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 1895 Handicap 6 furlongs on New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer/Age/weight Owner
1 HEBRON W Clayton James Jewitt 4-7st 1lbs Mr C J Blake 100/14
2 RED HEART Morny Cannon Charles Peck 3-8st 5lbs Colonel North 100/12
3 OATLANDS Calder Lynham 5-8st 4lbs Mr M M Lebaudy 6/1
4 CLWYD G Brown Charles Peck 4-8st 1lbs Colonel North 25/1
5 AMANDIER Tommy Loates Joseph Hayhoe aged-8st 1lbs Baron De Rothschild 4/1 fav
6 PITCHER C Loates Tom Leader 5-8st 4lbs Mr C J F Fawcett 100/6
7 UNDECIDED Allsopp Vasey 4-7st 12lbs Mr W Newton 100/6
8 PAPRIKA Sam Loates Blackwell 4-7st 5lbs Mr Daniel Cooper 100/8
9 NORTHSHAMPTON K Cannon Sherwood jnr 4-7st 1lbs Colonel North 33/1
10 SANTA ZITA Cawte Inge 4-7st 0lbs Mr S H Hewitt 33/1
11 ARIETTE Herbert Toon Martin Gurry 3-7st 0lbs Mr J B Miller 20/1
12 SOUVENIR II Grimshaw Tom Jennings jnr 4-6st 10lbs Mr Tom Jennings jnr 20/1
13 BLOODTHIRSTY Newman Ashby 4-6st 10lbs Mr Hamar Bass 100/8
14 KISSING CUP H Chaloner John Porter 3-6st 10lbs Duke of Westminster 10/1
15 WHISTON Gould James Waugh 3-6st 5lbs Mr Dobell 11/2
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 21st June 1895 and the winner, a bay horse by Kilwarlin, won a first prize of 500 Guineas added and 79 subscriptions of 15 guineas each (equivalent to £219,000 in 2020). Over round 132%
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 1895