2022 Tingle Creek: who wins the big race at Sandown based on previous trends?
The Betfair Tingle Creek Chase takes place at Sandown on Saturday at 2.55. The race has been won by some of the greatest names in the game.
Sprinter Sacre, Sire De Grugy, Un De Sceaux and Altior have all won Tingle Creek during the last decade. The highest Racing Post Rating achieved by a Tingo Creek winner was SprinterSacre's 178 posted in 2012. Last year's winner Greaneteen ran to an RPR of 170.
2022 Tingle Creek is the big race at Sandown. Can Shishkin bounce back from his Cheltenham disappointment?
Sprinter Sacre won the Tingle Creek at Sandown four times in the last five years. Politologue won in 2020. Sire De Grugy was the other winner aged nine in last ten years, and the average age of a winner since 2012 is 7.2.
The Tingle Creek Chase is a big race at Sandown. Since 2012 every winner has had a Grade 2 win on their CV before scoring at the Tingo Creek. Sire De Grugy and Politologue won the race in 2013 and 2017.
Sprinter Sacre and Altior were short-priced winners of the Champion Chase at Sandown in the last decade. Greaneteen was the biggest-expensive winner in that period at 12-1.
Barry Geraghty and Jamie Moore are the only jockeys to double up in this race since 2012. Harry Cobden and Nico de Boinville won the race in 2017 and 2018 respectively.
Paul Nicholls has trained the winner 12 times in all, including the 2020 and 2021 Tingle Creek. Nicky Henderson has won it twice with Sprinter Sacre and Altior.
Shishkin is returning to action after being pulled up in the Champion Chase. He has a rare bone condition. If he is back to his best, he could see off last year's winner Greaneteen.
2022 Tingle Creek offers are available. Paddy Power is giving away free bets to new and existing customers. Sky Bet are offering new customers free bet when they sign up. Betfair: Evens Shishkin, 9-4 Greaneteen, 5 Edwardstone, 8 Gentleman De Mee, 33 Funambule Sivola, 100 Dunvegan.
Paddy Power are giving away free bets to new and existing customers. Sky Bet are offering new customers free bet when they sign up. Bet365 have a new customer offer available. William Hill customers can claim free betting here and benefit from their money-back offers here.
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