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 1871 Rated Stakes New mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Age/weight Owner
1 CHOPETTE Wheeler Joseph Hayhoe 2-6st 13lbs Baron Rothschild 4/7 fav
2 HIGHLAND FLING W Gray Robert Peck 2-6st 13lbs Mr James Merry 4/1
3 MACALPINE Morris John Dawson 3-9st 0lbs Prince Batthyany 100/8
4 LADY DIGBY Loates Joseph Dawson 2-6st 13lbs Mr J Ross 25/1
5 CROISSADE T French Lowe 3-8st 11lbs Mr G Crook 100/8
6 EOLE II George Fordham Tom Jennings 3-9st 0lbs Mr T Lombard 100/12
The Fern Hill Stakes, forerunner of the Sandringham Stakes, took place on Wednesday 7th June 1871 and was won by a bay filly by North Lincoln out of Mahala, winning 250 sovereigns from 10 subscriptions (equivalent to £30,000 in 2020). Over round 113%
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