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 First Class 1842 Handicap 6 furlongs on New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer/Age/weight Owner
1 MONOPS Jem Chapple 5-8st 10lbs Mr Gardnor 8/1
2 JOHNNY Nat Flatman 5-8st 13lbs Mr John Payne 4/1 fav
3 SINGLETON Planner junior 3-5st 10lbs Colonel Wyndham 8/1
4 CORNUTO S Mann 5-8st 9lbs Lord Rosslyn 20/1
5 GLENCOE sister Wakefield 4-7st 12lbs Mr Goodman 10/1
6 KNIGHTSBRIDGE Bell 4-7st 10lbs Mr John Forth 6/1
7 YORKSHIRE LADY Mitson 3-7st 4lbs Lord George Bentinck 20/1
8 ZEALOT colt Bartholomew 4-7st 4lbs Mr C Brooke 20/1
9 VICTOR Crouch 4-7st 2lbs Captain Pettat 20/1
10 FRANCHISE J Howlett 3-7st 0lbs Mr Wreford 8/1
11 ALBION R Pettit 3-6st 13lbs Lord Exeter 8/1
12 TEAPOT W Howlett 3-6st 6lbs Lord March 8/1
13 GUZELLE Ealing 3-6st 9lbs Mr Coleman 10/1
14 SWEETMEAT R Cotton 3-5st 10lbs Mr Pettit 9/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 10th June 1842 and the winner, a chestnut horse by Actaeon out of Wings, won a first prize of 200 Guineas added and 20 subscriptions of 5 guineas each (equivalent to £23,000 in 2020). Over round 118%
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 A