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 1883 Handicap 6 furlongs on New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer/Age/weight Owner
1 DESPAIR Fred Archer W Stevens 4-8st 7lbs Mr W Gilbert 5/1
2 HORNPIPE Charles Wood Sherrard 6-8st 2lbs Sir George Chetwynd 6/1
3 TYNDRUM W Payne John Dawson 3-6st 9lbs Mr T E Walker 20/1
4 LUCERNE George Fordham Joseph Hayhoe 3-7st 12lbs Leopold De Rothschild 7/1
5 WOKINGHAM C Bowman Bates 6-7st 12lbs Mr R Jardine 33/1
6 NESSCLIFFE Luke Wadlow 5-7st 10lbs Lord Bradford 4/1 fav
7 ARANZA Sam Loates Tom Cannon 5-7st 10lbs Mr Pierre Lorillard 100/7
8 INCENDIARY G Barrett John Porter 6-7st 10lbs Duke of Westminster 100/6
9 DOWNPOUR Jimmy Woodburn T Green 4-7st 4lbs Lord Durham 100/6
10 ALBAN Morrell Tom Leader 4-7st 5lbs Mr John Charlton 25/1
11 WHITECHAPEL Jessop Peter Price 4-7st 3lbs Mr R Booth 20/1
12 POLARIS E Martin Tom Brown 3-7st 2lbs Mr T Arthur 10/1
13 SIR CHARLES Elliott Weever 5-7st 0lbs Mr W J Leigh 100/8
14 MONDRED A White Joe Cannon 3-6st 11lbs Lord Rosebery 25/1
15 DUNSINANE Gallon Alec Taylor 4-6st 10lbs Mr J N Astley 8/1
16 THE DUKE Ballantine Charles Blanton 3-6st 6lbs Mr J A Craven 33/1
17 ROWELL Hodgkins C Arnull 4-6st 4lbs Sir J Astley 100/6
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 8th June 1883 and the winner, a chesnut horse by See Saw out of Peine De Cour, won a first prize of 500 Guineas added and 75 subscriptions of 15 guineas each (equivalent to £199,000 in 2020). Over round 139%
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