2023 Commonwealth Cup

Shaquille (GB) won the 2023 Commonwealth Cup at Ascot on 23 June 2023, trained by Julie Camacho and ridden by Oisin Murphy, at 9/1, beating Little Big Bear (IRE) by 1¼ lengths.

Updated 2023-06-23

Quick answers

Who won the Commonwealth Cup in 2023? Shaquille (GB) won the 2023 Commonwealth Cup at Ascot on 23 June 2023, trained by Julie Camacho and ridden by Oisin Murphy, at 9/1, beating Little Big Bear (IRE) by 1¼ lengths.
Who came second in the 2023 Commonwealth Cup? Little Big Bear (IRE) (10/11F) finished second, and Swingalong (IRE) (66/1) was third.
Did the favourite win the 2023 Commonwealth Cup? No. The 10/11 favourite Little Big Bear (IRE) finished 2nd of 13.
What was the winning time of the 2023 Commonwealth Cup? Shaquille (GB) won in 1m 13.15s over 6f on Good To Firm going.
How much prize money did the 2023 Commonwealth Cup winner get? Shaquille (GB) earned £340,260 for winning the 2023 Commonwealth Cup.
How many ran in the 2023 Commonwealth Cup? 13 ran in the 2023 Commonwealth Cup (average since 2015: 16.0).

Shaquille (GB)Winner

9/1SP

13 ranRunners

1m 13.15sWinning time

£340,260Prize to winner

Little Big Bear (IRE) (10/11F): 2nd of 13Favourite

Full result

Pos	Btn	Horse	SP	Age	Wgt	Jockey	Trainer	OR	Dr	Headgear	Owner	Total btn	Time	Prize
1	won 1¼	Shaquille (GB)	9/1	3	9-2	Oisin Murphy	Julie Camacho	111	4	h	Hughes, Rawlings, O'Shaughnessy	-	1m 13.15s	£340,260
2	1¼	Little Big Bear (IRE)	10/11F	3	9-2	Ryan Moore	Aidan O'Brien	124	2	-	D Smith, Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor, Westerberg	1¼	-	£129,000
3	¾	Swingalong (IRE)	66/1	3	8-13	Clifford Lee	Karl Burke	105	7	-	Sheikh Juma Dalmook Al Maktoum	2	-	£64,560
4	hd	Ocean Quest (IRE)	25/1	3	8-13	Colin Keane	Mrs John Harrington	107	8	-	J Kirkland & Mrs J M Ryan	2¼	-	£32,160
5	nk	Rumstar (GB)	80/1	3	9-2	Rob Hornby	Jonathan Portman	105	6	-	Vincent Ward	2½	-	£16,140
6	½	Queen Me (IRE)	28/1	3	8-13	Jim Crowley	Kevin Ryan	104	11	-	Jaber Abdullah	3	-	£8,100
7	3¾	Shouldvebeenaring (GB)	20/1	3	9-2	Sean Levey	Richard Hannon	112	12	-	Middleham Park Racing Xviii	6¾	-	-
8	¾	Mischief Magic (IRE)	33/1	3	9-2	William Buick	Charlie Appleby	113	1	t	Godolphin	7½	-	-
9	nk	Noble Style (GB)	12/1	3	9-2	James Doyle	Charlie Appleby	114	5	p	Godolphin	7¾	-	-
10	1¼	Lezoo (GB)	5/1	3	8-13	Frankie Dettori	Ralph Beckett	114	14	-	Marc Chan & Andrew Rosen	9	-	-
11	4½	The X O (IRE)	80/1	3	9-2	Robert Havlin	John Ryan	104	9	-	G Smith- Bernal & Anthony Verrier	13½	-	-
12	3	Marbaan (GB)	25/1	3	9-2	Jamie Spencer	Charlie Fellowes	110	13	-	Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum	16½	-	-
13	12	Sakheer (IRE)	17/2	3	9-2	David Egan	Roger Varian	114	10	-	Khk Racing Ltd	28½	-	-

Distances beaten are to the horse in front (Btn) and to the winner (Total btn). Headgear: b blinkers, v visor, p cheekpieces, t tongue strap, h hood, e/s eyeshield, ht hood and tongue strap. Prize money is shown in the currency of the country the race was run in (£ in Britain, € in Ireland).

How they ran next

Pos here	Horse	Next run	Course	Race	Result	SP
1	Shaquille (GB)	2023-07-15	Newmarket (July)	Pertemps Network July Cup Stakes	won	5/2JF
2	Little Big Bear (IRE)	2023-07-15	Newmarket (July)	Pertemps Network July Cup Stakes	8th of 8	5/2JF
3	Swingalong (IRE)	2023-07-14	York	William Hill Summer Stakes (Fillies & Mares)	won	5/4F
4	Ocean Quest (IRE)	2023-08-27	Naas	Tally-Ho Stud Irish EBF Ballyogan Stakes (Fillies & Mares)	won	10/11F
5	Rumstar (GB)	2023-07-22	Newbury	bet365 Hackwood Stakes	6th of 10	7/1
6	Queen Me (IRE)	2023-08-25	York	Coolmore Wootton Bassett Nunthorpe Stakes	11th of 16	22/1
7	Shouldvebeenaring (GB)	2023-07-22	Newbury	bet365 Hackwood Stakes	9th of 10	17/2
8	Mischief Magic (IRE)	2023-10-04	Kempton (AW)	ebfstallions.com Conditions Stakes	won	4/5F
9	Noble Style (GB)	2023-08-06	Chester	Net World Sports Queensferry Stakes	4th of 6	5/2
10	Lezoo (GB)	2023-08-26	Newmarket (July)	JenningsBet Hopeful Stakes	won	7/4F
11	The X O (IRE)	2024-02-04	Lingfield (AW)	BetUK Kachy Stakes	6th of 6	40/1
12	Marbaan (GB)	2023-08-01	Goodwood	World Pool Lennox Stakes	3rd of 6	28/1
13	Sakheer (IRE)	2024-05-25	Salisbury	British Stallion Studs EBF Cathedral Stakes	6th of 6	5/4F

13 of 13 have run since; 5 won next time out.

Commonwealth Cup winners by year

Year	Winner	SP	Trainer
2026	Venetian Sun (IRE)	11/8F	Karl Burke
2025	Time For Sandals (IRE)	25/1	Harry Eustace
2024	Inisherin (GB)	9/4F	Kevin Ryan
2023	Shaquille (GB)	9/1	Julie Camacho
2022	Perfect Power (IRE)	7/2JF	Richard Fahey
2021	Campanelle (IRE)	5/1	Wesley A Ward
2020	Golden Horde (IRE)	5/1	Clive Cox
2019	Advertise (GB)	8/1	Martyn Meade
2018	Eqtidaar (IRE)	12/1	Sir Michael Stoute
2017	Caravaggio (USA)	5/6F	Aidan O'Brien
2016	Quiet Reflection (GB)	7/4F	Karl Burke
2015	Muhaarar (GB)	10/1	Charles Hills

Years with a result in GB and IRE records since 1990.

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2023 Commonwealth Cup

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