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 1891 Handicap 6 furlongs on New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer/Age/weight Owner
1 RATHBEAL George Chaloner James Jewitt 4-7st 10lbs Captain Machell 9/2 fav
2 LE NORD C Loates Alfred Hayhoe 4-8st 3lbs Baron De Rothschild 20/1
3 RAM LAL Pache James Waugh 4-8st 10lbs Mr Scheibler 33/1
4 TOSTIG G Barrett Morton 4-7st 10lbs Mr G Masterman 10/1
5 DAY DAWN John Osborne Wadlow 4-8st 5lbs Captain H T Fenwick 25/1
6 GALLOPING QUEEN F Barrett Alfred Hayhoe 5-8st 3lbs Leopold De Rothschild 20/1
7 LORD ERNEST Jimmy Woodburn William A Jarvis 6-7st 8lbs Mr Pechy 100/8
8 HILDEBERT J J Griffiths Mathew Dawson 3-7st 4lbs Mr William Cooper 25/1
9 ARTURO Finlay Sherwood 3-7st 3lbs Colonel North 100/6
10 ELGIVA Ibbett Dover 4-7st 2lbs Mr A C Barclay 25/1
11 NOVERRE Colling Sherwood 3-7st 1lbs Colonel O Mantagu 10/1
12 TEDWORTH S Chandley John Porter 4-6st 13lbs HRH Prince of Wales 25/1
13 MISTRAL Madden Richard Marsh 3-6st 11lbs Lord Hartington 100/6
14 PATRICIAN Heckford John Ryan 3-6st 10lbs Mr Douglas Baird 33/1
15 KENTIGERN Cartledge Cowley 3-6st 9lbs Colonel Heyward 100/7
16 BUCCANEER Bradford Mathew Dawson 3-6st 9lbs Lord Rosslyn 20/1
17 CHARM Allsopp G Dawson 3-6st 9lbs Duke of Portland 100/6
18 DUOPHIL J Wall C Lund 3-6st 9lbs Mr S Platt 33/1
19 FONTAINBLEAU C Gray Enoch 4-6st 9lbs Lord Zetland 33/1
20 GRACE CONROY Blake John Porter 3-6st 9lbs Duke of Westminster 9/1
21 CORMANDEL R Chaloner Alec Taylor 4-6st 9lbs Duke of Beaufort 33/1
22 WOOLSTHORPE F Peake Tom Jennings snr 3-6st 6lbs Prince Soltykoff 20/1
23 INSURANCE A Watts Rowe 3-6st 3lbs Mr C J Shrubb 40/1
24 ANTONY W Clayton G Dawson 3-6st 0lb Lord Hastings 66/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 12th June 1891 and the winner, a bay horse by Boulevard, won a first prize of 500 Guineas added and 83 subscriptions of 15 guineas each (equivalent to £227,000 in 2020). Over round 133%
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 1891