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 1846 Rated Stakes New mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Age/weight Owner
1 BLACKCOCK W Abdale 2-7st 0lbs Lord George Bentinck 10/1
2 RUFUS Job Marson 3-9st 0lbs Mr Coope 20/1
3 BURLESQUE Sam Darling junior 3-8st 11lbs Mr A W Hill 4/1
4 CAMELIA Wakefield 3-8st 11lbs Mr Death 10/1
5 LEBANON S Mann 3-9st 0lbs Lord Exeter 20/1
6 BAY MIDDLETON colt Bartholomew 3-9st 0lbs Lord Lonsdale 4/1
7 CIREASSIAN MAID J Evans 2-6st 11lbs Mr Mostyn 20/1
8 LAUNDRY MAID F Bell 3-8st 11lbs Mr Wyatt 3/1 fav
9 SNAKE Nat Flatman 3-9st 0lbs Lord Chesterfield 20/1
10 THE DAUGHTER OF THE STAR S Day 2-6st 11lbs Baron Rothschild 20/1
The Fern Hill Stakes, forerunner of the Sandringham Stakes, took place on Wednesday 10th June 1846 and was won by a black colt by Sir Hercules out of a Velocipede mare, winning 350 sovereigns from 20 subscriptions (equivalent to £41,000 in 2020). Over round 108%
Sandringham Stakes Handicap 1 mile 1834
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