Shaquille's a slam dunk as speedster scorches to July Cup glory

With two furlongs to run at Newmarket, Rossa Ryan let the 5-2 joint-favourite have his head and the duo soon set about putting the race to bed

SHAQ ATTACK: Shaquille and jockey Rossa Ryan after winning the Pertemps Network July Cup Stakes on July Cup Day of The Boodles July Festival 2023 at Newmarket Racecourse. Pic: David Davies/PA Wire for The Jockey Club

Shaquille shot to the sprinting summit at Newmarket as Julie Camacho's speedster doubled his big-race tally in the Pertemps Network July Cup Stakes.

The three-year-old was competing in handicap company on the weekend of the opening Classics of the season - but he has since announced himself as a star of the division and having taken the Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot, he took the sting out of his elders here on Newmarket's July course.