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 1881 Handicap 6 furlongs on New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer/Age/weight Owner
1 ST ALBANS colt Barrett Bates 4-6st 4lbs Mr R Jardine 6/1
2 KING OF SCOTLAND Elliott John Dawson jnr 3-5st 7lbs Mr B Ellam 50/1
3 EDENSOR E Martin jnr Jousiffe 3-5st 9lbs Mr Charles 100/8
4 VALENTINO Fred Archer Alfred Hayhoe 4-8st 8lbs Leopold De Rothschild 100/15
5 ELF KING George Fordham Alec Taylor 5-8st 6lbs Mr W S Crawfurd 8/1
6 DISCOUNT Morbey John Porter 4-8st 2lbs Lord Stamford 10/1
7 FIDDLESTRING Morgan C Archer 6-8st 1lbs Mr A Egerton 50/1
8 LINCOLNSHIRE Maidment Gilbert 6-7st 13lbs Mr H Savile 8/1
9 ALTHOTAS Charles Wood Sherrard 3-7st 11lbs Sir George Chetwynd 50/1
10 GOSHAWK Lemaire Joe Cannon 5-7st 11lbs Lord Rosebery 33/1
11 ST AUGUSTINE Rawlinson John Nightingall 5-7st 7lbs Mr Charles Brewer 25/1
12 SKIPETAR Morrell William Goater 3-7st 6lbs Mr Craven 7/1
13 SWORD DANCE Western Wadlow 4-7st 5lbs Lord Bradford 4/1 fav
14 BOOKMAKER Whynow Sherrard 3-6st 11lbs Mr J R Keene 50/1
15 SACKCLOTH Enoch William Goater 4-6st 11lbs Mr R Loder 50/1
16 KNIGHT OF BURGHLEY Luke John Dawson snr 3-6st 10lbs Mr R C Naylor 40/1
17 FUGITIVE Bulford James Jewitt 3-6st 7lbs Captain Machell 10/1
18 CHELSEA Bowman Searle 3-6st 4lbs Lord Allington 50/1
19 LINNAEUS Goodway Peace 3-6st 4lbs Mr Toswnley-Parker 50/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 18th June 1881 and the winner, a brown horse by St Albans out of Viridis, won a first prize of 500 Guineas added and 89 subscriptions of 15 guineas each (equivalent to £225,000 in 2020). Over round 132%
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