Sprinter to sidestep Tingle Creek Nicky Henderson has announced Sprinter Sacre will not run in Saturday's Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown. The Desert Orchid Chase at Kempton over Christmas is the next likely race for the former Queen Mother Champion Chase hero following his comeback success in the Shloer Chase at Cheltenham earlier this month. Simonsig and Josses Hill will be Henderson's entries for the two-mile feature at Sandown. "We're not going to go to the Tingle Creek with Sprinter Sacre," Henderson told www.StanJames.com. "I talked to Caroline Mould (owner) over the weekend. He's in really, really good form but, having got him into good shape and the right place, he just doesn't need another race at the moment and it's as simple as that. "Simonsig and Josses Hill will be in there and they are both in the Peterborough at Huntingdon as well on Sunday so we'll see what we do. "With Sprinter, the Desert Orchid at Kempton is the likely place for him and if he needs another run before Cheltenham, fine. "The Shloer was only three weeks ago and he's come out of it really well. It would be a hard race if Un De Sceaux ran and a hard race in soft ground is not what we want on top of a really good run like that. "We don't need to run him again. We're not going to learn anything! But he looks fantastic - he looked great coming into the race and he looks fantastic coming out of it."
