Race Of The Week - Tingle Creek Chase

[BillyHills]

Sandown 3.00

Betfair Tingle Creek Chase (Grade 1) (1m7f119y)

This weeks big race is the Tingle Creek at Sandown. The race has been won by some cracking two-mile chasers down the years including Kauto Star, Moscow Flyer, Master Minded and Sprinter Sacre.

The race has proved a good omen for the Queen Mother Champion Chase recently with three of the last four winners going on to do the double in March.

 

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 (9 wins):

• Paul Nicholls – Flagship Uberalles (1999), Cenkos (2002), Kauto Star (2005, 2006), Twist Magic (2007, 2009), Master Minded (2008, 2010), Dodging Bullets (2014)

 

Previous Winners

[beaker1]

TINGLE CREEK CHASE TRENDS 2016 - 3/12/2016  [ thanks to racecaller for use of these trends ]

Based on trends from the past 10 years you are looking for a horse:

- French bred aged 5 to 7 or Irish bred aged 9 or 10

- Finished in first 3 last time (posting RPR of 164+)

- Ran in past 40 days (or won grade 1 chase at 2016 Cheltenham Festival)

- Previously won a grade 1 chase

- Previously won a chase by 10 lengths or more

- Previously won at Sandown (or having first course start)

- Won 2015 Tingle Creek, 2016 Game Spirit and/or 2016 Celebration Chase

- Finished in first 4 in Champion Chase, Maghull, Arkle and/or Wayward Lad Novices' Chase

- Finished in first 3 in Haldon Gold Cup and/or Shloer Chase last time

- From the first 3 in the betting (no bigger than 6/1, favourite does well)

- Trained by Paul Nicholls or Gary Moore

[Jimmy2shoes]

Mr Mullins playing yet more poker games, must be a lot of burnt anti post fingers regarding Douvan 

http://www.sportinglife.com/racing/preview/754938/douvan-out-un-de-sceaux-runs

[BillyHills]

Final Decs

[Jimmy2shoes]

£84.000 first prize Grade 1 and it can only attract 6 runners 

Two words......Piss Poor

[BillyHills]

Sign of the times Jimmy.

We had 7 in the Charlie Hall, 6 in the Betfair Chase.

There is a lack of horses rated 160+ at the moment and as you can see by the prices of Vibrato and Sir Valentino anything below that has little chance in a Grade 1.

If i was an owner i'd run for the place money, £2k for 6th place on Saturday!

[Trotter]

Remember when it was a handicap and Dessie won it giving lumps of weight away !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T45c69kxbK8

[Trotter]

I'm leaning towards old Sire de Grugy - loves Sandown, everything right for him, good run last time

Un de Sceaux........has fallen on last 2 seasonal debuts, might need the run

Ar Mad - back from serious injury, might need run, might not want to push him

God's Own - has a good chance, everything right for him, but usually finds one too good ?

Vibrato Valtat - could go well at big odds but has found winning difficult since leaving novice company

Sir Valentino - no chance

Ar Mad is drifting in the betting which suggests he'll need the run. God's Own has shortened since yesterday

Looking in the crystal ball.......Ar Mad and Un de Sceaux pull their way to the front and take each on, Un de Sceaux falls at the railway fences, Ar Mad leads until the turn in when he tires, Sir Valentino is already miles behind. Vibrato ranges up alongside in the home straight but flatters to deceive and finds no more.......Gods Own and Sire de Grugy fight it out from 2 out with the old hero getting his head in front. Crowd goes wild

[Jimmy2shoes]

Fair Play to Ruby, he was rather Awesome 

Nuff Said 

[BillyHills]