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 First Class 1844 Handicap 6 furlongs on New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer/Age/weight Owner
1 ISLEWORTH Nat Flatman 5-7st 10lbs Mr Stanborough 8/1
2 WINDSOR Whitehouse 6-7st 0lbs Mr S Scott 3/1
3 WALPOLE R Pettit 3-6st 10lbs Mr John Payne 5/2 fav
4 DAHLIA R Cotton aged-6st 12lbs Mr Little 7/1
5 QUEEN OF THE GIPSIES Sly 4-8st 10lbs Mr G Ongley 5/1
6 MARIA DIAZ S Mann 4-7st 7lbs Lord Exeter 20/1
7 EPAULETTE Crouch 5-7st 4lbs Mr Balchin 20/1
8 TARQUIN Williams 4-6st 10lbs Mr Reeve 10/1
9 PRINCE OF WALES W Abdale 3-6st 8lbs Lord George Bentinck 20/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 7th June 1844 and the winner, a bay horse by Glaucus out of Rosary, won a first prize of 190 Guineas added and 18 subscriptions of 5 guineas each (equivalent to £24,000 in 2020). Over round 116%
Wokingham Stakes Handicap 6 furlongs 1813
      1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819
1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829
1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 A 1838 A 1839
1840 1841 A 1842 1843 A 1844 A