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 1897 Handicap 6 furlongs on New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer/Age/weight Owner
1 EL DIABLO C Wood Platt aged-7st 10lbs Mr Martin D Rucker 7/1
2 FOSTON Dunn W Stevens 3-6st 1lbs Mr H J Higham 10/1
3 CHASSEURE Otto Madden Jimmy Ryan 5-7st 8lbs Mr John Ryan 7/2 fav
4 AMANDIER Morny Cannon Joseph Hayhoe aged-8st 4lbs Baron De Rothschild 5/1
5 THE TARTAR Calder Peace 5-8st 0lbs Sir J Thursby 100/7
6 WISHARD Sam Loates Golding 4-7st 10lbs M R Lebaudy 20/1
7 TITARE R Jones Richard Marsh 3-7st 2lbs Lord Wolverton 25/1
8 SUPPLIANT S Chandley Sherrard 4-6st 12lbs Mr D Seymour 100/8
9 AMBERITE J Sharples Webb 4-6st 13lbs Mr Jersey 25/1
10 ZARABANDA Kempton Cannon John Porter 3-6st 13lbs Lord Alington 100/6
11 FUNNY BOAT Herbert Toon Tom Chaloner 4-6st 13lbs Mr E Courage 100/12
12 AUREUS Robinson Gibbons 4-6st 12lbs Prince Soltykoff 7/1
13 KOSMOS Ballington Robinson 4-6st 10lbs Mr W J Goulding 25/1
14 REMEMBER ME Colledge Leader John Dawson snr 5-6st 10lbs Mr Wallace Johnstone 25/1
15 FULL ARMOUR G F Leader Walters jnr 4-6st 10lbs Lord Rosebery 25/1
16 ARDVOURLIE A Cannon Joe Cannon 4-6st 9lbs Sir S Scott 25/1
17 LITERATURE Newton Tom Jennings jnr 4-6st 7lbs Mr Tom Jennings jnr 25/1
18 ST NICHOLAS Herbert Jones Richard Marsh 3-6st 7lbs HRH Prince of Wales 100/6
19 PRIVADO J Hunt Bates 3-6st 1lbs Mr G Brewer 25/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 18th June 1897 and the winner, a bay horse by Robert The Devil, won a first prize of 500 Guineas added and 59 subscriptions of 15 guineas each (equivalent to £180,000 in 2020). Over round 148%
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 1896 1897