Great St. Wilfrid Stakes

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The event is named after St. Wilfrid, the patron saint of Ripon. The winning owner is awarded a silver trophy depicting St. Wilfrid mounted on horseback.

The Great St. Wilfrid Stakes is the venue's most valuable race of the season. It has been sponsored by William Hill since 1994.

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins):

• Pepper Lane - 2011, 2012

Leading jockey since 1965 (3 wins):

• Philip Robinson - Betsy Red (1980), Never So Bold (1983), Kostar (2007)
• Daniel Tudhope - Pepper Lane (2011, 2012), Out Do (2014)
• Connor Beasley - Nameitwhatyoulike (2014), Dakota Gold (2019), Intrinsic Bond (2022)

Leading trainer since 1965 (3 wins):

• Mick Easterby – Lucky Dutch (1984), Catherines Well (1986), William's Well (2000)
• David O'Meara - Pepper Lane (2011, 2012), Out Do (2014)
• Tim Easterby - Pipalong (1999), Staxton (2020), Intrinsic Bond (2022)

Winners since 1965

• Weights given in stones and pounds.

Year	Winner	Age	Weight	Jockey	Trainer	SP	Time
1965	Monkey Palm	4	7-05	Willie Carson	Frank Armstrong	Template:Odds	1:11.60
1966	Royal Yacht	5	7-03	Des Cullen	Bill Holden	Template:Odds	1:14.80
1967	Gemini Six	3	7-07	Graham Sexton	Harry Wragg	Template:Odds F	1:16.80
1968	Morgan's Pride	4	7-01	David Coates	Steve Nesbitt	Template:Odds	1:14.00
1969	Pals Passage	5	7-13	Willie McCaskill	Mick Easterby	Template:Odds	1:12.60
1970	Bream	3	7-13	Ernie Johnson	Ernie Weymes	Template:Odds	1:10.80
1971	Abandoned due to waterlogging
1972	Spanish Gold	5	7-05	Steve Perks	Reg Hollinshead	Template:Odds	1:10.95
1973	Day Two	4	7-11	Mark Birch	Victor Mitchell	Template:Odds	1:11.45
1974	Princely Son	5	9-03	Johnny Seagrave	Ken Cundell	Template:Odds	1:13.20
1975	Blue Star	4	9-08	Eric Eldin	Arthur Stephenson	Template:Odds	1:12.00
1976	Honeyblest	4	8-13	Geoff Baxter	Doug Smith	Template:Odds	1:10.70
1977	Private Line	4	8-12	Eddie Hide	Clive Brittain	Template:Odds	1:13.10
1978	Laser Lady	4	7-08	Michael Wood	Paul Cole	Template:Odds	1:11.80
1979	Lord Rochfort	4	8-10	Steve Raymont	Brian Swift	Template:Odds F	1:15.90
1980	Betsy Red	3	8-07	Philip Robinson	Frankie Durr	Template:Odds	1:14.29
1981	Belfort	4	7-09	Nicky Howe	Matty McCourt	Template:Odds	1:11.50
1982	Soba	3	9-07	David Nicholls	David Chapman	Template:Odds F	1:12.50
1983	Never So Bold	3	8-03	Philip Robinson	Robert Armstrong	Template:Odds	1:11.10
1984	Lucky Dutch	5	7-10	David Leadbitter	Mick Easterby	Template:Odds F	1:10.40
1985	Numismatist	6	8-05	Robert Street	M Salaman	Template:Odds	1:14.60
1986	Catherines Well	3	8-08	Gary Carter	Mick Easterby	Template:Odds	1:11.70
1987	Umbelata	4	8-10	Tony Culhane	Mick Naughton	Template:Odds	1:15.60
1988	Golden Ancona	5	8-09	Mark Birch	Peter Easterby	Template:Odds F	1:16.40
