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 1876 Handicap 6 furlongs on New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer/Age/weight Owner
1 THE MANDARIN Newhouse Tom Brown 4-7st 5lbs Mr Joliffe 4/1 fav
2 MONARCH John Watts H Goater 4-6st 4lbs Mr H Goater 100/1
3 PEARL DROP Lemaire Charles Blanton 3-5st 7lbs Duke of Hamilton 100/15
4 THORN John Osborne Osborne 6-9st 10lbs Mr R N Batt 10/1
5 TRAPPIST Fred Archer Joe Cannon 4-9st 7lbs Captain Prime 10/1
6 LEMNOS Jem Goater Tom Brown 5-9st 0lbs Mr Gomm 33/1
7 LADY ATHELSTONE Cannon John Porter aged-8st 12lbs Mr F Gretton 33/1
8 HESPER Maidment Joseph Hayhoe 3-8st 2lbs Mr A Baltazzi 33/1
9 REGALADE Mordan Tom Jennings 4-7st 12lbs Mr Tom Jennings 33/1
10 CHIEFTAIN Glover Robert L'Anson 5-7st 8lbs Mr G E Paget 20/1
11 TINTERN Thompson Tom Brown 6-7st 4lbs Mr R R Christopher 25/1
12 CATCHMERE Cotton Mathew Dawson 4-7st 4lbs Mr R C Vyner 20/1
13 MAID MARIAN J Macdonald Robert Peck 4-7st 3lbs Mr W Thorold 33/1
14 JUST IN TIME A Wood Robert Peck 3-7st 2lbs Mr E Heneage 33/1
15 LIZZIE DISTIN C Archer Henry Woolcott 3-6st 12lbs Sir George Chetwynd 100/7
16 CONCHA Hopkins Charles Blanton 3-6st 10lbs Mr H Bird 33/1
17 MAITLAND Wycherley Alec Taylor 4-6st 10lbs Mr W S Carwfurd 20/1
18 THE RABBI J Jarvis J Jones 3-6st 7lbs Mr C Rowland 100/6
19 SOMNOLENCY Luke John Dawson 3-6st 6lbs Prince Batthyany 100/8
20 HUMBOLDT F Jeffery Joseph Dawson 3-6st 4lbs Mr W S Mitchell-Innes 33/1
21 GOLDEN SPUR Wainwright Joseph Dawson 3-6st 4lbs Mr Joseph Dawson 100/8
22 SPINOZA Morgan Dover 3-6st 0lbs Lord Rosebery 7/1
23 COUNTERGUARD Salmon Dover 3-6st 0lbs General Pearson 33/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 16th June 1876 and the winne, a bay colt by Lozenge out of Tolu, won a first prize of 500 Guineas added and 91 subscriptions of 5 guineas each (equivalent to £110,000 in 2020). Mandarin was incorrectly scratched from this race by all newspapers instead of Madeira, so very few punters would have evn known that the horse was running. Over round 147%
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