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 1859 Handicap 6 furlongs on New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer/Age/weight Owner
1 PENALTY W Bottom 3-5st 7lbs Mr S Williams 4/1
2 SOAPY SAM Dickenson 5-5st 10lbs Captain Hunt 10/1
3 SUDBURY Drew 3-5st 12lbs Lord Ailesbury 20/1
4 FADLADEEN Bray 4-7st 13lbs Lord Clifden 3/1
5 STAPLETON Nat Flatman 4-7st 12lbs Mr W Towsey 6/1
6 GRACCHUS Woodhouse 3-6st 9lbs Captain Pack Beresford 20/1
7 ORLANDO gelding Custance 6-6st 9lbs Mr John Payne 7/1
8 GREENWICH FAIR L Snowden 4-6st 12lbs Mr Mills 7/1
9 NEOPHYTE Johnson 3-6st 7lbs Mr Blanton 5/1
10 ORLEANS Ploughman 3-6st 0lbs Mr Wrex 20/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 16th June 1859 and the winner, a bay filly by West Australian out of Epaulette, won a first prize of 140 Guineas added and 18 subscriptions of 5 guineas each (equivalent to £18,000 in 2020). Over round 123%
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 1845 A B 1846 A 1847 A 1848 A 1849 A
1850 A 1851 A 1852 A 1853 A 1854 A 1855 A 1856 A 1857 A 1858 A 1859