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 1883 Rated Stakes New mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Age/weight Owner
1 CLAIRVAUX Charles Wood C Arnull 3-9st 0lbs Sir F Johnstone 20/1
2 REPRIEVE Sam Loates John Porter 2-6st 13lbs Lord Grosvenor 7/4 fav
3 ROOKERY Fred Archer James Jewitt 3-8st 11lbs Mr J B Leigh 9/4
4 POLARIS Jem Goater Tom Brown 3-8st 11lbs Mr T Arthur 4/1
5 NARCISSA Tom Cannon Joe Cannon 3-8st 11lbs Lord Rosebery 10/1
6 RICHLIEU Luke Sherrard 2-7st 2lbs M M Ephruson 20/1
The Fern Hill Stakes, forerunner of the Sandringham Stakes, took place on Wednesday 6th June 1883 and was won by a chesnut colt by Hermit out of Devotion, winning 700 sovereigns from 20 subscriptions (equivalent to £86,000 in 2020). Over round 105%
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 1878 1879
1880 1881 1882 1883