Royal Ascot: Wokingham Stakes

The Wokingham Stakes, contested on the final day of the Royal meeting, is a flat handicap over 6 furlongs open to horses aged three years or older. The race is named after Wokingham, a market town 7.7 miles to the west of Ascot, and was established in 1813, the inaugural running being won by Pointers, owned by the Duke of York. For a number of years the Wokingham Stakes was divided into two or three separate classes, but it became a single race in 1874.
Early history:- The inaugural running of the Wokingham Stakes over the New Mile was on Friday 18th June 1813 when a field of 15 was headed by the Duke of York's Pointers (8/1) who defeated Lodona, Sorcery and the well-backed 6/4 favourite Offas Dyke.
Wokingham Stakes 1825 Handicap 6 furlongs on New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer/Age/weight Owner
1 SPERACETI Jem Robinson 5-8st 8lbs Mr Lambton 8/1
2 FROGMORE Tom Goodisson 3-7st 2lbs Duke of York 5/2 fav
3 ANTONIO brother George Dockeray 6-9st 0lbs Mr Whiteside
4 BULOW C Day 4-8st 6lbs Mr S Briggs
5 WITCH Conolly 4-8st 2lbs Mr Prendergast
6 MONIMA   4-8st 1lbs Mt James Pickford
7 ORPHAN Tant 4-7st 8lbs Mr Scaith
8 PHANTOM filly   3-6st 12lb Duke of Rutland
9 SOOTHSAYER filly W Clift 3-6st 9lbs Mr Greville
10 LOCHIEL H Miller 3-6st 9 lb Mr M Forbes
11 SELECTION R Boyce 3-6st 3lbs Duke of Richmond 6/1
12 FIDDLER William Wheatley 3-6st 1lbs Mr J Rogers
13 BIANCA   3-6st 0lbs Mr Forth
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 3rd June 1825 and the winner, a bay mare by Whalebone out of a Gohanna mare, won a first prize of 100 Guineas added and 19 subscriptions of 5 guineas each (equivalent to £18,000 in 2020). Over round N/A
Wokingham Stakes Handicap 6 furlongs 1813
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