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 1873 Handicap 6 furlongs on New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer/Age/weight Owner
1 MERODACH Fred Archer Hardy 3-6st 10lbs Mr C S Hardy 7/1
2 BORDEAUX Jeffery Wadlow 5-7st 9lbs Lord Downe 9/2
3 NOBLEMAN George Fordham Tom Jennings snr 6-9st 6lbs Mr C Lefevre 6/1
4 GENERAL Jewitt 5-8st 10lbs Captain Machell 6/1
5 CATALPA Cannon 3-8st 9lbs Mr T E Walker 8/1
6 HIS GRACE Maidment 3-8st 2lbs Baron Rothschild 8/1
7 VANISH Huxtable 4-7st 5lbs Mr J H Houldsworth 10/1
8 ISLAM Busby aged-7st 5lbs Mr Milford 9/2
9 CARMELITE Ashworth 3-6st 10lbs Lord Wilton 4/1 fav
10 MARLOW W Clay 3-5st 13lbs Sir W Booth 20/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 13th June 1873 and the winne, a chestnut colt by Newcastle out of Semolina's Dam, won a first prize of 175 Guineas added and 15 subscriptions of 5 guineas each (equivalent to £19,000 in 2020). Over round 134%
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 1869 A
1870 A 1871 A 1872 A 1873 A