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 1898 Handicap 6 furlongs on New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer/Age/weight Owner
1 MINSTREL Otto Madden Richard Marsh 4-7st 8lbs Duke of Devonshire 100/7
2 FOSTON Kempton Cannon W Stevens 4-7st 4lbs Mr H J Higham 7/2
3 MOUNT PROSPECT N Robinson Robinson 4-7st 4lbs Mr W M Clarke 100/12
4 ARDESHIR Sam Loates James Waugh 4-7st 6lbs Mr Theobalds 100/7
5 THE TARTAR Morny Cannon Peace 6-8st 3lbs Sir J Thursby 3/1 fav
6 FOSCO Tommy Loates Alfred Hayhoe 5-8st 2lbs Leopold De Rothschild 11/2
7 NORTHERN FARMER F Finlay Batho 4-7st 8lbs Mr Horatio Bottemley 100/7
8 SUCCOTH Allsopp John Ryan 3-7st 7lbs Mr J Daly 100/7
9 WATERHEN Herbert Jones Paget (Ire) 4-7st 2lbs Colonel A Paget 10/1
10 TITARE R Jones Richard Marsh 5-7st 0lbs Lord Wolverton 33/1
11 KING HAMPTON Herbert Toon W Waugh 4-6st 9lbs Sir J Blundell Maple 20/1
12 FORTALICE Segrott John Dawson jnr 3-6st 9lbs Lord Ellesmere 25/1
13 IND Dunn Wadlow 3-6st 6lbs Mr H E Beddington 33/1
14 GAY LUMLEY J Hunt Chandler 3-6st 4lbs Colonel Freville Cookson 33/1
15 GALASHIELS Weatherall Blackwell 3-6st 0lbs Sir J Miller 33/1
16 LITTLE DORRIT G Sanderson Richard Marsh 3-6st 0lbs HRH Prince of Wales 33/1
17 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE Dalton John Dawson snr 3-6st 0lbs Mr Wallace Johnson 33/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 17th June 1898 and the winner, a bay horse by Minting, won a first prize of 500 Guineas added and 70 subscriptions of 15 guineas each (equivalent to £202,000 in 2020). Over round 138%
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 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898