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 1890 Handicap 6 furlongs on New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer/Age/weight Owner
1 DAY DAWN Bradford Wadlow 3-6st 0lbs Mr H T Fenwick 100/6
2 MISS DOLLAR A White C Archer 4-7st 7lbs Mr J W Smith 7/2 fav
3 LACTANTIUS Jimmy Woodburn Alfred Hayhoe 3-7st 9lbs Leopold De Rothschild 100/7
4 BEL DEMONIO Bradbury William A Jarvis 3-7st 2lbs Mr C D Rose 100/8
5 BULLION Blake Olding 5-6st 10lbs Mr W Smith 6/1
6 MARVEL Sam Loates C Archer 3-7st 9lbs Lord Hartington 100/9
7 ST SYMPHORIEN John Watts James Waugh 5-9st 5lbs Mr John Hammond 20/1
8 WISE MAN Allsopp John Dawson snr 5-8st 9lbs Sir R Jardine 33/1
9 MONSIEUR DE PARIS G Barrett Richard Marsh aged-8st 0lbs Lord Dudley 20/1
10 SURBITON Liddiard Sherwood 5-8st 0lbs Lord Howe 20/1
11 IDDESLEIGH Morny Cannon Humphreys 4-7st 13lbs Colonel North 100/11
12 LISTEN Tommy Loates Golding 4-7st 2lbs Mr Henry Milner 10/1
13 POET LAUREATE W Wood William Goater 4-7st 1lbs Mr William Goater 25/1
14 CARRICK Falloon John Ryan 3-7st 0lbs Mr J H Houldsworth 100/1
15 LIGHTFOOT George Chaloner Percy Peck 3-6st 12lbs Mr Blundell Maple 25/1
16 BENA Colling John Porter 3-6st 9lbs Lord Alington 40/1
17 JOHN MORGAN J Wall Wood 3-6st 6lbs Mr John Legh 40/1
18 L'ABBE MORIN C Gray Hopper 3-6st 4lbs Mr H Mann 40/1
19 SEA SONG H Skelton Adams aged-6st 3lbs Mr R Moncreiffe 25/1
20 SPOTTED BEAUTY R Chaloner Alec Taylor 3-6st 2lbs Mr F Murray 66/1
21 PINK PEARL Madden G Dawson 3-6st 1lbs Lord Hastings 25/1
22 SWALLOW-TAIL A Watts Adams 3-6st 0lbs Mr R Sneyd 100/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 20th June 1890 and the winner, a bay colt by Muncaster, won a first prize of 500 Guineas added and 65 subscriptions of 15 guineas each (equivalent to £192,000 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 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889
1890