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 1828 Handicap 6 furlongs on New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer/Age/weight Owner
1 BROCARD Conolly 4-8st 3lbs Lord Verulam 5/2
2 TARANDUS   aged-8st 12lbs Lord Normanby
3 LOGIC S Mann aged-8st 7lbs Mr Cosby
4 CONSTANCE Bill Arnull 4-7st 7lbs Lord Mountcharles 6/1
5 DANDELION George Dockeray 4-7st 5lbs Mr Bacon
6 INTERPRETER filly Sam Chifney 4-7st 4lbs Mr John Forth
7 ALADDIN filly Tom Goodisson 3-6st 10lbs Mr Ramsbottom
8 SIR RICHARD   3-6st 10lbs Mr Cockburn
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 6th June 1828 and the winner, a bay filly by Whalebone out of Varennes, won a first prize of 100 Guineas added and 15 subscriptions of 5 guineas each (equivalent to £19,000 in 2020). Over round N/A
Wokingham Stakes Handicap 6 furlongs 1813
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