London for Christmas

The Tingle Creek Christmas Festival is widely credited as one of the racing calendar’s top events and the demanding Sandown Park course attracts many of the very best horses and jockeys.

The feature race is the Grade 1 sportingbet.com Tingle Creek Steeplechase, named in honour of one of the greatest two-mile chasers of all time.

The day is also a chance to celebrate Christmas early! Alongside the top quality racing there will be plenty of entertainment to get racegoers into the festive mood. Traditional Horse and Sleigh rides will greet visitors from the train station to transport them to the racecourse to join in the festive fun where they will be welcomed by Father Christmas and his merry Sandown Park helpers! Walking into a winter wonderland, carols will be echoing across the racecourse.

As a special treat for families, the popular production of Dick Whittingtonwill pantomime will be performed by the cast from The Panto Company between races. And at the end of the day, the ‘New London Singers’, one of London’s premier vocal ensembles and conducted by the legendary Ivor Setterfield, will perform a range of festive carols.

2 December 2011
Gates Open: 11.00
First Race: 12.50
Last Race: 15.40

3 December 2011
Gates Open: 11.00
First Race: 12.55
Last Race: 15.40

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