Tingle Creek Trophy
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The Tingle Creek Trophy is a Grade 1 National Hunt chase in the United Kingdom for five-year-old and above horses run over a distance of 2 miles (3,219 metres) at Sandown Park in early December. There are thirteen fences to be jumped in the race.
It was first run in 1979 and is named after Tingle Creek, a popular National Hunt racehorse in the 1970s who had a particularly good record in races at Sandown Park.
[edit] Winners
- Amateur jockeys indicated by "Mr".
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer |
| 1979 | Artifice | 8 | Richard Hoare | John Thorne |
| 1980 | Stopped | 8 | Ben de Haan | Fred Winter |
| 1981 | News King | 7 | John Francome | Fred Winter |
| 1982 | News King | 8 | John Francome | Fred Winter |
| 1983 race abandoned | ||||
| 1984 | Far Bridge | 8 | Brian Reilly | Toby Balding |
| 1985 | Lefrak City | 8 | Richard Dunwoody | Tim Forster |
| 1986 | Berlin | 7 | Dermot Browne | Nick Gaselee |
| 1987 | Long Engagement | 6 | Brendan Powell | David Nicholson |
| 1988 | Desert Orchid | 9 | Simon Sherwood | David Elsworth |
| 1989 | Long Engagement | 8 | Brendan Powell | David Nicholson |
| 1990 | Young Snugfit | 6 | Jamie Osbourne | Oliver Sherwood |
| 1991 | Waterloo Boy | 8 | Richard Dunwoody | David Nicholson |
| 1992 | Waterloo Boy | 9 | Richard Dunwoody | David Nicholson |
| 1993 | Sybillin | 7 | Peter Niven | Jimmy FitzGerald |
| 1994 | Viking Flagship | 7 | Adrian Maguire | David Nicholson |
| 1995 | Sound Man | 7 | Richard Dunwoody | Edward O'Grady |
| 1996 | Sound Man | 8 | Richard Dunwoody | Edward O'Grady |
| 1997 | Ask Tom | 8 | Russ Garritty | Tom Tate |
| 1998 | Direct Route | 7 | Norman Williamson | Howard Johnson |
| 1999 | Flagship Uberalles | 5 | Joe Tizzard | Paul Nicholls |
| 2000 | Flagship Uberalles * | 6 | Richard Johnson | Noel Chance |
| 2001 | Flagship Uberalles | 7 | Mr Robert Widger | Philip Hobbs |
| 2002 | Cenkos | 8 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
| 2003 | Moscow Flyer | 9 | Barry Geraghty | Jessica Harrington |
| 2004 | Moscow Flyer | 10 | Barry Geraghty | Jessica Harrington |
| 2005 | Kauto Star | 5 | Mick Fitzgerald | Paul Nicholls |
| 2006 | Kauto Star | 6 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
* The 2000 race took place at Cheltenham Racecourse over a distance of 2 miles 110 yards (3,319 metres).
