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 1899 Handicap 6 furlongs on New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer/Age/weight Owner
1 EAGER Morny Cannon Jimmy Ryan 5-9st 7lbs Mr Fairie 9/4 fav
2 MOUNT PROSPECT N Robinson Robinson 5-7st 12lbs Mr A Bailey 20/1
3 THE WYVERN Otto Madden George Chaloner 4-7st 5lbs Mr J B Leigh 100/7
4 VARA C Sanderson Richard Marsh 3-6st 2lbs Duke of Devonshire 7/1
5 DUBUQUE Fagan Percy Peck 4-8st 2lbs Lord Durham 25/1
6 NORTHERN FARMER F Finlay Batho 5-7st 11lbs Mr Horatio Bottemley 100/8
7 BEWITCHMENT Allsopp John Dawson jnr 5-7st 6lbs Mr E Melly 100/7
8 MAZEPPA Sam Loates Morton 3-7st 5lbs Mr C A Mills 100/12
9 SAINT NOEL Herbert Jones Peace 6-7st 4lbs Mr J Tyler 50/1
10 WATERHEN Chapman Clarkson 5-7st 4lbs Mr L Neumann 100/6
11 GAY LOTHAIR Tommy Loates Watson 4-7st 4lbs Leopold De Rothschild 100/7
12 FLORIO RUBATTINO Tod Sloan Leach 4-7st 3lbs Mr H J King 100/8
13 VESTALIN Segrott Dickens 4-7st 3lbs Mr A Mare 50/1
14 SIR HERCULES Heapy P Sherrard 3-7st 1lbs Mr A W Merry 100/6
15 KNIGHT OF THE ROSE Lynham Hunt 3-6st 12lbs Mr J S Curtis 50/1
16 BRIDGE A Pratt William Halsey 3-6st 10lbs Mr J A Miller 50/1
17 CROWBOROUGH C Purkis John Porter 3-6st 10lbs Mr John Porter 25/1
18 VIRA Dalton C Beatty 3-6st 7lbs Captain Machell 10/1
19 CLAREHAVEN J Doyle jnr Sherrard 3-6st 5lbs Mr D Seymour 50/1
20 CROMLIX Weatherall John Ryan 3-6st 0lbs Mr J Wallace 50/1
The Wokingham Handicap over the 6 furlongs of the New Mile course took place on Friday 16th June 1899 and the winner, a bay horse by Enthusiast, won a first prize of 500 Guineas added and 79 subscriptions of 15 guineas each (equivalent to £218,000 in 2020). Over round 137%
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