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 1859 Rated Stakes New mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Age/weight Owner
1 LADY FALCONER Bray 2-6st 11lbs Mr J Merry 3/1
2 ACTAEON Alfred Day 3-9st 0lbs Mr F Robinson Evens fav
3 SPICEBOX L Snowden 2-7st 0lbs Captain Christie 5/1
4 NESSUS H Bradley 2-7st 0lbs Mr G Fleming 20/1
5 LUCY Custance 2-6st 11lbs Mr Lumley 20/1
6 THE VAN W Bradly 2-7st 0lbs Sir Joseph Hawley 5/1
The Fern Hill Stakes, forerunner of the Sandringham Stakes, took place on Wednesday 15th June 1859 and was won by a chestnut filly by Birdcatcher out of Jereed mare, winning 365 sovereigns from 21 subscriptions (equivalent to £46,000 in 2020). Over round 117%
Sandringham Stakes Handicap 1 mile 1834
        1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839
1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849
1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859