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 1914 Handicap 6 furlongs on New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer/Age/weight Owner
1 MOUNT WILLIAM E Gardner R J Farquharson Mr R J Farquharson 100/7
2 MERCUTIO C Trigg Joe Cannon Mr C Hibbert 100/7
3 LORD ANNANDALE E Huxley D Waugh Mr Walter Raphael 25/1
4 RADIANT W Huxley C Morton Mr J B Joel 100/7
5 HARMONICON J H Martin A Joyner Mr H P Whitney 9/1
6 BRAXTED J Clark Rogers Sit T Dewar 5/1 fav
7 SANTAIR F Bullock W Jarvis Sir J Kelk 25/1
8 PRUE E Wheatley F Pratt Lord Rosebery 25/1
9 BUGLER F Herbert C Waugh Mr W McEnery 25/1
10 NEVILLE HOLT J Prout Rhodes Mr P Broome 100/7
11 SAN STEFANO H Chaloner W Jarvis jnr Mr G Robinson 100/6
12 CYKLON Morny Wing France Count Lehndorff 33/1
13 ARDIGON Steve Donoghue Pickering Mr C T Garland 100/7
14 IRON DUKE J Plant Sentence Mr R Mills 20/1
15 MATTER J Ledson W Halsey Sir Ernest Cassel 33/1
16 HONEYWOOD H Robbins Charles Peck Mr Solly Joel 10/1
17 ELGON R Stokes W T Robinson Mr C Bower Ismay 100/7
18 LONELY LADY W Beasley Captain Dewhurst Mr H Edwards 33/1
19 DROPWORT Cooper C Waugh Mr J Austen 33/1
20 CAMBYSES McKenna R Dawson Lord Carnarvon 100/7
21 SIMILE J Taylor S H Darling Sir S Scott 33/1
22 AURIET K Robertson Walter Nighingall Mr I Wheatcroft 33/1
23 PERANNUM Dave Dick George Lambton Mr F Stobart 100/8
24 TOMMY HOP P Allden Bullock Mr H Chilcott 33/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 19th June 1914 and the winner, a brown colt by General Symons out of Prised, won a first prize of 905 sovereigns (equivalent to £107,000 in 2020). Over round 140%
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 1913 1914