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 1937 Handicap 6 furlongs
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 KONG F Sharpe N Scobie Sir C Hyde 33/1
2 NAKOMIS P Maher Victor Gilpin Mr G H Fairhurst 25/1
3 COUVERT W Sibbritt Blagrave Mr H G Blagrave 10/1
4 CONSTELLATE H Wragg O Bell Sir H Cunliffe-Owen 11/2 fav
5 THE DRUMMER D Smith Carr Mr W Carr 13/2
6 OVERCOAT T Lowrey Bisgood Mr Applethwaite 100/7
7 KINDERSCOUT E Smith Brodie Mrs C Smith 100/8
8 MORMOND HILL V Mitchell Lambton Major H T Barclay 25/1
9 KYLES OF MINARD A Burns Stedall Mr J C Denison-Pender 33/1
10 PUZZLER W Rickaby T E Leader Major Bardwell 100/6
11 PAUL BEG H Gunn Easterby Lord Milton 100/6
12 KING'S GAP B Carslake Lambton Major D McCalmont 100/9
13 RED GARTER M Beary Persse Lord Sefton 10/1
14 BALLYWELLBROKE T Hawcroft R Adams Mr H R Mosenthal 100/6
15 HENRY THE FIFTH T Weston Cottrill Sir Abe Bailey 33/1
16 MARMADUKE JINKS P Evans H Peacock Mrs C B Robinson 50/1
17 SIDLEY DEE H Packham Smyth Mr H Smyth 50/1
18 LORDLING G Richards C Pratt Mr J Hart 100/8
19 ANGEL BREAD N Whiteside Lynes Mr G A Monkhouse 50/1
20 EMPIRE GLORY J Sirett Hogg Lord Glanely 100/6
21 COVENANTER C Richards F Darling Mr J A Dewar 100/8
22 BRAEMAR K Robertson Dale Lord John Hope 33/1
23 CONSEQUENTIAL W Christie F Armstrong Mrs H Levinstein 20/1
24 ALDWYCH A Richardson W Jarvis Lord Harewood 33/1
25 FLEETFOOT H Blackshaw R Adams Mrs W Raphael 50/1
26 BYDAND W Wing D Rogers Mr H Gordon 50/1
27 CARNIVAL BOY J Dyson F Leach Miss Monckton 50/1
28 HANS SACHS J Power T E Leader Mr O V Watney 50/1
29 UAGS B Lynch F S Butters Captain A S Wills 50/1
30 MERRY ABBOT J Gilbert R Jones Sir W Waldron 33/1
31 MULTIPLEX H Sprague Golightly Mr John Ismay 50/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 18th June 1937 and the winner, a brown filly by Baytown out of Clang, won a first prize of £1690 (equivalent to £118,000 in 2020). Over round 159%
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 1937