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 1926 Handicap 6 furlongs
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 CAPTURE HIM J Thwaites F Archer Lord Glanely 20/1
2 MARTENAX R Perryman Peacock Sir E Tate 100/8
3 ETHNARCH C Elliott Jack Jarvis Sir G Bullough 100/8
4 SNIP SNAP J Caldwell F Darling Lord Lonsdale 7/1
5 VESINGTON STAR M Wing Ireland Mr Duggan 100/14
6 NILOAK A Berry Cundell Mr J W Sharples 100/7
7 FIELD ARGENT Steve Donoghue Cottrill Mrs S Whitburn 100/6
8 SILENT GUARD C Richards Hogg Mr G Hardy 100/6
9 HERBALIST T Weston Lambton Mrs Arthur James 100/6
10 SWEET ROCKET G Walsh Pickering Lord Londonderry 20/1
11 DODDER H Leach W Earl Mr Solly Joel 20/1
12 HOPE Carr H Leader Mr B Cohen 20/1
13 PURPLE SHADE H Beasley Easterbee Mrs Bancroft 20/1
14 HELIASTAR A Burns Platt Sir W Cooke 20/1
15 SILVER MUSE F Dempsey Johnson Lt-Colonel Johnson 20/1
16 COMPILER J Kirby Nugent Mr L Schaverein 22/1
17 FRANCIS JOSEPH W McLachlan Boyd-Rochfort Mr M Field 22/1
18 SUNSTONE M Beary Reg Day Sir Abe Bailey 25/1
19 EQUATOR B Carslake Farquharson Sir D Broughton 25/1
20 NOTHING VENTURE F Lane Leach snr Mr J B Jardine 25/1
21 SUNNY SOUTH J Marshall Braime Mr J Benson 25/1
22 DELMARGARRY J Childs F Hartigan Mr Thompson 25/1
23 EDWINA W Alford France Lt-Col Birkin 25/1
24 L'AINE W Task Wootton Mrs T Carthew 25/1
25 PANDARUS D Morris R Colling Lt-Col Carruthers 25/1
26 FRENCH KISS P Donoghue Sherwood Captain Homfray 25/1
27 ROMANY RYE A Orme Basil Jarvis Mr J P Hornung 25/1
28 FIDDLE K Robertson J Watson Mr A De Rothschild 25/1
29 AIM HIGH Barber Wilmot Mr L Wilson 25/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 18th June 1926 and the winner, a bay gelding by Captivation out of Himalaya, won a first prize of 745 sovereigns (equivalent to £39,000 in 2020). Over round 165%
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 1923 1924 1925 1926