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 1882 Handicap 6 furlongs on New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer/Age/weight Owner
1 WOKINGHAM Bowman Bates 5-7st 2lbs Mr R Jardine 10/1
2 KING HUMBERT Turner Greaves 4-6st 3lbs Mr B Ellam 20/1
3 EDENSOR Weston Sherrard 4-8st 1lbs Sir J D Astley 10/1
4 SIBYL Fred Archer James Jewitt 5-8st 10lbs Mr C J Balke 100/8
5 MAZURKA Tom Cannon Gilbert 4-8st 9lbs Lord Cadogan 10/1
6 MARTINI Charles Wood Sherrard 4-8st 7lbs Mr W Crawfurd 11/4 fav
7 GLEN ALBYN Wainwright R Sherrard 4-8st 0lbs Mr R Sherrard 20/1
8 ELIACIN Huxtable John Porter 4-7st 13lbs Lord Stamford 20/1
9 ERCILDOUNE Lemaire Joe Cannon 5-7st 8lbs Lord Rosebery 100/7
10 PANIQUE Groves Tom Jennings snr 4-7st 6lbs Count F De Lagrange 20/1
11 ULSTER QUEEN Barrett Mathew Dawson 3-7st 2lbs Duke of Portland 100/7
12 ROZELLE Jimmy Woodburn John Ryan 3-6st 7lbs Mr J H Houldsworth 10/1
13 OATMEAL Ballantyne Charles Blanton 3-6st 2lbs Mr Charles Blanton 6/1
14 DUNSINANE E Martin Alec Taylor 3-6st 0lbs Mr F Gretton 8/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 9th June 1882 and the winner, a brown horse by St Albans out of Viridis, won a first prize of 500 Guineas added and 62 subscriptions of 15 guineas each (equivalent to £174,000 in 2020). Over round 129%
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
1880 1881 1882