Tingle Creek Chase Trends and Tips

Run over 2m the Betfair-sponsored Tingle Creek Chase is staged at Sandown Park racecourse and this year (2022) run on 3rd December. The Grade One Chase is always seen as a good guide to the Queen Mother Champion Chase run at the Cheltenham Festival later in the season – with Master Minded (2008), Moscow Flyer (2004), Sprinter Sacre (2012), Sire de Grugy (2013) & Dodging Bullets (2014) the last horses to do the Tingle Creek/Champion Chase double in the same season at the Cheltenham Festival.

The 2019 Tingle Creek Chase was won by the Philip Hobbs-trained Defi Du Seuil – the second win in the race for the trainer after also winning it in 2001 with Flagship Uberalles, while 12 months ago trainer Paul Nicholls landed his 12th Tingle Creek Chase when Greaneteen won the race with Bryony Frost riding.

Here at RACING AHEAD we take a look back at recent winners and gives you the key Tingle Creek trends to look out for ahead of the 2022 renewal – this year run on Saturday 3rd December.

Recent Tingle Creek Winners

2021 – GREANETEEN (12/1)
2020 – POLITOLOGUE (11/8 fav)
2019 – DEFI DU SEUIL (2/1 fav)
2018 – ALTIOR (8/13 fav)
2017 – POLITOLOGUE (7/2)
2016 – UN DE SCEAUX (5/4 fav)
2015 – SIRE DE GRUGY (10/3)
2014 – DODGING BULLETS (9/1)
2013 – SIRE DE GRUGY (7/4 jfav)
2012 – SPRINTER SACRE (4/11 fav)
2011 – SIZING EUROPE (11/8 fav)
2010 – MASTER MINDED (10/11 fav)
2009 – TWIST MAGIC (9/4)
2008 – MASTER MINDED (4/7 fav)
2007 – TWIST MAGIC (5/1)
2006 – KAUTO STAR (4/9 fav)
2005 – KAUTO STAR (5/2 jfav)
2004 – MOSCOW FLYER (2/1)
2003 – MOSCOW FLYER (6/4 fav)
2002 – CENKOS (6/1)

Tingle Creek Chase Trends

18/20 – Returned 6/1 or shorter in the betting
19/20 – Aged 9 or younger
17/20 – Placed in the top 3 last time out
17/20 – Had won a Grade One chase before
16/20 – Had won at least 4 times over fences before
15/20 – Winners that went onto run in that season’s QM Champion Chase
15/20 – Placed favourites
15/20 – French bred
15/20 – Aged between 5-8 years-old
15/20 – Officially rated 165 or higher
14/20 – Returned 5/2 or shorter in the betting
13/20 – Raced within the last 4 weeks
13/20 – Winning distance – 3 lengths or more
12/20 – Winning favourites (2 joint)
12/20 – Won last time out
12/20 – Had won a chase race at Sandown before
11/20 – Trained by Paul Nicholls (12 wins in total)
6/20 – Went onto win the Champion Chase (Altior, Dodging Bullets, Sire de Grugy, Sprinter Sacre, Master Minded & Moscow Flyer) at the Cheltenham Festival that season
1/20 – Went onto win the Gold Cup (Kauto Star) at the Cheltenham Festival that season
The average winning SP in the last 20 years is 11/4