With Saturday’s Sandown Tingle Creek Chase Meeting featuring last weekend’s cancelled Fighting Fifth Hurdle, this now means a monster 8-race card for horse racing fans to look forward to at the Esher track. However, with this extra contest this will see an earlier start to fit them all in – so, just what time is the first race at Sandown on Saturday?
Sandown Tingle Creek Chase Day Card Sees First Race at 11:35am
The Sandown race times for Saturday’s Tingle Creek Chase Day will mean an early start for horse racing fans.
This is because the 7-race card has been increased by a race to now have eight races to squeeze in and with daylight limited at this time of the year this means an earlier than normal start.
The time of the first Sandown Park race on Saturday 9th December 2023 – Tingle Creek – day will now be at 11:35am.
This opening contest will be the Betfair Claremont Novices’ Hurdle over 2 miles – a race the Nicky Henderson-trained Willmount is expected to be popular with the best UK horse racing betting sites.
Then during the afternoon the Sandown race times will see a race approximately every 30-35 minutes with the rescheduled Fighting Fifth Hurdle at 1:15pm. The action will then climax with the Betfair Tingle Creek Chase at 3.00pm – a prize trainer Paul Nicholls has won 12 times, including six years back-to-back between 2005 and 2010.
It’s a race that is dominated in the betting with the best online gambling sites by the Nicky Henderson-trained Jonbon. This JP McManus-owned chaser has won six of his seven starts over fences and head here having won the Shloer Chase at Cheltenham easily last time out.
Jonbon will be taking on last year’s winner Edwardstone (watch below), who will be looking to become the ninth double Tingle Creek winner since 1991.
Jockeys Might Need Headlamps For The London National
The final Sandown Park race on Tingle Creek Day 2023 is the Betfair Exchange London National. This race will be run at 3:35pm and with the expected sunset at this time of the year around 3:50pm, the jockeys might need to wear an old miners hat to see where they are going.
Tingle Creek Past Winners: Watch Edwardstone Win The 2022 Sandown Race
Sandown Tingle Creek Chase Day: Race Schedule, Time and ITV Coverage
- 11:35: Betfair Claremont Novices’ Hurdle (Listed Race) (GBB Race) Cl1 (4yo+) 2m RTV
- 12:05: Betfair Supports Racing With Pride Mares’ Handicap Hurdle (Challenger Mares’ Hurdle Series Qual’) Cl3 (3yo+ 0-130) 2m4f RTV
- 12:40: Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle (Pertemps Hurdle Series Qualifier) (GBB Race) Cl2 (4yo+) 2m7½f RTV
- 1:15: Fighting Fifth Hurdle (Grade 1) (GBB Race) Cl1 (4yo+) 2m ITV4
- 1:50: Betfair Henry VIII Novices’ Chase (Grade 1) (GBB Race) Cl1 (4yo+) 1m7½f ITV4
- 2:25: Rachael Blackmore Serial Winners Fund Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Cl2 (3yo+ 0-150) 2m ITV4
- 3:00: Betfair Tingle Creek Chase (Grade 1) (GBB Race) Cl1 (4yo+) 1m7½f ITV4
- 3:35: Betfair Exchange London National Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Cl2 (5yo+ 0-150) 3m4½f ITV4
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