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 1901 Handicap 6 furlongs on New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer/Age/weight Owner
1 ROSE TREE C Thorpe Corrigan 5-7st 9lbs Mr E Corrigan 33/1
2 NEWTOWN H Aylin George Chaloner 3-6st 1lbs Mr J D Wardell 100/6
3 SPECTRUM Lester Reiff Huggins 5-8st 8lbs Mr W C Whitney 4/1
4 SPRING HARE G McCall Hornsby 4-7st 3lbs Mr J Rowson 100/7
5 BRIDGE Kempton Cannon Davis 5-8st 10lbs Mr W H Pawson 3/1 fav
6 LORD EARNEST Danny Maher Blackwell 5-8st 7lbs Mr C S Newton 100/7
7 DISUDOUNE Morny Cannon Richard Marsh 5-8st 6lbs Duke of Devonshire 10/1
8 LITTLE EVA Otto Madden J Powney 6-7st 13lbs Captain F C Bald 100/7
9 MAZEPPA C Cannon Tom Cannon jnr 5-7st 12lbs Mr S B Joel 33/1
10 CRARAE J Dalton Major Beatty 4-7st 10lbs Colonel H McCalmont 20/1
11 LE BLIZON J Hare Batho 5-7st 9lbs Mr J Hare 100/6
12 PETRIDGE Sam Loates W Waugh 4-7st 6lbs Sir J Blundell Maple 20/1
13 ORCHID Johnny Reiff Leach 3-7st 5lbs Mr H J King 8/1
14 WATER LILY Fred Darling Sam Darling 3-6st 12lbs Captain Greer 100/8
15 LEISURE HOUR T Broom G Platt 6-7st 2lbs Prince Soltykoff 33/1
16 STERIA W Buchanan Reg Day aged-7st 3lbs Sir Edgar Vincent 33/1
17 KILCHERAN W Lane William A Jarvis 3-7st 0lbs Mr J B Joel 33/1
18 SIMON GLOVER R Moss Davis 3-6st 13lbs Mr Murray Griffiths 100/6
19 MIRANDE T Heppell Goodwin 3-6st 1lb M Ephrussi 100/6
20 RISBY Joe Childs Tom Jennings jnr 4-6st 0lbs Mr J Reiss 100/8
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 21st June 1901 and the winner, a bay filly by Bona Vista out of Fanny Rolf, won a first prize of 950 sovereigns (equivalent to £118,000 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 1901