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 1877 Handicap 6 furlongs on New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer/Age/weight Owner
1 ROSBACH Morgan Dover 3-6st 12lbs Lord Rosebery 4/1 fav
2 TANTALUS Hopkins Jimmy Ryan 3-6st 10lbs Mr J H Houldsworth 5/1
3 THE MANDARIN Charles Wood Tom Brown 5-8st 0lbs Mr H M Harris 100/8
4 KINETON C Morton Bowen (Private) 5-8st 10lbs Mr H Bowen 25/1
5 HESPER Custance Joe Cannon 4-8st 9lbs Lord Lonsdale 100/8
6 LADY ATHELSTONE Glover John Porter aged-8st 4lbs Mr F Gretton 25/1
7 KALEIDOSCOPE Constable John Dawson 4-8st 2lbs Lord Dupplin 10/1
8 QUEEN OF THE BEES Huxtable W Martin aged-8st 2lbs Mr W Dunne 25/1
9 VENTNOR Morbey Alfred Hayhoe 4-7st 7lbs Count Festenic 8/1
10 TIMOUR John Watts Holden 5-7st 4lbs Mr T Cann 25/1
11 ROWLSTON J Edwards D Hughes 4-7st 2lbs Mr T Hughes 25/1
12 LORD LINCOLN Chesterman Henry Woolcott 4-7st 3lbs Sir George Chetwynd 10/1
13 PEARL DROP Lemaire Charles Blanton 4-7st 0lbs Duke of Hamilton 25/1
14 JUAN F Jeffery Treen 3-6st 12lbs Mr Philips 25/1
15 STOCKHAM J Jarvis Kellow 3-6st 10lbs Mr E Hobson 25/1
16 WOODQUEST J Macdonald Jousiffe 3-6st 10lbs Mr H Bird 25/1
17 SAILOR Gallon Alec Taylor 4-6st 2lbs Mr J N Astley 100/6
18 CARDINAL YORK W Macdonald Bates 3-5st 8lbs Mr F Pryor 6/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 15th June 1877 and the winner, a bay colt by Victorious out of La Rose, won a first prize of 500 Guineas added and 94 subscriptions of 5 guineas each (equivalent to £114,000 in 2020). Over round 137%
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 1874 1875 1876 1877