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 1847 Rated Stakes New mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Age/weight Owner
1 CHRISTOPHER F Butler 3-9st 0lbs Mr S Conway 6/1
2 GOOD BOY Alfred Day 2-7st 0lbs Mr Drinkald 5/1
3 HORNPIPE W Abdale 2-6st 11lbs Duke of Richmond 20/1
4 CAMELFORD Wakefield 3-9st 0lbs Mr Death 20/1
5 FERNHILL R Pettit 2-7st 0lbs Mr Bristow 5/1
6 GRIST Crouch 2-6st 11lbs Mr Worley 20/1
7 ISIS Nat Flatman 3-8st 11lbs Colonel J Peel 7/4 fav
8 PTOLEMAEUS Whitehouse 2-7st 0lbs Count Batthyany 20/1
9 JOLITY Job Marson 3-8st 11lbs Mr R Boyce 20/1
The Fern Hill Stakes, forerunner of the Sandringham Stakes, took place on Wednesday 2nd June 1847 and was won by a chestnut colt by Hampton out of a Whisker mare, winning 260 sovereigns from 14 subscriptions (equivalent to £27,000 in 2020). Over round 107%
Sandringham Stakes Handicap 1 mile 1834
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