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 1858 Handicap 6 furlongs on New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer/Age/weight Owner
1 GREENWICH FAIR Perry 3-6st 7lbs Mr Mills 4/1 jt fav
2 INDER Walley aged-7st 0lbs Mr Simpson 10/1
3 DEJANIRA Challoner 3-6st 3lbs Sir Joseph Hawley 100/15
4 PETER FLAT Alfred Day 5-9st 7lbs Duke of Beaufort 25/1
5 OLYMPUS John Wells 5-8st 11lbs Count Batthyany 25/1
6 COMQUOT George Fordham 4-7st 9lbs Mr Pedley 10/1
7 BADSWORTH Bennett 4-7st 9lbs Mr R Ten Broeck 10/1
8 ROCKET Custance 3-7st 7lbs Mr Howard 25/1
9 ORIANDA Plumb 4-6st 13lbs Mr John Payne 100/15
10 SCHISMATIC Bray 3-6st 11lbs Lord Clifden 100/15
11 RIO Ducker 4-6st 8lbs Mr R J Southby 25/1
12 CHANTRESS Pritchard 3-6st 5lbs Mr T Wadlow 4/1 jt fav
13 MEDIA NOCE H Bradley 4-5st 12lbs Count Batthyany 25/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 4th June 1858 and the winner, a bay filly by Woolwich out of Moodkee, won a first prize of 165 Guineas added and 23 subscriptions of 5 guineas each (equivalent to £20,500 in 2020). Over round 132%
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