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 1931 Handicap 6 furlongs
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 HERONSLEA J Taylor Peacock Mr W R Smith 100/30 fav
2 TOMMY ATKINS R A Jones H Leach Mr W T Sears 100/7
3 LANSDOWNE G Richards Hogg Lord Glanely 100/8
4 SEDIRANDA B Rook W Earl Mr Walter Earl 33/1
5 SISTER CLOVER R Dick Molony Mr C Wadia 8/1
6 XANDOVER C Elliott B Jarvis Mr J Schwob 5/1
7 KING BALDWIN A Burns Larkin Mrs E Wallace 33/1
8 GARELOCH W Nevett Jack Jarvis Captain G Lockett 100/6
9 PACHALIK R Perryman C Leader Mr J A Phillips 50/1
10 FARA J Dines Lambton Lord Derby 33/1
11 TO YOU C Ray De Mestre Mr J Shepherd 100/8
12 POOR LAD H Wragg O Bell Sir H Cunliffe-Owen 100/9
13 GOODWOOD PARK S Donoghue Gilpin Lord Woolavington 33/1
14 UNLIKELY C Richards F Hartigan Baron F De Tuyll 9/1
15 KNIGHT OF THE VALE F Fox Whitaker Lord Abergavenny 100/7
16 PARCHMENT II K Robertson Atty Persse Mr H S Persse 20/1
17 POT-POURRI A Smirke F Darling Lord Woolavington 50/1
18 OH FOR A MONOCLE F Rickaby Wal Griggs Sir C Pulley 100/7
19 SEGESTA Lynch Gilbert Com. J W McCowen 50/1
20 SARDANA W Alford Pratt Mr J A De Rothschild 33/1
21 POLYPHONTA F Sharpe Sneyd Lady V Henderson 33/1
22 TANKARD C Dowdall C Waugh Mr J S Austen 50/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 19th June 1931 and the winner, a chestnut horse by Bachelor's Double out of Dinah Desmond, won a first prize of 745 sovereigns (equivalent to £39,000 in 2020). Over round 144%
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
1930 1931