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 1904 Handicap 6 furlongs on New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer/Age/weight Owner
1 OUT O' SIGHT Morny Cannon F Hunt 5-8st 5lbs Mr J Sloncombe 100/12
2 NABOT W Halsey Fred Day 5-8st 7lbs Sir Ernest Cassel 25/1
3 HELTER SKELTER C Trigg G Edwards 3-6st 12lbs Mr J L Dugdale 100/7
4 TIPPLER Bott Charles Peck 4-6st 13lbs Mr S B Joel 20/1
5 DUMBARTON CASTLE Otto Madden J Powney 4-8st 6lbs Mr G A Prentice 33/1
6 HIS LORDSHIP H Aylin Morton 5-8st 4lbs Mr J B Joel 20/1
7 FARIMAN Herbert Jones George Chaloner 4-8st 4lbs Mr C T Pulley 100/7
8 WOLFSHALL Randall Morton 4-8st 4lbs Mr H Barnato 33/1
9 SURBITON J Page Major Edwards 4-7st 12lbs Mr J Buchanan 33/1
10 HAZAFI H Lewis C Waugh 5-8st 2lbs Mr M E de Blaskovits 7/1 jt fav
11 VALENZA W Lane Grensel 6-8st 1lbs Lord Carnarvon 7/1 jt fav
12 NIPHETOS W Saxby Sam Darling 5-7st 7lbs Mr Lionel Robinson 20/1
13 IMPERIOUS T Miller Major Beatty 4-7st 8lbs Lord Howard De Walden 20/1
14 BOBRINSKI Sam Darling Sam Darling 3-7st 7lbs Mr George Faber 50/1
15 MOTEM R Jones Richard Marsh 3-7st 5lbs Lord Wolverton 20/1
16 IMPERIAL II G F Butchers Downes 4-6st 13lbs Mr Hanover 50/1
17 ASPENDALE E Wheatley Major Edwards 3-7st 3lbs Mr George Edwardes 8/1
18 ST LUKE Murray Rankin (Ireland) 5-7st 1lbs Mr W Rankin 50/1
19 MEMORY F Hunter Leach 5-6st 9lb Mr H J King 50/1
20 CATGUT J Sharples Alfred Hayhoe 3-6st 8lbs Leopold De Rothschild 20/1
21 ENGINEER Slade J Wood 6-6st 9lbs Mr Ivor Hughes 50/1
22 CHAUCER J Rollason George Lambton 4-6st 6lbs Lord Derby 33/1
23 ORPHREY Kerridge Fallon 5-6st 4lb Mr W P Purefoy 20/1
24 MARY BELLE J Plant Peebles 3-6st 5lbs Mr P P Peebles 100/7
25 VINCULA W Griggs Sherwood jnr 3-6st 4lbs Sir R Waldie-Griffith 33/1
26 ENGAGE Jack Jarvis William A Jarvis 3-6st 5lbs Sir John Kelk 33/1
27 EDICUS J East W Stevens 4-6st 3lbs Mr R S Strauss 20/1
28 ICON E Pratt Parkes 5-5st 12lbs Mr C Pownceby 100/1
29 SIAM A Wake J Powney 3-5st 12lbs Mr G A Prentice 100/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 17th June 1904 and the winner, a bay colt by Rightaway out of Hazlehen, won a first prize of 1070 sovereigns (equivalent to £133,000 in 2020). Over round 146%
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 1899
1900 1901 1902 1903 1904