Race Of The Week - Tingle Creek Chase

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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

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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