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 1910 Handicap 6 furlongs on New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 GALLEOT C Trigg Captain Dewhurst Mr A Bendon 20/1
2 LADY VISTA H Watts Alec Taylor Mr Fairie 25/1
3 MOUNT FELIX J Evans Clement Mr Compton 100/7
4 SLIEVE ROE B Lynham Morton Mr M Fitzgerald 100/6
5 PERSEUS III J H Martin Joyner Mr Whitney 100/7
6 PORTLAND BAY Wal Griggs Morton Mr Jim Joel 4/1
7 SELECTMAN Wil Griggs Joseph Butters Mr R Keene 25/1
8 VIGILANCE C Foy Alf Sadler jnr Mr Alf Stedall 20/1
9 THE TOWER Bernard Dillon Wheeler Mr G Aston 100/7
10 EUDORUS F Wootton Brewer Mr W Clarke 5/2 fav
11 ELMSTEAD J Plant Morton Mr Jim Joel 20/1
12 PESSIMIST A Duller Duller Mr R Tyler 33/1
13 BEN-A-BAHN F Fox F Hartigan Sir P Walker 100/7
14 GOLDEN ROD Steve Donoghue Atty Persse Mrs Morton-Jackson 100/7
15 FORERUNNER II A Escott Batho Mr Bottomley 33/1
16 SANDBATH C Ringstead Davies Mr C Newton 33/1
17 EDWARD Fred Rickaby junior Joe Cannon Mr L Winans 33/1
18 LITTLE LIANE F Brookes H Sadler Mr H Chilcott 33/1
19 THEO BOLD Henri Jelliss Rooney Mr E Dobell 33/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 17th June 1910 and the winner, a chestnut horse by Ocean Wave out of Galingale, won a first prize of 855 sovereigns (equivalent to £104,000 in 2020). Over round 130%
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
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