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 1902 Handicap 6 furlongs on New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer/Age/weight Owner
1 HIS LORDSHIP J H Watts Morton 3-6st 6lbs Mr J B Joel 100/7
2 PAPDALE Dixon Rooney 5-7st 3lbs Mr T Southall 100/9
3 PINDAR Matthews Tom Leader 6-6st 9lbs Mr E Carlton 20/1
4 COSSACK Danny Maher Blackwell 4-8st 11lbs Sir James Miller 100/6
5 WATERSHED Morny Cannon Major Beatty 4-8st 10lbs Lord Howard De Walden 25/1
6 O'DONOVAN ROSSA W Halsey Davies 5-8st 6lbs Mr A M Singer 20/1
7 MAUVEZIN Jenkins Grensil 6-8st 4lbs Lord Carnarvon 7/1
8 BRIDGE Randall Davies 6-8st 1lbs Mr A M Singer 100/8
9 SERINGAPATAM R Moss Reg Day 6-7st 11lbs Sir Edgar Vincent 25/1
10 MELLTE C Loates jnr McCall 5-7st 8lbs Mr G G Tod 25/1
11 INDIAN CORN Knott Peebles 5-7st 4lbs Mr Forton 100/7
12 JUBERT J H Martin Leigh 3-7st 9lbs Mr Frank Gardner 10/1
13 VATEL W Lane Alfred Hayhoe aged-7st 7lbs Leopold De Rothschild 6/1 fav
14 THE RAFT Sam Loates John Porter 5-7st 5lbs Mr George Faber 100/7
15 REINE DES FLEURS Johnny Reiff Caillault (France)4-7st 4lbs M Maurice Caillault 100/7
16 PORTCULLIS Joe Childs H Sadler 4-7st 2lbs Mr L Brassey 100/7
17 KEARSAGE M Aylin Leach 3-7st 0lbs Mr James R Keene 25/1
18 BROADWAY Gibson Webb 3-6st 13lbs Mr H Heasman 25/1
19 ROYAL RIVER F Hardy H Chandler 4-6st 11lb Mr A Cohen 100/7
20 MARSHCRESS Smyth Tom Cannon jnr 4-6st 2lbs Mr Tom Cannon 25/1
21 CHICANE Miller Leach 4-6st 2lbs Mr H J King 25/1
22 ST QUINTIN Bray Blackwell 3-6st 7lbs Lord Cadogan 7/1
23 SCOTTISH ARCHER Large George Chaloner 3-6st 1lb Mr George Chaloner 25/1
24 BREAD KNIFE gelding Griggs Sherwood jnr 3-6st olb Sir R Waldie-Griffith 25/1
25 ICON Plant T Sherwood 3-5st 9lbs Mr M Pizzey 25/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 20th June 1902 and the winner, a bay colt by Ayrshire out of Eunita, won a first prize of 950 sovereigns (equivalent to £118,000 in 2020). Over round 162%
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 1902