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KING'S TROOP WINS THE ASCOT 'ROYAL HUNT CUP'
This trophy was presented to the 1961 winning Horse King's Troop, by jockey Geoff Lewis, owner Mrs Priscilla Hastings and trained by Peter Hastings-Bass
Priscilla Victoria Hastings (née Bullock, 28 February 1920 – 12 August 2010) was a British racehorse owner and trainer. She was one of the first three women to be elected as a member of the Jockey Club in December 1977, alongside her half-sister Ruth Wood (née Primrose), Countess of Halifax and Helen Johnson Houghton.
King's Troop, headed a field of 38 to win the 1961 Royal Hunt Cup on 14th June 1961. King's Troop was foaled on 1st February 1957.
There is coloured footage of the race with Technicolor Pathe News.
The Ascot Royal Hunt Cup always provides one of the greatest spectacles of the Royal Meeting as a maximum field thunders up Ascot's straight mile course for one of the biggest betting races of the season. First run in 1843, originally contested on a right-handed course over 7 furlongs and 166 yards, although the race's distance was shortened to 7 furlongs and 155 yards in 1930, but was then extended to its present length in 1956. It is now run on a straight course on the second day of the Royal meeting, and usually features a large field. It is one of three perpetual trophies at the meeting, along with the Gold Cup and the Queen's Vase, which can be kept permanently by the winning owners.