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 1912 Handicap 6 furlongs on New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 BORROW J H Martin Joyner Mr Whitney 100/6
2 POOR BOY C Trigg Charles Peck Mr Solly Joel 100/6
3 HIGHWAYSIDE H Robbins William A Jarvis Sir J Kelk 100/9
4 ADIGON A Whalley Sam Pickering Mr G Paton 100/7
5 GRAMMONT Steve Donoghue Fallon Mr W Nelson 9/4 fav
6 DRINMORE E Piper P Hartigan Mr G Edwardes 10/1
7 BRAXTED Fred Winter Leach Sir T Dewar 100/7
8 RECLAME E Huxley Batho Lord Clonmell 33/1
9 LE TOUQUET C Longhurst Alf Sadler jnr Mr H Gamburg 33/1
10 VELOCITER W Buckley Captain Dewhurst Sir C Meyer 33/1
11 LITTLE LIANE T Barber Bullock Mr H W Chilcott 33/1
12 MELEAGER Wal Griggs Peter Gilpin Mr L Neumann 100/12
13 SHORT GRASS C Foy Captain Dewhurst Mr G A Prentice 25/1
14 VESTA A Duller Sam Darling Mr J Buchanan 100/8
15 RADIANCY Seymour Morton Mr Jim Joel 20/1
16 PRESTER JACK E Wheatley F Hartigan Mr R Mills 33/1
17 ST FELICIEN Fred Rickaby George Lambton Lord Derby 20/1
18 ZEBRE F Herbert Cundell Mr Skoien 20/1
19 GALLEOT Henri Jelliss Carter Mr F Egerton 20/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 21st June 1912 and the winner, a bay gelding by Hamburg out of Forget, won a first prize of 900 sovereigns (equivalent to £105,000 in 2020). Over round 133%
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 1912