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 1892 Handicap 6 furlongs on New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer/Age/weight Owner
1 HILDEBERT Bradford Blackwell 4-6st 6lbs Mr Daniel Cooper 10/1
2 CLOUDBERRY R Chaloner Sherwood snr 4-7st 10lbs Colonel O Montagu 28/1
3 RAM LAL Jimmy Woodburn James Waugh 5-7st 7lbs Chevalier Scheibler 9/1
4 JOHN MORGAN C Loates Gubbins (Private) 5-8st 0lbs Mr J Gubbins 25/1
5 PETER FLOWER Rickaby Alf Sadler 4-8st 10lbs Lord Durham 9/2 fav
6 CUTTLESTONE T Weldon Wadlow 4-8st 7lbs Lord Bradford 20/1
7 HIGH COMMISSIONER Morny Cannon Sherwood snr 5-8st 6lbs Colonel North 100/7
8 UNICORN Fagan Richard Marsh 4-8st 2lbs Mr Brodrick-Cloete 20/1
9 WINDGALL G Barrett John Porter 3-8st 2lbs Baron De Hirsch 25/1
10 CONIFER Cawte Williams (Private) 4-8st 1lbs General Owen Williams 25/1
11 WOOLSTHORPE Tomlinsson Gibbons 4-7st 3lbs Prince Soltykoff 100/8
12 MIDDLEHAM Allsopp John Dawson snr 3-7st 8lbs Sir R Jardine 25/1
13 GOSSOON Madden Richard Marsh 3-7st 8lbs Mr Noel Fenwick 50/1
14 JESSAMY Finlay C Lund 4-7st 7lbs Lord Hastings 20/1
15 JODEL J J Griffiths Roser 3-7st 6lbs Sir J Miller 40/1
16 CONACHAR A Watts Alf Sadler 4-7st 4lbs Mr R H Combe 25/1
17 BILL George Chaloner James Jewitt 3-7st 5lbs Mr Warren De La Rue 6/1
18 KENTIGERN J Wall Cowley 4-7st 2lbs Colonel Heyward 50/1
19 SOPHISM G Brown Viney 3-6st 12lbs Mr A Kilsyth 28/1
20 PETARD F Pratt John Ryan 4-6st 10lbs Mr Douglas Baird 25/1
21 WOOLWICH Gough Alec Taylor 3-6st 4lbs Mr Alec Taylor 100/9
22 BACH P Chaloner James Jewitt 3-6st 2lbs Captain Machell 100/7
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 17th June 1892 and the winner, a bay horse by Friar Rush, won a first prize of 500 Guineas added and 88 subscriptions of 15 guineas each (equivalent to £237,000 in 2020). Over round 134%
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 1892