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 1938 Handicap 6 furlongs
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 BOLD BEN E C Elliott F Armstrong Mr A E Berry 9/1
2 KINDERSCOUT S Wragg Beedle Mrs C Smith 10/1
3 DAVY DOLITTLE M Beary Persse Miss R Parsons 8/1
4 KNIGHTED C Richards Russell Mr C Jarvis 4/1 fav
5 KYLES OF MINARD A Burns Stedall Lord Pender 33/1
6 THE DRUMMER W Nevett Carr Mr W Carr 100/8
7 LYNEDOCH H Sprague Sneyd Lt-Col Green 33/1
8 CARNIVAL BOY J Simpson F Leach Miss Monckton 50/1
9 SIDLEY DEE W Rickaby Earl Mr D Joel 25/1
10 JOVIAL LAD F Herbert McVittie Mr Follett 50/1
11 TICCA GARI J Marshall Gilpin Duchess of Norfolk 20/1
12 ALLEGIANCE H Wragg H Leach Mr H Leach 100/6
13 PAUL BEG J Taylor Easterby Col Dunlop 100/6
14 AGINCOURT E Smith Jack Jarvis Lord Rosebery 20/1
15 MAY WONG T Weston R Dawson Vicomte De Fontarce 100/6
16 PRINCE CHARLINE III J Crouch Rayson Mr Blyth 50/1
17 GUNBOAT P Maher C Peck Mr F Johnson 8/1
18 CONSEQUENTIAL P Evans F Armstrong Mrs Levinstein 50/1
19 GIBBONS A Richardson Gwilt Mr Warner 25/1
20 KIND KITTY D Smith Jack Jarvis Sir Jack Jarvis 25/1
21 FLYING STAR J Sirett M Peacock Major L B Holliday 50/1
22 GIORGETTA H Smirke Digby Miss Schrieber 50/1
23 HERRIDGE S Tabiner Cottrill Mr Angus 50/1
24 DEAD LEVEL T Bartlam Barthropp Captain R Walker 100/6
25 SHEER OFF G Wells Chilcott Sir W Chilcott 33/1
26 EPINAL J Gilbert F Hartigan Mr Linde 100/6
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 17th June 1938 and the winner, a bay colt by Bold Archer out of Retaliate, won a first prize of £1630 (equivalent to £112,000 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 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938