History
Sandown Park was one of the first courses to charge all for attending. It opened in 1875 and everyone had to pay at least half a crown. The first meeting was over three days, starting on Thursday 22 April, and included the Grand National Hunt Chase, now staged at the Cheltenham Festival. The Grand International Steeple Chase took place on the Saturday, worth £2,130 to the winner, and was the largest prize for a steeplechase that season, unusually even eclipsing that for the Liverpool Grand National.[2]
In 1875, Sandown became the first course in England to have a members' enclosure.[3]
3:35..Sandown
Coral-Eclipse
1m2f (1m1f209y) (Group 1) (British Champions Series) (Class 1) (3yo+)
The Eclipse Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Sandown Park over a distance of 1 mile, 1 furlong and 209 yards, and it is scheduled to take place each year in early July.
2021 Winner
2021
Horse.St.Mark’s Basillica
Jockey.Ryan Moore
Trainer..Aiden O’Brien.
Ryan Moore and St Mark’s Basilica (left) win the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown. Photograph: Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images
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Only 3 more weeks to stop Frosty from taking the winners title back to NZ again,
Saturday 2nd July, SANDOWN.The Eclipse + 1
Saturday 9th July, NEWMARKET. July Cup Stakes + 1
Saturday 16th July, THE CURRAGH. The Oaks + 1
