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 1877 Rated Stakes New mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Age/weight Owner
1 PLACIDA H Jeffery Joseph Marsh 3-8st 11lbs Mr Pulteney 1/2 fav
2 TRUBUTE Cannon Charles Blanton 3-8st 11lbs Sir W Lethbridge 20/1
3 BEL ANGE Luke John Dawson 2-6st 13lbs Prince Bayyhyany 6/1
4 PLAISANTE Jem Goater Tom Jennings 3-8st 11lbs Mr Tom Jennings 10/1
5 CHEVRON Tom Chaloner Dover 3-8st 11lbs General Pearson 10/1
6 LADY RONALD Constable T Ansley 3-9st 0lbs Mr T Ansley 25/1
The Fern Hill Stakes, forerunner of the Sandringham Stakes, took place on Wednesday 13th June 1877 and was won by a brown filly by Lord Lyon out of Pieta, winning 585 sovereigns from 19 subscriptions (equivalent to £69,000 in 2020). Over round 108%
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
1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869
1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877