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 1843 Rated Stakes New mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Age/weight Owner
1 THE QUEEN OF THE GIPSIES Sly 3-8st 11lbs Mr Ongley 5/1
2 AMATA Bartholomew 2-6st 11lbs Mr Rogers 3/1
3 BEST BOWER W Howlett 2-7st 0lbs Lord George Bentinck 10/1
4 JILL J Howlett 2-6st 11lbs Mr Sloane Stanley 2/1 fav
5 RHODION Crouch 2-6st 11lbs Count Batthyany 10/1
6 CAMEL filly F Butler 3-8st 11lbs Mr S Scott 4/1
7 SIR HERCULES colt W Cotton 3-9st 0lbs Lord Verulam 20/1
8 GAIETY T Day 2-6st 11lbs Mr Braithwaite 20/1
9 LIVERPOOL filly R Pettit 2-6st 11lbs Lord Exeter 20/1
10 PASTORAL W Abdale 2-7st 0lbs Duke of Richmond 20/1
The Fern Hill Stakes, forerunner of the Sandringham Stakes, took place on Wednesday 14th June 1843 and was won by a black filly by Camel out of a Catton mare, winning 380 sovereigns from 22 subscriptions (equivalent to £49,000 in 2020), beating Skimmer and Olympic by a length. Over round 132%
Sandringham Stakes Handicap 1 mile 1834
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