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 1909 Handicap 6 furlongs on New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer/Age/weight Owner
1 PORTLAND BAY Wal Griggs C Morton 5-8st 2lbs Mr J B Joel 8/1
2 SENSELESS J Evans Joseph Butters 4-6st 6lbs Major MacLaughlin 100/7
3 FALLEN ANGEL C Trigg Captain Dewhurst 4-7st 5lbs Lord Savile 6/1
4 BAY RONALD filly A Escott Sam Darling 3-6st 2lbs Sir S Scott 20/1
5 JACK SNIP W Higgs Sam Darling 4-8st 5lbs Lord Ilchester 9/1
6 POOR BOY F Wootton Charles Peck 4-8st 1lbs Mr Solly Joel 7/2 fav
7 BABY WOLF J H Martin Joyner 5-8st 1lbs Mr H P Whitney 100/7
8 HANOVER SQUARE C Heckford Joe Dawson 6-7st 9lbs Lord Ellesmere 33/1
9 MORNY W Williams J Clement aged-7st 9lbs Mr F Cobb 8/1
10 BILLY THE VERGER W Broadwood Rooney 5-7st 8lbs Mr R B Dobell 100/6
11 GALLAS H Stokes Peter Gilpin 3-7st 7lbs Mr L Neumann 20/1
12 PADDINGTON R Keeble Tom Jennings jnr 6-7st 7lbs Captain Laing 20/1
13 LESTER JIM W Earl W Waugh 5-7st 4lbs Mr Astor 33/1
14 SLIEVE ROE J Plant Morton 4-7st 4lb Mr M Fitzgerald 100/7
15 DAMAGE C Ringstead Sherwood jnr 4-7st 2lbs Mr J B Thorneycroft 33/1
16 EDWARD H Watts Joe Cannon 3-7st 11lbs Mr L Winane 33/1
17 BUCKWHEAT W Lea R C Dawson 3-7st 1lbs Mr C S Donnelly 33/1
18 CANONITE H Robbins Lewis 3-7st 1lbs Mr A P Cunliffe 20/1
19 OLD NICE S Wootton Holt 5-6st 3lbs Mr G A Ripley 33/1
20 ALLEGRETTO H East Robinson 3-6st 3lbs Mr T B Miller 33/1
21 PINEHEAD F Brookes 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 18th June 1909 and the winner, a brown horse by Bill of Portland out of Little Primrose, won a first prize of 855 sovereigns (equivalent to £104,000 in 2020). Over round 139%
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 1909