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 1847 Handicap 6 furlongs on New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer/Age/weight Owner
1 PIC-NIC Nat Flatman 5-7st 11lbs Sir W Stanley 5/2 fav
2 MILLWOOD Kitchener 3-6st 5lbs Mr Shelley 3/1
3 THE CUR Charles Marlow 5-8st 7lbs Mr A W Hill 4/1
4 WOODEN WALL Treen junior 4-7st 7lbs Mr C Moore 10/1
5 DEAN SWIFT Denman 5-8st 0lbs Captain Gambier 10/1
6 CAMPUNERO R Pettit aged-7st 7lbs Mr Drewitt 10/1
7 ELIMEN J Sharpe 4-7st 6lbs Mr S Scott 20/1
8 MILES BOY Wakefield 3-7st 3lbs Mr Clark 20/1
9 CAMEL filly Crouch 3-7st 3lbs Lord J Scott 20/1
10 GUARACHA Hutchinson 4-7st 0lbs Mr Death 20/1
11 MISTRESS JEAN Rodney 3-6st 5lbs Mr Drinkald 20/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 4th June 1847 and the winner, a bay mare by Glaucus out of Estelle, won a first prize of 200 Guineas added and 20 subscriptions of 5 guineas each (equivalent to £20,000 in 2020). Over round 125%
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