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 1930 Handicap 6 furlongs
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 GRANDMASTER G Richards Hogg Lord Glanely 5/1 jt fav
2 FINGLE BRIDGE F Lane W Nightingall Mr F T Halse 9/1
3 GUARDS PARADE R Perryman R Day Sir Abe Bailey 100/6
4 SEDIRANDA H Wragg W Earl Mr Solly Joel 33/1
5 MERTON ABBEY R James Pickering Mr J A Dewar 100/8
6 PEGASUS T Lowrey T R Leader Mrs C Beatty 100/8
7 PACHALIK J Childs C Leader Mr J A Phillips 100/6
8 CABALLERO M Wing Walls Mr H E Steel 100/6
9 RATTLIN THE REEFER P Beasley Gilpin Lord Woolavington 15/2
10 ARGUIDE J Dines Boyd-Rochfort Lady Hillingdon 20/1
11 QUEEN'S ORB F Sharpe J Beary Mrs E Wallace 33/1
12 DARK FIRE F Fox C Peck Mr J B Joel 5/1 jt fav
13 KNIGHT ERROR S Wragg Whitaker Sir G Noble 100/7
14 SAINT FORTUNAT S Donoghue O Bell Sir H Cunliffe-Owen 33/1
15 LORD MARCUS C Richards Marsh Sir A Butt 20/1
16 GOLD SEAL T Weston De Mestre Sir W Cooke 20/1
17 ZANY T V Brown Wilmot Miss M Keyser 33/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 20th June 1930 and the winner, a bay horse by Grand Parade out of Verve, won a first prize of 745 sovereigns (equivalent to £39,000 in 2020). Over round 121%
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 1927 1928 1929
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