Royal Ascot: Dark Shift gives James McDonald a second win of the week

Charlie Hills' charge finished strongly to beat Intellogent (40-1) by half a length
Royal Ascot: Dark Shift gives James McDonald a second win of the week

Dark Shift and James McDonald win the Royal Hunt Cup. Picture: Healy Racing.

Dark Shift provided jockey James McDonald with his second winner of the week at Royal Ascot as he motored to victory in the Royal Hunt Cup.

Having been seen to great effect aboard Australian raider Nature Strip in the King's Stand on Tuesday, the New Zealand-born rider adopted very different tactics aboard this Charlie Hills-trained grey.

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