The Lady Wulfruna Stakes is a
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horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years and over.
It is run at
Wolverhampton
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over a distance of 7
furlong
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s and 36 yards (), 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
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Wulfrun(a) (-) was an Anglo-Saxon (early English) noble woman of Mercia and a landowner who held estates in Staffordshire.
Today she is particularly remembered for her association with ''Hēatūn'', Anglo-Saxon for "high or principal ...
(Lady Wulfruna), the grand-daughter of King Ethelred I and Queen Aethelflaed.
Records
Most successful horse (2 wins):
* Border Music - ''2006, 2007''
* Dunelight - ''2010, 2011''
Leading
jockey (4 wins):
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Ryan Moore - ''Dunelight (2010), Second Thought (2018), Urban Icon (2020), Mums Tipple (2021)''
Leading
trainer (2 wins):
*
Andrew Balding
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Balding attended Caldicott School, a boys' preparatory school, and Radley College, a public school ...
– ''Border Music (2006, 2007)''
* Clive Cox - ''Dunelight (2010, 2011)''
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Marco Botti
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- ''Ceremonial Jade (2009), Solar Deity (2013)''
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Richard Hannon Jr. - ''Urban Icon (2020), Mums Tipple (2021)''
Winners
See also
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Horse racing in Great Britain
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Flat races in Great Britain
Open mile category horse races
Wolverhampton Racecourse
Recurring sporting events established in 2002
2002 establishments in England