Lady Wulfruna Stakes Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends

2025 Lady Wulfruna Stakes Preview

The Lady Wulfruna Stakes is the highlight of the year at the Wolverhampton racecourse, the race was established in 2002 and is scheduled to take place in March of each year, since 2007 the race has had a Listed status.

The race is open to runners who are aged four or older and it is run over a trip of seven furlongs and thirty-six yards, the race is named after the granddaughter of King Ethelred I and Queen Aethelflaed, Wulfrun.

Lady Wulfruna Stakes Information:

• Lady Wulfruna Stakes Past Winners
• Lady Wulfruna Stakes Trainer Statistics
• Lady Wulfruna Stakes Jockey Statistics

We also have a dedicated Wolverhampton tips page that will cover this race as well as all of the other races on the day of the race, see which runners the OLBG racing tipsters are predicting to win this race and the others on the cards.

How competitive is the Lady Wulfruna Stakes market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 18 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2009 when the race had an over-round of 108%. The race in 2014 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 122%, whilst on average over the last 18 renewals of the Lady Wulfruna Stakes, the over-round has been 115%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £115 which is bet.

Lady Wulfruna Stakes Trends:

• 2025 Lady Wulfruna Stakes Trends
• Lady Wulfruna Stakes Trend Analysis

Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? From the past 18 if you had followed the winner of the Lady Wulfruna Stakes next time out then you would have backed a total of 1 winner. Backing all 17 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -14.25. Remember to bookmark the racing tips page so you can get easy access to the OLBG racing picks daily.

Over the last 18 renewals, it was the Mark Johnston trained Mister Universe ridden by Joe Fanning who set the fastest winning time in the Lady Wulfruna Stakes, the runner won the race in a time of 1:25.35 was set when winning the race in 2016. At the other end of the scale, it was the combination of trainer Clive Cox and jockey Luke Morris with Dunelight who set the slowest winning time, the race-winning time was 1:28.32 in the 2011 renewal.

These are the top three quickest-run Lady Wulfruna Stakes over the last 18 renewals:

1. Mister Universe (1:25.35) in 2016
2. Sovereign Debt (1:26.21) in 2015
3. Above The Rest (1:26.25) in 2019

Lady Wulfruna Stakes Past Winners

Here are the Lady Wulfruna Stakes past winners for the last 10 renewals. Each row details the year of the race, the horse which won along with the age & weight of the horse. Also detailed is the stall where the horse came from and the total number of runners in the race. The trainer of the horse at the time of winning the Lady Wulfruna Stakes as well as the jockey is also displayed along with the starting price the horse was sent off.

Where have the winning runners come from?

Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Lady Wulfruna Stakes have been based:

• GB: 18 winners with an additional 33 placings from 163 runners
• IRE: 0 winners with an additional 1 placing from 4 runners
• FR: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 3 runners
• USA: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner

Lady Wulfruna Stakes Trainer Statistics

There are multiple leading trainers in the Lady Wulfruna Stakes over the last 18 renewals with Andrew Balding, Marco Botti, Richard Hannon, Clive Cox and William Haggas having all won the race two times. Andrew Balding's winners have been with Border Music (2007) and Berkshire Shadow (2023). Marco Botti winners have been with Ceremonial Jade (2009) and Solar Deity (2013). Richard Hannon winners have been with Urban Icon (2020) and Mums Tipple (2021). Clive Cox winners have been with Dunelight (2010 & 2011). William Haggas winners have been with Second Thought (2018) and Nine Tenths (2024).

Here are some of the top Lady Wulfruna Stakes trainer statistics over the last 18 renewals (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):

Lady Wulfruna Stakes Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the Lady Wulfruna Stakes over the last 18 renewals is Ryan Moore who has won the race four times with those four winners coming from Dunelight (2010), Second Thought (2018), Urban Icon (2020) and Mums Tipple (2021). The only other jockey to have recorded multiple wins in the Lady Wulfruna Stakes is Joe Fanning (2 wins).

Here are some of the top Lady Wulfruna Stakes jockey statistics over the last 18 renewals (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):

2025 Lady Wulfruna Stakes Trends

Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): 11, 3, (1, 3, 5), 2, (4, 7), 2, 1, 1, 3, 2, 2, 1, 7, 1, 3, 2, 1, 1

The percentage shown is the percentage of the total number of runners who fell under that factor. High percentages are less appealing than lower ones as you would expect them to do well.

• 18 / 18 (77%) - Made 1 - 23 starts (Further)
• 18 / 18 (81%) - Made 7 - 41 starts (Career)
• 18 / 18 (82%) - Furthest ran 7½f - 1m2½f
• 18 / 18 (84%) - Within the first 8 of the market
• 18 / 18 (85%) - Carried 122 - 136lbs (Last Win)
• 18 / 18 (86%) - No bigger than 25/1
• 18 / 18 (87%) - Not on HY/SFT/GS/SLW/FS (LTO)
• 18 / 18 (87%) - Achieved an RPR of 88+ (Non-Hcps)
• 18 / 18 (87%) - Had 2 - 9 wins (Career)
• 18 / 18 (87%) - Beaten no more -9¾l (Debut)
• 18 / 18 (88%) - Carried 123 - 138lbs (LTO)
• 18 / 18 (89%) - Fewer than 6 starts (Course)
• 18 / 18 (89%) - Not in FRA/IRL/ZAF/WAL (Debut)
• 16 / 18 (65%) - Achieved an RPR of 102+ (Last 3)
• 16 / 18 (75%) - Achieved a TS of 83+ (Trip)

Remember to use the trends listed above along with the Wolverhampton racing predictions to see if you can find the winner of the Lady Wulfruna Stakes. You may want to do your research into the race, there are times when there are several runners who pass the trends so you need to do your research to find a bet, we have a Horse Racing Form Reading Made Easy & What to Look For article to help you do just this in the OLBG Betting School section.

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Lady Wulfruna Stakes Trend Analysis

The trend factor which had produced 9+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +39.38 is when runners had 2 career wins in Non-Handicap races. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 2 career wins on the going, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-26.

Here are the most recent winning draws along with the further placings in brackets:

• 2024: Winner in 4 (2) [6 Runners]
• 2023: Winner in 2 (8,7) [8 Runners]
• 2022: Winner in 5 (2,9) [10 Runners]
• 2021: Winner in 5 (8,6) [9 Runners]
• 2020: Winner in 1 (9,4) [10 Runners]

The course which has produced the most winners of the Lady Wulfruna Stakes is Lingfield (AW), there has been a total number of 10 winners of this race who ran at Lingfield (AW) last time out. The next best course which has produced the second most winners is Meydan, there has been a total number of 3 winners of this race who ran at Meydan last time out.

The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 16 winners from a total of 144 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 2 winners from a total of 27 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, these are the stallions whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Lady Wulfruna Stakes:

• Dark Angel (2 Wins)
• Desert Sun (2 Wins)
• Kodiac (2 Wins)

Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have been disappointed with multiple attempts but no wins in the Lady Wulfruna Stakes, that stallion is Pivotal who has failed to produce a winner from 6 runners.

Looking at the winning odds over the last 18 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Salateen in 2017, winning for David O'Meara at odds of 25/1 under the guidance of Phillip Makin. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 18 renewals there have been 7 winning favourites in the race. Ahead of the 2025 Lady Wulfruna Stakes why not head over to the best racing tipster page to see what the tipsters are backing today?