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 2007 Handicap 6 furlongs
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 DARK MISSILE William Buick Andrew Balding Mr Jeff Smith 22/1
2 INTERPID JACK Steve Drowne Hughie Morrison Michael T Lynch 10/1
3 BALTHAZAAR'S GIFT Frankie Dettori Luca Cumani Ryder Racing Ltd 12/1
4 SOMETHING Johnny Murtagh T G Mills John Humphreys 14/1
5 GRANTLEY ADAMS Hugh Bowman Mick Channon Mrs T G Trant 25/1
6 BURNING INCENSE Richard Hughes Roger Charlton Thurloe Thoroughbreds 20/1
7 ZIDANE Jamie Spencer James Fanshawe Jan & Peter Hopper 4/1 fav
8 PROTECTOR Damien Oliver Gay Kelleway Joshua Snellings 50/1
9 BARON'S PIT Jim Crowley Ed Vaughan A M Pickering 50/1
10 KNOT IN WOOD Paul Hanagan Richard Fahey Rhodes, Kenyon & Gill 7/1
11 BEAVER PATROL Mick Kinane Eve Johnson Houghton G C Stevens 20/1
12 HOGMANEIGH Saleem Golam Stuart Williams Mrs Lucille Bone 10/1
13 ASHDOWN EXPRESS George Baker Chris Wall W J P Jackson 33/1
14 ONE PUTRA Richard Hills Michael Jarvis Sultan Ahmed Shah 66/1
15 BENTONG Tolley Dean Paul Cole Sultan Ahmed Shah 50/1
16 ROYAL STORM Olivier Peslier Amanda Perrett The Cloran Family 100/1
17 OUT AFTER DARK Kevin Darley Clive Cox The Night Owls 12/1
18 NOTA BENE T Quinn David Elsworth D C R Elsworth 40/1
19 BECKERMET Jimmy Fortune Roger Fisher Great Head House, Taylor et al 16/1
20 MUTAMARED Neil Callan Kevin Ryan Errigal Racing 25/1
21 KING'S CAPRICE Travis Block Jonathan Geake Miss B Swire 25/1
22 BONUS Eddie Ahern Gerard Butler The Bonus Partnership 66/1
23 MERLIN'S DANCER John Egan Simon Dow Miss Helen Chamberlain 100/1
24 GIFT HORSE Ryan Moore David Nicholls ALFL & Partners 12/1
25 RIPPLES MAID Kerrin McEvoy Jonathan Geake Rex & David Mead 16/1
26 CORRIDOR CREEPER Barry Savage Milton Bradley G & L Johnson 66/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Saturday 23rd June 2007 and the winner, a bay mare by Night Shift out of Exorcet won a first prize of £49,856 (equivalent to £71,000 in 2020) Over round 136%
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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