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 1900 Handicap 6 furlongs on New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer/Age/weight Owner
1 BRIDGE J H Martin William Halsey 4-7st 12lbs Mr W H Pawson 7/1
2 VATEL Tommy Loates Watson 5-7st 5lbs Leopold De Rothschild 7/1
3 DIEUDOUNE Morny Cannon Richard Marsh 5-8st 6lbs Duke of Devonshire 100/15
4 GOOD LUCK Kempton Cannon James Waugh 6-8st 5lbs Mr A F Basset 7/2 fav
5 WATERHEN Fred Rickaby Peter Gilpin 6-8st 2lbs Mr L Neumann 20/1
6 BOURTON HILL E Rigby Fallon 4-8st 2lbs Captain Forester 100/8
7 MASTER WILLIE C Sloan H Chandler 6-7st 9lbs Mr F Stokes 20/1
8 CANDELARIA Allsopp J Wood 5-7st 9lbs Mr George Faber 25/1
9 LEISURE HOUR F Finlay G Platt 6-7st 7lbs Prince Soltykoff 20/1
10 BEWITCHMENT Sam Loates John Dawson jnr 4-7st 5lbs Mr E Melly 100/6
11 HARROW Otto Madden John Dawson jnr 4-7st 2lbs Mr Wallace Johnstone 100/6
12 MYAKKA Johnny Reiff Huggins 3-7st 1lbs Lord W Beresford 100/6
13 STAR OF HANOVER Dalton C Hunt 5-7st 1lbs Mr J S Curtis 100/6
14 THE WYVERN Tod Sloan George Chaloner 5-7st 1lbs Mr J B Leigh 6/1
15 LONDON W Lane Blackwell 4-6st 10lbs Mr A L Duncan 25/1
16 CARBINIA Vetter Wadlow 3-6st 5lbs Mr Leonard Cohen 25/1
17 LOCASTA S Clemson Sherwood jnr 3-6st 5lbs Captain J G R Homfray 25/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 15th June 1900 and the winner, a chesnut colt by Deuce of Clubs out of Ionia, won a first prize of 865 sovereigns (equivalent to £107,000 in 2020). Over round 128%
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 1898 1899
1900