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 1866 Rated Stakes New mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Age/weight Owner
1 HIPPIA Peake 2-6st 13lbs Baron Rothschild 2/1 jt fav
2 FRIPPONIER H Covey 2-7st 2lbs Mr Pryor 2/1 jt fav
3 VESPASIAN Custance 3-9st 0lbs Mr Chaplin 4/1
4 DEFIANCE Scorey 2-7st 2lbs Mr R Dick 20/1
5 MAGICIAN E Sharp 3-9st 0lbs Mr Fisher 20/1
6 GRETNA Jem Goater 3-8st 11lbs Mr R Kelso 20/1
7 CONDE Barker 2-7st 2lbs Count F De Lagrange 20/1
8 VIRIDIS Page 2-6st 13lbs Mr J B Starky 20/1
The Fern Hill Stakes, forerunner of the Sandringham Stakes, took place on Wednesday 30th May 1866 and was won by a bay filly by King Tom out of Daughter of the Star, winning 580 sovereigns from 32 subscriptions (equivalent to £70,000 in 2020). Over round 111%
Sandringham Stakes Handicap 1 mile 1834
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