2024-06-19
Winner: £90,195
Runners: 88
Going:
No. of hurdles:
Distance: 1m0f0yy
The Royal Hunt Cup is a cavalry charge handicap run over a mile. It takes place at 17:05 on Wednesday 19th June, which is the second day of Royal Ascot 2024. View the runners here, and also make sure to check out the odds and tips on offer for this race.
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Year | Horse [Draw] | Age | Weight | SP | Trainer | Jockey |
2023 | Jimi Hendrix [7] | 4 | 9-5 | 22/1 | Ralph Beckett | Rossa Ryan |
2022 | Dark Shift [15] | 4 | 9-1 | 13/2 | Charles Hills | James McDonald |
2021 | Real World [4] | 4 | 8-6 | 18/1 | Saeed bin Suroor | Marco Ghiani (3) |
2020 | Dark Vision [11] | 4 | 9-1 | 15/2 | Mark Johnston | William Buick |
2019 | Afaak [21] | 5 | 9-3 | 20/1 | Charles Hills | Jim Crowley |
2018 | Settle For Bay [22] | 4 | 9-1 | 16/1 | David Marnane | W J Lee |
2017 | Zhui Feng [26] | 4 | 9-0 | 25/1 | Amanda Perrett | Martin Dwyer |
2016 | Portage [4] | 4 | 9-5 | 10/1 | M Halford | James Doyle |
2015 | Gm Hopkins [11] | 4 | 9-3 | 8/1 | John Gosden | Ryan Moore |
2014 | Field Of Dream [33] | 7 | 9-1 | 20/1 | Jamie Osborne | Adam Kirby |
Key trends
Other factors
There have been only three winning favourites in the last 35 years –True Panache in 1989, Yeast in 1996 and Forgotten Voice in 2009.
Only three of the last ten winners were drawn in single figures, while 2022 winner Dark Shift was the only one drawn between stalls 12 and 20.
Four winners wore some form of headgear.