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 1936 Handicap 6 furlongs
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 CORA DEANS S Donoghue Basil Jarvis Sir V Sassoon 7/1
2 SOLERINA P Maher Cottrill Mrs C L MacKean 8/1
3 KINGS GAP T Weston Lambton Major D McCalmont 9/1
4 LAUREAT II S Middleton Whitaker Lord I Churchill 100/6
5 THEIO E Smith Jack Jarvis Sir L Philipps 10/1
6 FLEETFOOT J Crouch Cundell Mrs W Raphael 33/1
7 SIDLEY DEE W Christie Smyth Mr H Smyth 100/7
8 GOLDEN TOI F Fox W Nightingall Mrs G V Wilkinson 33/1
9 ROSEGAIN W Wing Hogg Lord Glanely 33/1
10 LLANARMON M Beary Barthropp Sir A McAlpine 33/1
11 CONSEQUENTIAL P Beasley Higgs Sir C McLeod 33/1
12 ACHTUNG H Wragg T Waugh Lady Ralli 100/7
13 BLACK SPECK W Nevett N Cannon Mr J V Rank 100/8
14 WATER MARTEN A Burns Lambton Mr H M Martineau 33/1
15 SARASON G Richards Blagrave Mr H G Blagrave 100/7
16 BUCKLAND J Sirett Hogg Lord Glanely 100/8
17 THE DENTIST K Robertson T E Leader Mr O V Watney 6/1 fav
18 ANGEL BREAD C Richards Rickards Mr E W Barron 100/6
19 BERKELEY HUNT A Richardson R Day Sir Abe Bailey 33/1
20 FIRST CAST A Sharples Douglas-Pennant Mrs H Sanderson 33/1
21 PENDULUM P Evans T E Leader Major T Bardwell 20/1
22 THE REEVE V Mitchell Digby Mr F W Dennis 33/1
23 LA RUBIA H Curtis Easterbee Mr H K Crum-Ewing 33/1
24 ROYAL SALUTE D Smith Sneyd Sir H Lyons 33/1
25 HIGHLAND TAN J Gilbert J Davis Miss M Keyser 33/1
26 STRATHCARRON R A Jones H Hartigan Captain S R Lord 33/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 19th June 1936 and the winner, a bay filly by Coronach out of Jennie Deans, won a first prize of £1640 (equivalent to £119,000 in 2020). Over round 149%
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 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936