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 1868 Handicap 6 furlongs on New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer/Age/weight Owner
1 CHARNWOOD Hammond Robert Peck 3-6st 4lbs Lord Stamford 6/1
2 THE FAUN Wilson Tomlinson 3-6st 5lbs Sir W Throckmorton 6/1
3 LYMINGTON Jeffery Joseph Hayhoe snr 3-6st 2lbs Mr R C Clayton 5/1
4 RETTY Butler Wadlow 3-6st 2lbs Lord Westmorland 4/1 fav
5 BISMARCK J Daley Mathew Dawson 4-8st 10lbs Duke of Newcastle 5/1
6 LICTOR Mordan Drewitt 3-7st 1lbs Mr Drewitt 100/8
7 SIR DAVID GAM Kenyon 3-6st 9lbs Sir R W Bulkeley 10/1
8 LAIS Burrell 3-5st 7lbs Mr Norman 25/1
9 REDBOURNE Hudson 4-5st 11lbs Mr Brayley 7/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 12th June 1868 and the winner, a bay colt by Newcastle out of Cassida, won a first prize of 160 Guineas added and 22 subscriptions of 5 guineas each (equivalent to £18,000 in 2020). Over round 113%
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 1867 A 1868 A