Lady Wulfruna Stakes

Lady Wulfruna Stakes
2016
Mister Universe Sovereign Debt Realize

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 (1,408 metres), 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 (2 wins):

  • Joe Fanning Sovereign Debt (2015), Mister Universe (2016)

Leading trainer (2 wins):

  • Andrew BaldingBorder Music (2006, 2007)
  • Clive Cox - Dunelight (2010, 2011)
  • Marco Botti - Ceremonial Jade (2009), Solar Deity (2013)


Winners

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

See also

References

  1. "Lady Wulfruna c. 935-1005, Founder of the City". Wolverhampton History. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
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