Tingle Creek Chase Tips & Betting Guide

When is the Tingle Creek?

The Tingle Creek is the feature of Sandown Park's two-day meeting in early December, run on the Saturday after a Friday card. The race was first run in 1969, was renamed in 1979 after Tingle Creek, a much-loved two-mile chaser, and has been a Grade 1 since 1994. The exact dates are set in each year's fixture list.

The feature races

• The Tingle Creek Chase (Grade 1) — about two miles over fences, for the season's leading two-mile chasers.
• The Henry VIII Novices' Chase (Grade 1) — a two-mile chase for novices, run on the same card.
• The London National — a long-distance handicap chase over about three miles and five furlongs.

Race times and final fields are confirmed by the declarations in the days before the meeting, and the order of races can change from year to year, so the official racecard is the one to check on the day.

Sandown course notes

Sandown is a right-handed, galloping track with a stiff uphill finish. The railway fences down the back straight come close together, so a fluent jumper can gain ground there, while a mistake is hard to recover from over two miles.

Winter ground at Sandown can turn soft. These are general notes about the course and time of year, not a forecast: check the official going on the morning of racing.

How to watch

The Tingle Creek is usually shown live on ITV Racing; check the TV listings on the day. Our ITV Racing guide explains what ITV covers.

Our Tingle Creek selections

Any selections we make for the meeting publish on the morning of racing, with the horse, the price at publishing, the jockey and trainer and our written reasoning. See the Sandown racing tips page for the course guide and that day's picks, and NAP of the Day for our strongest pick on each racing day.

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