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 1893 Handicap 6 furlongs on New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer/Age/weight Owner
1 PITCHER Huxtable Tom Leader 3-6st 13lbs Mr C J F Fawcett 5/1
2 ST COLUMBA H Chaloner Sherwood jnr 4-6st 1lbs Colonel North 40/1
3 AVINGTON Hunt Chandler 3-6st 0lbs Sir W Throckmorton 8/1
4 INFERNO P Chaloner G Dawson 3-6st 10lbs Lord Londonderry 100/7
5 CEREZA G Barrett Richard Marsh 5-7st 10lbs Mr Brodrick-Cloete 20/1
6 LADY PRIMROSE Allsopp John Dawson snr 5-7st 6lbs Mr Wallace Johnstone 25/1
7 HAYMAKER Bradford Sherwood snr 4-7st 4lbs Lord Dunraven 100/7
8 ORMUZ W Taylor John Porter aged-7st 4lbs Duke of Westminster 33/1
9 WHISPERER Tommy Loates James Jewitt 4-7st 4lbs Mr H McCalmont 7/2 fav
10 QUIDNUNE Jimmy Woodburn Tom Chaloner 4-7st 4lbs Mr C A Brown 9/2
11 RAM LAL S Chandley W Halsey 6-7st 3lbs Mr J A Miller 100/6
12 FIRST FLIGHT Fawdon John Ryan 4-6st 13lbs Mr A W Cox 20/1
13 MIDDLEHAM H Toon John Dawson snr 4-6st 12lbs Sir R Jardine 100/6
14 PERSISTIVE Madden Richard Marsh 4-6st 11lbs Duke of Hamilton 20/1
15 PHILANTHROPIST Gough W A Jarvis 3-6st 8lbs Mr W M Redfern 100/8
16 LUCY LOCKETT Clay Sherwood jnr 3-6st 1lbs Colonel North 25/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 16th June 1893 and the winner, a bay colt by Swillington, won a first prize of 500 Guineas added and 71 subscriptions of 15 guineas each (equivalent to £177,000 in 2020). Over round 129%
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 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889
1890 1891 1892 1893