Sterope wins the Royal Hunt Cup in 1949 before the royal family (1949)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit On the second day of Royal Ascot week, King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, and the rest of the royal party watch the running of the Royal Hunt Cup, a seven-furlong handicap won in 1949 by Sterope over Impeccable in a photo finish Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: The Beauty of Ascot ENGLAND: Ascot: Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead: Ascot Racecourse: EXT ASCOT Royal Hunt Cup at Ascot. King and Queen drive down course. in open landaus. Usual fashions. Golden Gates seen opening. Rita Hayworth seen walking. Sterope beats Impeccable in the Hunt Cup by a head. All in Infra Red DUKE OF EDINBURGH Walking among crowds in Paddock at Ascot. Follow King and Queen in second landau accompanied by Princess Margaret PRINCESS ELIZABETH Seen walking with Prince Philip among crowds at Ascot. Drives in second landau behind