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 Second Class 1866 Handicap 6 furlongs on New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer/Age/weight Owner
1 VIGOROUS H Clark Balchin 3-5st 12lbs Mr Hodgman 8/1
2 CECROPS Forster William Harlock 3-6st 9lbs Mr G Fleming 6/1
3 LIGHTNING Murray T Archer 4-6st 9lbs Mr T Archer 10/1
4 VABALATHUS John Wells John Porter 5-8st 10lbs Sir Joseph Hawley 100/7
5 CRANFORD Parry William Day 3-7st 8lbs Sir F Johnstone 25/1
6 SIBERIA H Day John Day 4-7st 1lbs Duke of Beaufort 4/1 fav
7 TOMAHAWK G Peake Joseph Hayhoe 3-6st 2lbs Baron Rothschild 6/1
8 CLAROS Cameron 3-6st 2lbs Mr Bowes 10/1
9 CAUSTIC Kenyon 3-6st 1lb Mr W G Craven 5/1
10 PAMUNKEY Tribe 3-6st 1lb Sir R W Bulkeley 25/1
11 STOCKBRIDGE J Phillips 3-6st 2lbs Mr J B Starky 25/1
12 NIMBLE Barker 3-5st 9lbs Mr John Payne 10/1
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 Vedette out of Alice, won a first prize of 130 Guineas added and 16 subscriptions of 5 guineas each (equivalent to £16,000 in 2020). Over round 121%
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