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. It is run over a distance of 2 miles (3,219 metres) at Sandown Park Racecourse 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 no race 1983
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 Osborne 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
2007 Twist Magic 5 Sam Thomas Paul Nicholls

* The 2000 race took place at Cheltenham Racecourse over a distance of 2 miles 110 yards (3,319 metres).

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