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 1965 Handicap 6 furlongs
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 NUNSHONEY David East Beeby Mr G Todd 33/1
2 SILVER CHURN Breasley Masson Sir H Ingram 20/1
3 AUDIENCE D Smith G Brooke Mr D Van Clief 100/7
4 WILLIES KUDA G Lewis D Whelan Mr J Stratford 100/7
5 COMPENSATION P Robinson Lambton Mrs G Lambton 17/2 jt fav
6 NO ARGUMENT J Mercer Wharton Major L B Holliday 17/2 jt fav
7 DUNME P Cook Read Mr J Simmons 100/8
8 MARCUS SUPERBUS J Etherington A Stephenson Mr L Evans 100/8
9 MILESIUS S Clayton Boyd-Rochfort Lady Zia Wernher 100/8
10 SOLENNIS W Carson F Armstrong Mr W Holmes 100/7
11 QUOIT W Jesse Marks Mr M Adenwalla 100/6
12 GALLEGOS E Cracknell Lyde Mr T Farr 100/6
13 WLIJOTOR J Sime A Vasey Mr G Turnbull 100/6
14 TOOSIN TACK Sharman P Nelson Mrs B Mountain 18/1
15 BIVOUAC S Smith J Jarvis Lord Rosebery 20/1
16 ROAMING STAR R Hutchinson Lomax Mrs J Henderson 20/1
17 SHALL WE DANCE G Bougoure I Walker Mr W H White 33/1
18 CHIPS A Robson Fenningworth Mr J Graham 33/1
19 MY AUDREY George Cadwaladr E Cousins Mrs D Rosenfield 33/1
20 ROEHAMPTON Des Cullen Sutcliffe Mr B Myers 33/1
21 SCOTTIE'S COIN Tulloch Hannon Mrs L Gilmore 33/1
22 BALLY DESMOND M L Thomas Hanley Mrs J Corrigan 33/1
23 PAROLE BOARD David Letherby M Pope Mr C Clover 33/1
24 CAMBUSLANG D W Morris Fenningworth Lord Rosebery 33/1
25 MICHEL ANDREW Reader Hanly Mr R Zelker 33/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 18th June 1965 and the winner, a bay mare by Welsh Abbot out of Miss Honey, won a first prize of £1736 (equivalent to £34,000 in 2020) Over round 136%
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 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965