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 1922 Handicap 6 furlongs
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 PROCONSUL A Whalley Cottrill Mrs S Whitburn 25/1
2 BLACK GOWN E Gardner Major Beatty Captain G H Davy 9/1
3 CANTERBURY T Morgan Lowe Mr J Benson 25/1
4 PLATO Lynch P P Gilpin Mr L Neumann 10/1
5 MONARCH Henri Jelliss Walter Earl Sir H Bird 6/1 jt fav
6 POLYDIPSIS J Shatwell De Mestre Mr Solly Joel 10/1
7 IMPERTINENT N Spear J Rhodes Mr W T de Pledge 33/1
8 TETE A TETE G Hulme R Dawson Lord Furness 10/1
9 STRATHLEVEN Steve Donoghue Fred Darling Mr C Bower Ismay 10/1
10 THE NIGHT PATROL Michael Beary Lambton Lord Wolverton 100/9
11 TWO STEP J Brennan Alec Taylor Mr S Tattersall 6/1 jt fav
12 DONATI'S COMET J Doyle Morley Mr J H Peard 33/1
13 STAR GRASS F Fox Moreton Mr J B Joel 33/1
14 SANTAQUEST Harry Wragg Pickering Mr C E H\ay 33/1
15 HASTY MATCH R Grace Pratt Mr J De Rothschild 100/7
16 SUN CHARMER K Robertson J Bell Mrs P Heybourn 20/1
17 STINGO F Bullock Lines Mr W H Dixon 33/1
18 BLAGUEUR A Selley C Leader Sir P Mostyn 33/1
19 KUSU BAY R Perryman D Waugh Major A Gibson 33/1
20 RADIANR RIVER R Jones R Farquharson Mr W H Brice 100/7
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 16th June 1922 and the winner, a chestnut gelding by Valensr out of Altiora, won a first prize of 745 sovereigns (equivalent to £39,000 in 2020). Over round 131%
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 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
1920 1921 1922