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 1911 Handicap 6 furlongs on New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer/Age/weight Owner
1 MELEAGER J Evans Peter Gilpin 3-7st 6lbs Mr L Neumann 20/1
2 GALLEOT Will Griggs Carter aged-8st 3lbs Mr F Egerton 10/1
3 NEW CASTLE II J H Martin Joyner 4-7st 7lbs Mr Whitney 7/1 jt fav
4 VESTA G Walsh Robinson 3-6st 8lbs Mr J Buchanan 20/1
5 BRAXTED Fred Rickaby junior Leach 3-7st 7lbs Sir T Dewar 10/1
6 GREY SPINNER A Bowley Peebles 3-6st 6lbs Sir W Cooke 33/1
7 SANGAREE C Hamshaw Pirie 3-6st 0lbs Mr J Grisewood 20/1
8 SENSELESS C Trigg Joseph Butters 6-8st 6lbs Major G McLaughlin 20/1
9 LITTLE LIANE R Dawson H Sadler 4-6st 4lbs Mr H Chilcott 20/1
10 POOR BOY Danny Maher Charles Peck 6-8st 10lbs Mr Solly Joel 100/8
11 PERSISM E Calder H Sadler 3-6st 12lbs Sir J Barker 33/1
12 MATELOT W Huxley P Hartigan 4-6st 13lbs Mr G Edwardes 10/1
13 CORNSTALK filly R Stokes George Lambton 3-6st 4lbs Mr Arthur James 100/6
14 DESESPOIR Henri Jelliss Joe Cannon aged-7st 6lb Mr H Gottschalk 25/1
15 FALAISE II Steve Donoghue Alec Taylor 4-7st 6lbs M M Calmann 7/1 jt fav
16 PORTLAND BAY Walter Earl F Hunt aged-8st 7lbs Mr Colley 10/1
17 MAIDEN AUNT J Plant Ray 4-7st 2lbs Sir Abe Bailey 20/1
18 LOWLANDER A Whalley Farquharson 3-7st 0lbs Mr R Farquharson 20/1
19 BEN ALDER C Ringstead T Waugh 3-6st 7lbs Sir R Jardine 33/1
20 BAD OURA G Pullin Watson 3-6st 2lbs Leopold De Rothschild 20/1
21 FOOT GUARD C Longhurst Robinson 3-6st 0lbs Lady De Bathe 33/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 16th June 1911 and the winner, a bay colt by Eager out of Mesange, won a first prize of 860 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
1910 1911