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 1948 Handicap 6 furlongs
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 WHITE COCKADE J Sirett T Leader Mr R L Glasspool 33/1
2 FINAL SCORE C Elliott Wightman Mr E Baring 100/7
3 CLARION III C Smirke Warden Mr R Strassburger 8/1 fav
4 NILGIRIS S Wragg F Armstrong Maharajah of Baroda 100/8
5 RIO D'ORO P Evans Bertie Sir Victor Sassoon 100/7
6 PANAIR W Rickaby H Wragg Mr C Sweeny 100/7
7 IMPECCABLE Molony Powell Mr R McIlhagga 100/7
8 TORONTO Joe Sime A Cooper Mr R Hardy 100/7
9 IRISH DANCE Ken Gethin Whiteman Mr G Brocklehurst 100/6
10 PASSING GLANCE E Britt Birch Mr F Greenaway 100/6
11 HIGHLAND DIVISION T Weston N Cannon Mr J Rank 20/1
12 MAN OF ARAN Caldwell G Boyd Mr F S Usher 20/1
13 RED CREST P Maher Nightingall Mr C R Harper 20/1
14 THE BITE C Richards Laye Mr S Raphael 20/1
15 BEN LOMOND Cr\awley Neill Mrs J Neill 25/1
16 GOOD VIEW Beary Parker Mr A Halford 25/1
17 DONBAR T Sidebotham Lawrence Mr A Whatcott 25/1
18 LUCKY JORDAN T Gosling A Boyd Mr G Gilroy 25/1
19 CHUBBY R Bradley A Smyth Mr G Henderson 33/1
20 STRAIGHT BORDER Barlow C Jelliss Miss D Paget 33/1
21 ELYSIUM T Burn Carey Mr J Hylton 50/1
22 FLIPPER E Smith Jack Jarvis Lord Rosebery 50/1
23 TOP WALK H Packham Laye Mr G Walton 50/1
24 SABEAN Shaw W Earl Lord Derby 50/1
25 KING'S BEECHES Manny Mercer G Colling Mrs O Ostrer 50/1
26 JUSTICEVILLE James Doyle Blackmore Mrs A Bailward 50/1
27 EGYPTIAN ROSE Tomlin H Leader Major J Walker 50/1
28 OWENCLANE F Sharpe Whiteman Mr H Lester 50/1
29 WOODTAP Greathurst Hardy Mrs E Jones 50/1
30 BUN PENNY Walker Beechener Mr W Markham 50/1
31 FARCEUR D Greening Barling Mrs W Murray 50/1
32 CHWURAN TEG A Bowles C Bell Mr D Farmiloe 50/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 18th June 1948 and the winner, a bay colt by Orthodox out of Petronilla, won a first prize of £1000 (equivalent to £37,000 in 2020) Over round 135%
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 1939
1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948