Royal Ascot: Sandringham Stakes

The Sandringham Handicap, a flat handicap over a mile, is open to three-year-old fillies and takes place on the fourth day of the Royal meeting. The race was called the Fern Hill Rated Stakes until 2001, and was part of the Ascot Heath meeting held on the Saturday after Royal Ascot. Prior to 2018 it was run as a Listed handicap but was downgraded by the BHA to comply with a new rule that no handicap race could carry Listed or Group status.
Early history:- The inaugural running of the Fern Hill Stakes over the New Mile, the forerunner of the Sandringham Stakes, took place at the Ascot Heath meeting on Tuesday 10th June 1834 and was won by Lord Chesterfield's Alexis (5/1) ridden by Scott, beating Skimmer and Olympic cleverly by a length.
Fern Hill Stakes 1835 Rated Stakes New mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Age/weight Owner
1 ETHILDA John Day 3-8st 7lbs Lord Egremont 4/6 fav
2 DOROTHY Bill Arnull 3-8st 7lbs Lord Orford 3/1
3 HESTER Nat Flatman 3-8st 7lbs Mr Mills 4/1
The Fern Hill Stakes, forerunner of the Sandringham Stakes, took place on Thursday 18th June 1835 and was won by a bay filly by Skim out of a Gohanna mare, winning 500 sovereigns from 5 subscribers at 100 sovereigns each (equivalent to £64,000, beating Dorothy and Hester. Over round 105%
Sandringham Stakes Handicap 1 mile 1834
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