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 1886 Handicap 6 furlongs on New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer/Age/weight Owner
1 LOVED ONE Wilton Alec Taylor 3-7st 0lbs Mr Manton 7/1
2 LUMINARY G Barrett John Porter 4-7st 13lbs Sir F Johnstone 100/7
3 FEDORA J Morrell Barratt 4-7st 8lbs Mr H W Kingsbury 100/7
4 HAMBLETONIAN Charles Wood Sherrard 5-8st 13lbs General Owen Williams 25/1
5 CORUNNA W Lashmar George Bloss 6-8st 4lbs Lord Hartington 20/1
6 CRAFTON Tom Cannon James Jewitt 4-8st 7lbs Mr Gerard 100/9
7 DALMENY E Martin Martin 6-8st 1lbs Mr F Morton 9/2 fav
8 JACOBITE C Loates Joe Cannon 3-8st 1lbs Mr Michael Ephrussi 50/1
9 CAIRO Alsopp Humphreys 4-7st 3lbs Mr F W Browne 100/3
10 DOUBLOON A H Booty John Ryan 3-7st 7lbs Mr Douglas Baird 100/7
11 ORDOVIX F Barrett Cowley 5-7st 6lbs Colonel Hayward 100/6
12 DEBENTURE W Robinson Tom Cannon 4-7st 3lbs Mr D Henty 50/1
13 LISBON A White Sherrard 3-7st 2lbs General Owen Williams 100/6
14 AUGHRIM Jimmy Woodburn Hopper 3-7st 2lbs Colonel J Lloyd 20/1
15 ARUNDEL J E Tomlinsson William Goater 3-6st 13lbs Mr G Lambert 100/3
16 WHITELOCK J Wall Wadlow 5-6st 12lbs Lord Bradford 100/15
17 JOHNNY WHIMPLE C Dunn John Dawson snr 3-7st 0lbs Sir R Jardine 50/1
18 THE BEAU Blake Alf Sadler 3-6st 4lbs Mr R H Combe 100/3
19 ESHER Glover John Dawson snr 3-6st 8lbs Mr A Benholme 100/12
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 11th June 1886 and the winner, a brown colt by See Saw out of Pilgrimage, won a first prize of 500 Guineas added and 67 subscriptions of 15 guineas each (equivalent to £204,000 in 2020). Over round 128%
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 1886