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 1961 Handicap 6 furlongs
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 WHISTLER'S DAUGHTER Joe Sime S Hall Mr T Lucas 10/1 co fav
2 LITTLE REDSKIN F Durr E C Elliott Mrs P Oppenheimer 10/1 co fav
3 WINNA R P Elliott H Wragg Lt-Col Frieze 100/6
4 DEMERARA McIntosh R J Colling Mrs E Nolan 33/1
5 MARCH ALONE Breasley Les Hall Mr H Wilks 10/1 co fav
6 WITHY GATE T Carter S Wootton Mr S Wootton 10/1 co fav
7 COLEWORT D W Morris Goddard Mr E Goddard 100/8
8 DAWN WATCH B Lee Eric Cousins Mr W Kendrick 100/8
9 RELEASE D Keith W Nighingall Sir Winston Churchill 100/7
10 TYLERS HILL D Smith Fred Winter Mr J Bartholomew 100/6
11 THE POUNCER Russ Maddock J Clark Mr L Murray 100/6
12 GOOSE CREEK G Lewis Hastings-Bass Mr Paul Mellon 20/1
13 GOLDEN DISC L C Parkes Gosden Mr Alec Bird 20/1
14 DEER LEAP G Starkey J Oxley Sir F Robinson 22/1
15 GAMBETTO Crowhurst Gosden Mr B Mavroleon 25/1
16 BOURBON E Larkin J Jarvis Mr J Lilley 33/1
17 PACIFICO Robinson E Cousins Mr D Murray 33/1
18 FIGHT ON R Hutchinson D Whelan Mr J Muldoon 33/1
19 JAY EFF J Wilson Nightingall Mr J Fielden 33/1
20 LIGHT OF THE ROAD Greenaway Blackshaw Mr T Boothby 33/1
21 SELLY OAK S Millbanks F Cundell Mr H Andrews 33/1
22 DEAL Des Cullen Ingham Mr A Aman 33/1
23 SIGNAL BOY F N George R Ward Mr A Bott 33/1
24 TRAITOR'S GATE D Greening Ashworth Mr H Vickery 33/1
25 TALK DOWN R Reader R Smyth Mr C Barnes 33/1
26 MICHAEL'S TRIGGER Little F Armstrong Mrs G Roach 33/1
27 DODONE David East Sturdy Mr R Sturdy 33/1
28 WINGS OF THE MORNING Lawson Hannon Mrs A Johnson 33/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 16th June 1961 and the winner, a chestnut mare by Whistler out of Signeala, won a first prize of £1872 (equivalent to £43,000 in 2020) Over round 140%
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 1949
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960 1961