Lady Wulfruna Stakes Explained

|}The Lady Wulfruna Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years and over.It is run at Wolverhampton over a distance of 7 furlongs and 36 yards (1576yd), and it is scheduled to take place each year in March.

The race was first run in 2002 and was awarded Listed status in 2007.

The race is named after Wulfrun (Lady Wulfruna), the grand-daughter of King Ethelred I and Queen Aethelflaed.^[1]

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins):

• Border Music - 2006, 2007
• Dunelight - 2010, 2011

Leading jockey (4 wins):

• Ryan Moore - Dunelight (2010), Second Thought (2018), Urban Icon (2020), Mums Tipple (2021)

Leading trainer (3 wins):

• Andrew Balding – Border Music (2006, 2007), Berkshire Shadow (2023)

Winners

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Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2002	Air Mail	5	George Baker	Norma Macauley	1:28.80
2003	Rafferty	4	Darryll Holland	Clive Brittain	1:29.70
2004	Aleutian	4	Neil Pollard	David Loder	1:32.45
2005	Mistral Sky	6	Franny Norton	Stef Liddiard	1:29.82
2006	Border Music	5	Martin Dwyer	Andrew Balding	1:28.06
2007	Border Music	6	Richard Hughes	Andrew Balding	1:26.86
2008	Jack Sullivan	7	Jamie Spencer	Gerard Butler	1:28.18
2009	Ceremonial Jade	6	John Egan	Marco Botti	1:27.51
2010	Dunelight	7	Ryan Moore	Clive Cox	1:27.80
2011	Dunelight	8	Luke Morris	Clive Cox	1:28.32
2012	Libys Dream	4	Richard Kingscote	Tom Dascombe	1:27.26
2013	Solar Deity	4	Martin Harley	Marco Botti	1:27.64
2014	Chookie Royale	6	Tom Eaves	Keith Dalgleish	1:27.48
2015	Sovereign Debt	6	Joe Fanning	David Nicholls	1:26.21
2016	Mister Universe	4	Joe Fanning	Mark Johnston	1:25.35
2017	Salateen	5	Phillip Makin	David O'Meara	1:26.75
2018	Second Thought	4	Ryan Moore	William Haggas	1:27.57
2019	Above The Rest	8	Clifford Lee	David Barron	1:26.25
2020	Urban Icon	4	Ryan Moore	Richard Hannon Jr.	1:26.81
2021	Mums Tipple	4	Ryan Moore	Richard Hannon Jr.	1:26.77
2022	Tinker Toy	5	Jack Mitchell	Roger Varian	1:26.68
2023	Berkshire Shadow	4	Oisin Murphy	Andrew Balding	1:27.66
2024	Nine Tenths	4	William Buick	William Haggas	1:26.34

See also

• Horse racing in Great Britain
• List of British flat horse races

References

• Racing Post

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Lady Wulfruna c. 935-1005, Founder of the City . Wolverhampton History . 2015-04-14 . 23 April 2013 . https://archive.today/20130423210451/http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/people/local/wulfruna . dead .