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 1970 Handicap 6 furlongs
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 VIRGINIA BOY Dennis McKay Dough Smith Mr B S Bodnor 100/9
2 KOALA P Waldron J Dunlop Mr B Bogert 100/6
3 SWEET REVENGE A Barclay T Corbett Mrs B Attenborough 25/1
4 ROYAL CAPTIVE W Williamson R Smyth Mr W Rumbold 100/8
5 QUARRYKNOWE L Piggott H R Price Lord Weir 5/1 fav
6 MARMADUKE G Lewis K Cundel Mrs G Thompson 100/8
7 SOLAR TOPIC A Cousins G Hunter Captain T Langton 100/7
8 GOLDEN TACK D Maitland R Hannon Mrs D Deeming 100/7
9 MERCIAN F Durr Barling Mr J Westoll 100/6
10 RA Pat Eddery Pope Mr A Pope 100/6
11 PRIVATEER B Jago Wightman Mr D Colebrook 100/6
12 SKYMISTRESS W Jesse Marks Mr L Goodall 100/6
13 POLAMON J Higgins R Masons Mrs G Weir 20/1
14 WELSH WARRIOR J Wilson Mason Mr R Mason 20/1
15 SARATOGA SKIDDY R Hutchinson W Marshall Mr A Stevens 22/1
16 CARMINA BAY W Carson F Armstrong Captain M Lemos 25/1
17 THE VISCOUNT J Murtagh P Prendergast Mr J Mulhern 25/1
18 SPEEDY TURN R P Elliott Masson Mr B Walsh 28/1
19 HARTLEY COURT D W Morris Hanley Mr R Richards 33/1
20 WILD CHINOOK R Marshall W Marshall Mrs J Shearing 33/1
21 PRINCE OF DUNOON J Mercer L Barratt Mr L Barrett 33/1
22 JOLISU D East Gosling Mrs E Harding 33/1
23 DIRECTORY R Reader Wightman Mr W Tufnell 33/1
24 HIGH TIME Michael Kettle H Smyth Miss P Major 33/1
25 MUKHTAR L C Parkes S James Lord Cadogan 33/1
26 MY MATT Des Cullen Paul Cole Mrs E Crew 33/1
27 PROUD PIRATE T Carter C Mitchell Mrs C Elliott 33/1
28 TRINDLE DOWN John Currant R Hannon Mr G Drinkwater 33/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 19th June 1970 and the winner, a chestnut horse by Polly's Jet out of Thendara, won a first prize of £2288 (equivalent to £36,000 in 2020) Over round 145%
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
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1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
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