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 1885 Handicap 6 furlongs on New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer/Age/weight Owner
1 CORUNNA J Wall Charles Bloss 3-6st 5lbs Lord Hartinton 5/1
2 LORD CHARLES E Martin Tom Jennings snr 3-7st 4lbs Mr Tom Jennings 100/7
3 SPRING MORN Dunn Jimmy Ryan 4-6st 2lbs Mr J H Houldsworth 50/1
4 ENERGY Fred Archer T Fordham 5-10st 3lbs Mr Manton 7/1
5 SIR FRANCIS F Barrett Hopper 5-7st 2lbs Mr Joseph Davis 4/1 fav
6 OFFSPRING Booty John Ryan 4-7st 2lbs Mr Douglas Baird 33/1
7 PEARL DIVER W Lashmar Mathew Dawson 3-7st 0lbs Lord Hastings 100/8
8 ORDOVIX H Luke Cowley 4-7st 2lbs Colonel Heywood 100/8
9 AVELINE J E Tomlinson Joseph Hayhoe 3-6st 6lbs Baron De Rothschild 100/7
10 HARMATTAN Jones Wadlow 3-6st 4lbs Mr H Chaplin 50/1
11 GLIMMER C Dunn Rogers 3-6st 0lbs Baron De Hirsch 50/1
12 WINTERBOURNE Robinson Tom Cannon 6-6st 0lbs Mr Tom Cannon 50/1
13 KOOSSBURRA Tommy Loates Alec Taylor 4-5st 7lbs Mr Gordon 10/1
14 PEERLESS Calder Windham (Private) 3-5st 7lbs Mr G Windham 33/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 19th June 1885 and the winner, a chesnut colt by Caeruleus out of Cintra, won a first prize of 500 Guineas added and 60 subscriptions of 15 guineas each (equivalent to £181,000 in 2020). Actual first prize was £825. Over round 102%
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 1883 1884 1885