altior Un De Sceaux Saint Calvados
2017
Politologue Fox Norton Ar Mad
2016
Un De Sceaux Sire De Grugy God's Own
2015
Sire De Grugy Special Tiara Vibrato Valtat
2014
Dodging Bullets Somersby Hinterland
2013
Sire de Grugy Somersby Captain Conan
2012
Sprinter Sacre Kumbeshwar Sanctuaire
2011
Sizing Europe Kauto Stone Cornas
2010-2001
2010
Master Minded Petit Robin Somersby
2009
Twist Magic Forpadydeplasterer Well Chief
2008
Master Minded Tidal Bay Takeroc
2007
Twist Magic Voy Por Ustedes Monet's Garden
2006
Kauto Star Voy Por Ustedes Oneway
2005
Kauto Star Ashley Brook Oneway
2004
Moscow Flyer Azertyuiop Well Chief
2003
Moscow Flyer Azertyuiop Flagship Uberalles
2002
Cenkos Edredon Bleu Wahiba Sands
2001
Flagship Uberalles Edredon Bleu Fadalko
2000-1991
2000
Flagship Uberalles Fadalko Bellator
1999
Flagship Uberalles Direct Route Edredon Bleu
1998
Direct Route Edredon Bleu Mandys Mantino
1997
Ask Tom Viking Flagship Or Royal
1996
Sound Man Viking Flagship Storm Alert
1995
Sound Man Storm Alert Travado
1994
Viking Flagship Travado Deep Sensation
1993
Sybillin Deep Sensation Waterloo Boy
1992
Waterloo Boy Deep Sensation Uncle Ernie
1991
Waterloo Boy Young Snugfit Moment of Truth
1990-1987
1990
Young Snugfit Sabin Du Loir Waterloo Boy
1989
Long Engagement Desert Orchid Prideaux Boy
1988
Desert Orchid Jim Thorpe Panto Prince
1987
Long Engagement Desert Orchid Amber Rambler
 

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.