Following the latest round of forfeits and his Royal Ascot win in the Commonwealth Cup, Shaquille heads July Cup odds and a field of 19 for the 2023 edition of the feature Group 1 6f sprint at Newmarket on Saturday, 15 July. The market expects him to confirm form with Little Big Bear in a race where the favourite hasn’t obliged since 2016.
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Shaquille Fancied in July Cup Odds for Royal Ascot Follow-Up
Julie Camacho’s improving sprinter Shaquille stunned the Royal Ascot crowds by falling out the stalls, yet still got up under Oisin Murphy and overhauled red-hot favourite Little Big Bear to land the Commonwealth Cup for three-year-olds. Speedsters from that generation get their first chance to tackle their elders in elite company during Newmarket’s July Festival.
🎥🏇😲 On board with @oismurphy as Shaquille charges to Commonwealth Cup glory at Royal Ascot#ITVRacing | #RoyalAscot | @JCamachoRacing pic.twitter.com/GTQr1TQnkC
— ITV Racing (@itvracing) June 23, 2023
According to ante post July Cup odds available with Paddy Power, Shaquille is 9/4 favourite to follow-up on his Royal meeting triumph at Headquarters. The official BHA handicapper still believes Little Big Bear (3/1) to be the better horse, however, despite dropping his rating by 5lb to a mark of 119.
Aidan O’Brien has won two of the last five editions of the July Cup including with Ten Sovereigns in 2019. That one shares a sire with Little Big Bear, so that gives his powerful Irish connections hope of reversing the form. Three-year-olds have a 50 per cent strike rate in this events over the last eight years, so July Cup odds often favour them because of a generous 6lb weight for age allowance.
Also in the line-up is exciting Michael Dods filly Azure Blue (9/2). The handy four-year-old could make her Group 1 debut after lowering the colours of Highfield Princess at York, now switching back a track she truly loves. Azure Blue has three wins on the Rowley Mile and one on the July course from five career starts at Newmarket, so could well sock it to the colts and geldings engaged.
What Date & Time is the 2023 July Cup?
📅Time/Date: 4:10pm (Saturday, 15th July 2023)
🏇Racecourse: Newmarket
💰 Winner: £340,260
📺 TV: Racing TV / ITV
🎲 Odds: Shaquille 9/4 | Little Big Bear 3/1 | Azure Blue 9/2 | Kinross 13/2 | Bar 14/1
Recent July Cup Winners
- 2022 – Alcohol Free (14/1)
- 2021 – Starman (9/2)
- 2020 – Oxted (12/1)
- 2019 – Ten Sovereigns (9/2)
- 2018 – U S Navy Flag (8/1)
- 2017 – Harry Angel (9/2)
- 2016 – Limato (9/2 fav)
- 2015 – Muhaarar (2/1 joint-fav)
- 2014 – Slade Power (7/4 fav)
Latest 2023 July Cup Odds
- Shaquille @ 9/4
- Little Big Bear @ 3/1
- Azure Blue @ 9/2
- Kinross @ 13/2
- Art Power @ 14/1
- The Antarctic @ 16/1
- Meditate @ 16/1
- Royal Aclaim @ 20/1
- Run To Freedom @ 25/1
- Lezoo @ 25/1
- Alpha Zulu @ 25/1
- Emaraaty Ana @ 25/1
- Cold Case @ 25/1
- Vadream @ 33/1
- Brad The Brief @ 33/1
- Mount Athos @ 50/1
- Zoology @ 100/1
- Twilight Jet @ 100/1
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