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 1879 Handicap 6 furlongs on New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer/Age/weight Owner
1 PHILIPPINE Lemaire Charles Blanton 3-7st 8lbs Mr A C C Barclay 3/1 fav
2 PLACIDA H Jeffery O'Berine 5-9st 0lbs Mr Pulteney 20/1
3 KALEIDOSCOPE Constable Robert Peck 6-9st 0lbs Lord Rosebery 25/1
4 TRAPPIST John Osborne Joe Cannon aged-10st 12lbs Captain A Prime 33/1
5 HACKTHORPE Fred Webb Joe Cannon 4-10st 0lbs Lord Hastings 7/1
6 FIDDLESTRING Fred Archer Mathew Dawson 4-9st 0lbs Mr A Egerton 10/1
7 LA MERVEILLE A Wood Robert Peck 4-8st 10lbs Lord Rosebery 50/1
8 HERALD Glover Weever aged-8st 10lbs Sir W Throckmorton 20/1
9 TOWER & SWORD Morgan Wadlow 4-8st 5lbs Colonel Forester 100/6
10 ECHO II Gifford Sidney 4-8st 2lbs Lord Dupplin 50/1
11 JAPONICA R Morris Tom Jennings 3-8st 0lbs Mr Tom Jennings 50/1
12 MACBETH Loates Joseph Dawson 4-7st 13lbs Mr T L Reed 20/1
13 CENTENARY Charles Wood Jousiffe 4-7st 10lbs Mr C Jousiffe 100/6
14 PEACE Huxtable John Dawson 3-7st 10lbs Mr C Alexander 50/1
15 DEACON E Rossiter Wadlow 5-7st 7lbs Mr R Jardine 20/1
16 FLASHMAN Fordham Perrin 4-7st 8lbs Mr Bowes 20/1
17 THE SCOT Greaves Joe Cannon 3-7st 5lbs Captain Machell 50/1
18 MANGOSTAN Barker William Jarvis 4-7st 4lbs Mr H Owen 33/1
19 CENSER T Hopper Hopper 4-7st 0lbs Lord Stamford 50/1
20 NOTTINGHAM Morrell William Goater 3-7st 0lbs Mr Craven 50/1
21 LINCOLNSHIRE Luke Gilbert 4-7st 0lbs Mr H Saville 6/1
22 COUNTESS MURRAY Skerratt Holden 4-6st 12lbs Mr Tom Cannon 50/1
23 SIMBA Saddlinton John Ryan 3-6st 10lbs Mr J H Houldsworth 100/7
24 FLYAWAY DICK Gallon T Stevens 3-6st 4lbs Lord Bateman 33/1
25 ACORN Hind Humphreys 3-6st 0lbs Lord Howe 50/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 13th June 1879 and the winner, a chesnut filly by Albert Victor out of Noyau, won a first prize of 500 Guineas added and 80 subscriptions of 5 guineas each (equivalent to £113,000 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 1878 1879