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 1953 Rated Stakes 7 furlongs 155 yards
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 MARIE THERESE E Mercer Beasley Mrs H Leggat 7/2 fav
2 ATHENA D Smith G Colling Lord Derby 20/1
3 WHIPPY A Breasley Lawson Mr R Clark 100/8
4 OLGA G Richards Murless Col B Hornung 6/1
5 WITCHING HOUR F Durr W Smyth Duke of Norfolk 6/1
6 TWILIGHT HOUR Pountney J Jarvis Mr M W-Boyton 8/1
7 BLAZING T Carter Candy Mr G Fairhurst 10/1
8 GRANDE DAME II D W Morris Bertie Count C S-Aspang 100/8
9 BORISOVNA D Greening Wragg Sir P Loraine 100/8
10 SALSOLA G Lewis H Brown Mrs F Nagle 100/6
11 MARIE ANTOINETTE Reader G Todd Major P Dennis 100/6
12 SUN GLORY W Snaith Blagrave Mr H G Blagrave 20/1
13 CASKET Swift Persse Captain A Wills 20/1
14 WHOA EMMA Black Digby Mr G C Gibson 20/1
The Fern Hill Stakes, forerunner of the Sandringham Stakes, took place on Saturday 20th June 1953 at the Ascot Heath meeting and was won by a brown mare by Mieuxce out of Mary Tavywinning £1000 (equivalent to £35,000 in 2020). Over round 126%
Sandringham Stakes Handicap 1 mile 1834
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