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 First Class 1845 Handicap 6 furlongs on New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer/Age/weight Owner
1 DISCORD Nat Flatman aged-9st 0lbs Lord George Bentinck 5/1
2 WEE PET S Mann 5-7st 11lbs Lord Exeter 5/1
3 CAESAR colt W Abdale 3-6st 6lbs Baron Rothschild 20/1
4 STITCH Whitehouse 3-7st 3lbs Lord Chesterfield 7/1
5 PHILIP Tommy Lye 5-8st 11lbs Mr Meiklam 5/1
6 CARISSIMA Hutchinson 3-6st 8lbs Mr Bristow 3/1 fav
7 SLANE filly J Abdale 3-6st 7lbs Colonel J Peel 20/1
8 MASTER STEPNEY Simpson 3-6st 0lbs Mr Mostyn 20/1
9 NEW YEARS DAY Planner 3-5st 8lbs Mr Booth 20/1
10 MY MARY ANN J Sharpe 3-5st 7lbs Mr May 20/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 13th June 1845 and the winner, a bay horse by Mulatto out of Melody, won a first prize of 185 Guineas added and 17 subscriptions of 5 guineas each (equivalent to £23,000 in 2020). Over round 110%
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