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 1845 Rated Stakes New mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Age/weight Owner
1 CHEROKEE W Abdale 2-6st 11lbs Lord George Bentinck 1/2 fav
2 FUZBOS F Butler 3-9st 0lbs Mr Ford 20/1
3 CAESAR colt Nat Flatman 3-9st 0lbs Mr S Scott 6/1
4 BAY MIDDLETON colt Jem Chapple 2-7st 0lbs Lord Lonsdale 20/1
5 SLANE-ELF Crouch 2-6st 11lbs Mr Death 20/1
6 BUTTRESS R Pettit 2-6st 11lbs Mr Hook 20/1
7 GRIMSTON T Lye 2-7st 0lbs Mr Dawson 3/1
8 GLAUCUS filly Marlow 3-8st 11lbs Mr Mostyn 20/1
The Fern Hill Stakes, forerunner of the Sandringham Stakes, took place on Wednesday 11th June 1845 and was won by a bay filly by Redshank out of a Middleton mare, winning 305 sovereigns from 17 subscriptions (equivalent to £37,000 in 2020). Over round 133%
Sandringham Stakes Handicap 1 mile 1834
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