Royal Hunt Cup

The Royal Hunt Cup is a Class 2 Heritage Handicap flat race run at the Royal Ascot meeting every June. It is run over a distance of seven furlongs and is open to horses aged three years and older. The prize money is in excess of £95,000.

Royal Hunt Cup Trends

Jimmy Fortune is the top jockey of the last ten years with two winners.

Having saddled two winners in the last ten years, James Fanshawe is the most successful trainer of recent times.

Favourites have a very poor record in the Royal Hunt Cup with no winners in the last ten years. There have been six winners in double figures in that time.

Royal Hunt Cup Ten Year Winners

2007 Royal Hunt Cup Winner – 15(10)2(12) Royal Oath 9/1 (14) – J Fortune – J Gosden

2006 Royal Hunt Cup Winner – 1113(12) Cesare 14/1 (3) – J Spencer – J Fanshawe

2005 Royal Hunt Cup Winner – 6(10)269 New Seeker 11/1 (6) – P Robinson – C Cox

2004 Royal Hunt Cup Winner – 76231Mine 16/1 (8) – T Quinn – J Bethell

2003 Royal Hunt Cup Winner – 14221 Macadamia 8/1 (6) – D O’Neill – J Fanshawe

2002 Royal Hunt Cup Winner – 69631 Norton 25/1 (10) – J Fortune – T Mills

2001 Royal Hunt Cup Winner – 54211 Surprise Encounter 8/1 (29) – L Dettori – E Dunlop

2000 Royal Hunt Cup Winner – 4(11)432 Caribbean Monarch 11/2 (28) – K Fallon – M Stoute

1999 Royal Hunt Cup Winner – (12)1(11)23 Showboat 14/1 (30) – N Pollard – B Hills

1998 Royal Hunt Cup Winner – 22142 Refuse To Lose 20/1 (6) – J Tate – J Eustace

Royal Hunt Cup Draw Bias

The last ten renewals of this event show no significant draw bias.

Royal Hunt Cup Resources

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