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 1908 Handicap 6 furlongs on New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer/Age/weight Owner
1 PORTLAND BAY Wal Griggs Morton 4-8st 2lbs Mr J B Joel 100/8
2 MORNY W Higgs Clements aged-7st 13lbs Mr F Cobb 100/6
3 MAUPAS W Broadwood Sam Darling 3-6st 12lbs Lord Ilchester 100/7
4 FRENCH PARTRIDGE J Plant Peter Gilpin 3-7st 4lbs Major Eustace Loder 20/1
5 ONADI HALFA L Lyne Hornsby 4-8st 5lbs Mr A Spalding 33/1
6 LORD CARTON H Pike George Chaloner 4-7st 10lbs Lord Carnarvon 100/6
7 BILLIDERE G Torterolo W Waugh 4-7st 10lbs Mr G D Smith 6/1
8 DESMOND'S PRIDE W Every Peebles 4-7st 10lbs Mr W Rankin 100/8
9 SAGAMORE Will Griggs D Waugh 4-7st 11lbs Mr W Raphael 20/1
10 QUEENIE V J H Martin Blackwell 4-7st 9lbs Baron Meyer De Rothschild 20/1
11 THE WELKIN R Jones Richard Marsh 4-7st 9lbs Lord Wolverton 20/1
12 LORD HASTY Steve Donoghue Peebles 4-7st 9lbs Mrs Sadler-Jackson 10/1
13 TWELVEBORE C Heckford Clements 6-7st 6lbs Mr S Hill-Wood 100/6
14 LITTLEDALE R Crisp Tom Leader 3-7st 5lb Lord Sefton 100/7
15 MALHEUR C Escott Lewis 3-7st 3lbs Mr A P Cunliffe 9/1
16 ALBERT HALL E Sadgrove F Lambton 5-7st 2lbs Sir Ernest Cassel 20/1
17 PETUAL C Ringstead Captain Dewhurst 4-6st 13lbs Lord Cardogan 20/1
18 JOVIAL H East T Waugh 4-6st 9lbs Sir R W B Jardine 33/1
19 SOLAR SYSTEM F Wootton Farquharson 3-6st 3lbs Lord Westbury 5/1 fav
20 JEDDAH filly J Evans Sanderson jnr 3-6st 0lbs Mr J W Larnach 33/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 19th June 1908 and the winner, a brown colt by Bill of Portland out of Little Primrose, won a first prize of 1070 sovereigns (equivalent to £133,000 in 2020). Over round 136%
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 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908