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 1866 Handicap 6 furlongs on New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer/Age/weight Owner
1 ROBIN HOOD Carroll Joseph Hayhoe snr 3-7st 7lbs Baron Rothschild 5/1
2 CELERRIMA G Peake Mathew Dawson 4-6st 6lbs Lord Falmouth 6/1
3 KING HAL Cannon John Day 3-7st 8lbs Marquess of Hastings 7/1
4 SYLPH Thomson 3-6st 0lbs Mr R B Jefferys 20/1
5 THE SHARPER Huxtable 3-6st 9lbs Sir Joseph Hawley 20/1
6 CENTAUR H Clark 3-6st 7lbs Captain Gray 5/2 fav
7 BISHOPTON Cameron 4-6st 4lbs Mr T J Rose 8/1
8 POLKA Butler 3-5st 7lbs Mr Godding 8/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 1st June 1866 and the winner, a brown colt by North Lincoln out of The Chase, won a first prize of 135 Guineas added and 17 subscriptions of 5 guineas each (equivalent to £16,000 in 2020). Over round 102%
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
1860 A B 1861 A B 1862 A B 1863 A 1864 A 1865 A 1866 A