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 1889 Handicap 6 furlongs on New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer/Age/weight Owner
1 BRET HARTE F Peake Golding 3-6st 2lbs Mr G Cleveland 100/12
2 JOHNNY MORGAN G Barrett G Dawson 4-7st 10lbs Duke of Portland 8/1
3 VERACITY T Calder Weever 5-8st 1lbs Mr W J Legh 6/1
4 THE REJECTED Rickaby A Day 5-8st 13lbs Mr J O'Neill 100/6
5 HAWTHORNE Tommy Loates John Dawson snr 5-8st 9lbs Sir R Jardine 100/6
6 DEUCE OF CLUBS Liddiard Jousiffe 6-8st 9lbs Mr C J Merry 100/12
7 GERVAS Jimmy Woodburn Sherwood 5-8st 1lbs Mr F Lawson 8/1
8 LISBON Sam Loates Martin Gurry 6-8st 0lbs Mr P Renfrew 20/1
9 CASTLENOCK Allsopp Sherwood 5-7st 10lbs Mr H McCalmont 25/1
10 MARTLEY J Wall Wadlow 5-7st 8lbs Mr F Douglas 7/1
11 WHITELEGS Morny Cannon Olding 4-7st 5lbs Mr D Henty 5/1 fav
12 ADMIRAL BENBOW R Chaloner A Day 4-7st 2lbs Captain F Mosenthal 20/1
13 PORLOCK Bradbury Tom Jennings jnr 3-6st 8lbs Mr J A Craven 100/7
14 HARPAGON Hibbert Sherrard 4-5st 10lbs General Owen Williams 11/1
15 HUNT THE SLIPPER C Grey Alec Taylor 3-5st 12lbs Duke of Beaufort 40/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 21st June 1889 and the winner, a bay colt by Speculum out of Rent Day, won a first prize of 500 Guineas added and 82 subscriptions of 15 guineas each (equivalent to £224,000 in 2020). Actual first prize was £845. 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 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889