1989	Thornfield Boy	3	8-06	Pat Eddery	Reg Akehurst	Template:Odds F	1:10.40
1990	Fascination Waltz	3	7-12	Gary Carter	John Mackie	Template:Odds	1:12.20
1991	Premier Touch	4	9-07	Alex Greaves	David Barron	Template:Odds	1:11.40
1992	Green Dollar	9	9-04	Michael Tebbutt	Eric Wheeler	Template:Odds	1:12.30
1993	Hard to Figure	7	9-03	Steve Drowne	Ron Hodges	Template:Odds	1:11.60
1994	Whittle Woods Girl	3	7-07	Jimmy Quinn	Eric Alston	Template:Odds	1:11.00
1995	Double Blue	6	9-13	Jason Weaver	Mark Johnston	Template:Odds	1:10.10
1996	Samwar	4	8-06	Ray Cochrane	Gay Kelleway	Template:Odds	1:11.60
1997	Tadeo	4	9-08	Dean McKeown	Mark Johnston	Template:Odds	1:09.80
1998	Cadeaux Cher	4	8-06	Ray Cochrane	Barry Hills	Template:Odds	1:11.50
1999	Pipalong	3	9-07	Lindsay Charnock	Tim Easterby	Template:Odds	1:13.00
2000	William's Well	6	7-13	Dale Gibson	Mick Easterby	Template:Odds	1:11.30
2001	Antonio Canova	5	8-09	Franny Norton	Bob Jones	Template:Odds F	1:11.60
2002	Deceitful	4	8-08	Francis Ferris	David Evans	Template:Odds	1:09.90
2003	Hidden Dragon	4	9-01	David Nolan	Paul Blockley	Template:Odds	1:10.53
2004	Smokin Beau	7	9-10	Joe Fanning	Nick Littmoden	Template:Odds	1:13.65
2005	Ice Planet	4	8-07	Phillip Makin	David Nicholls	Template:Odds	1:13.19
2006	Excusez Moi	4	9-04	Kerrin McEvoy	Clive Brittain	Template:Odds	1:13.82
2007	Kostar	6	9-06	Philip Robinson	Clive Cox	Template:Odds	1:11.61
2008	Tajneed	5	8-12	Adrian Nicholls	David Nicholls	Template:Odds	1:13.75
2009	Markab	6	9-03	Pat Cosgrave	Henry Candy	Template:Odds F	1:10.10
2010	Damika	7	8-10	Michael Stainton	Richard Whitaker	Template:Odds	1:13.31
2011	Pepper Lane	4	8-12	Daniel Tudhope	David O'Meara	Template:Odds	1:12.34
2012	Pepper Lane	5	9-01	Daniel Tudhope	David O'Meara	Template:Odds	1:11.95
2013	Baccarat	4	8-09	Tony Hamilton	Richard Fahey	Template:Odds F	1:09.72
2014	Out Do	5	9-01	Daniel Tudhope	David O'Meara	Template:Odds F	1:12.79
2015	Don't Touch	3	8-12	Tony Hamilton	Richard Fahey	Template:Odds F	1:12.00
2016	Nameitwhatyoulike	7	8-13	Connor Beasley	Bryan Smart	Template:Odds	1:10.14
2017	Mattmu	5	9-01	David Allan	Tim Easterby	Template:Odds	1:11.72
2018	Gunmetal	5	9-00	Joe Fanning	David Barron	Template:Odds	1:09.98
2019	Dakota Gold	5	9-07	Connor Beasley	Michael Dods	Template:Odds F	1:14.56
2020	Staxton	5	8-05	Duran Fentiman	Tim Easterby	Template:Odds F	1:11.71
2021	Justanotherbottle	7	8-12	Kevin Stott	Kevin Ryan	Template:Odds	1:09.72
2022	Intrinsic Bond	5	8-07	Connor Beasley	Tracy Waggott	Template:Odds	1:09.35
2023	Sophia's Starlight	3	8-07	Sam James	Grant Tuer	Template:Odds	1:11.51
2024	Dare To Hope	4	8-11	Oisin Orr	Richard Fahey	Template:Odds F	1:09.53

See also

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

References

• Racing Post:
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External links

• Race Recordings (1982, 1983, 1989, 1995-2012) youtube.com