Sandown Mile
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The Sandown Mile is a Group 2 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for four-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1 mile and 14 yards (1,622 metres) at Sandown Park racecourse in late April.
The race has had many different sponsors, the latest of which, since 2004, is Betfred. The "Betfred Mile" follows on from such previous incarnations as the "Trusthouse Forte Mile", the "Gardner Merchant Mile", the "KLM UK Mile", the "Masai Mile" and the "AtTheRaces Mile". It was first run in 1985.
It takes place at the same meeting as the Betfred Gold Cup (National Hunt) and the Betfred Classic Trial (flat).
[edit] Winners since 1988
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
| 1988 | Soviet Star | 4 | Cash Asmussen | André Fabre | 1:45.23 |
| 1989 | Reprimand | 4 | Steve Cauthen | Henry Cecil | 1:49.20 |
| 1990 | Markofdistinction | 4 | Frankie Dettori | Luca Cumani | 1:39.50 |
| 1991 | In the Groove | 4 | Steve Cauthen | David Elsworth | 1:42.45 |
| 1992 | Rudimentary | 4 | Steve Cauthen | Henry Cecil | 1:42.09 |
| 1993 | Alhijaz | 4 | Willie Carson | John Dunlop | 1:43.08 |
| 1994 | Penny Drops | 5 | David Harrison | Lord Huntingdon | 1:46.89 |
| 1995 | Missed Flight | 5 | George Duffield | Chris Wall | 1:41.09 |
| 1996 | Gabr | 6 | Willie Carson | Robert Armstrong | 1:41.34 |
| 1997 | Wixim | 4 | Pat Eddery | Roger Charlton | 1:43.90 |
| 1998 | Almushtarak | 5 | Ray Cochrane | Kamil Mahdi | 1:51.12 |
| 1999 | Handsome Ridge | 5 | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden | 1:47.85 |
| 2000 | Indian Lodge | 4 | Michael Kinane | Amanda Perrett | 1:50.69 |
| 2001 | Nicobar | 4 | Kieren Fallon | Ian Balding | 1:49.61 |
| 2002 | Swallow Flight | 6 | Darryll Holland | Geoff Wragg | 1:45.13 |
| 2003 | Desert Deer | 5 | Kevin Darley | Mark Johnston | 1:42.67 |
| 2004 | Hurricane Alan | 4 | Pat Dobbs | Richard Hannon | 1:43.67 |
| 2005 | Hurricane Alan | 5 | Pat Dobbs | Richard Hannon | 1:43.68 |
| 2006 | Rob Roy | 4 | Michael Kinane | Sir Michael Stoute | 1:41.98 |
