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 1894 Handicap 6 furlongs on New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer/Age/weight Owner
1 OATLANDS Madden Richard Marsh 4-7st 1lbs Duke of Devonshire 100/7
2 RANALD MCEAGH G Brown Tom Leader 4-7st 7lbs Mr C J F Fawcett 100/6
3 ROYAL MASK Allsopp John Dawson snr 4-6st 13lbs Mr Wallace Johnstone 100/7
4 PAPRIKA Herbert Toon Blackwell 3-6st 7lbs Mr Daniel Cooper 20/1
5 PITCHER Sam Loates Tom Leader 4-7st 8lbs Mr C J F Fawcett 11/2
6 WOOLSTHORPE Jimmy Woodburn C Waugh 6-7st 4lbs Prince Soltykoff 100/6
7 LADY HERMIT Rumbold Sherwood jnr 5-7st 3lbs Colonel North 40/1
8 GO LIGHTLY Huxtable James Jewitt 3-7st 2lbs Mr James Jewitt 100/8
9 WHISPERER S Chandley James Jewitt 5-6st 12lbs Mr H McCalmont 100/15
10 MILFORD Trundley Sam Pickering 4-6st 12lbs Mr Jersey 40/1
11 ACROBAT Faulkner Golding 5-6st 10lbs M R Labaundy 33/1
12 SARANA J Wall James Waugh 3-6st 10lbs Lord Cadogan 25/1
13 KENTIGERN E Hunt Cowley 6-6st 10lbs Colonel Heyward 66/1
14 INFERNO W Pratt G Dawson 4-6st 10lbs Lord Londonderry 25/1
15 FLARE-UP Cawte George Lambton 4-6st 9lbs Lord Derby 33/1
16 BEGGARS OPERA Kendall Joseph Day 3-6st 8lbs Mr Manton 100/7
17 LORD GEORGE Horan Martin Gurry aged-6st 6lbs Sir J Miller 50/1
18 PHILANTHROPIST F Wood William A Jarvis 4-6st 5lbs Mr W M Redfern 100/7
19 PROFIT H Chaloner John Porter 4-6st 3lbs Mr W Low 40/1
20 MISS HOYDEN Pope G Dawson 3-6st 3lbs Lord Houghton 25/1
21 ILIUM Kelly Sherwood snr 3-6st 1lb Lord Dunraven 50/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 22nd June 1894 and the winner, a bay horse by George Frederick, won a first prize of 500 Guineas added and 68 subscriptions of 15 guineas each (equivalent to £198,000 in 2020). Over round 113%
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 1893 1894