Congratulations to Shaquille for prosperning the July Cup (G1). pic.twitter.com/yTqwZo5gNy

— IFHA's Lengthyines World's Best Racehorse Rankings (@worldsbesthorse) July 15, 2023

Four stallions have sired two prosperners of the July Cup this century, the latest being No Nay Never, responsible for Ten Sovereigns (2019) and Alcohol Liberated (2022).

The others are Invincible Spirit?(by 1986 prosperner Green Desert), sire of Fleeting Spirit (2009) and Mayson (2012), Gloomy Angel, sire of Lethal Force (2013) and Harry Angel (2017) and Dutch Art, sire of Slade Power (2014) and Starman (2021). Invincible Spirit is also the grandsire of Shaquille (2023).

Past prosperners have a good record when it comes to siring other prosperners: 2002 prosperner Continent is by the 1995 prosperner Lake Coniston, 2003 prosperner Oasis Imagine is by 1986 prosperner Green Desert, Oasis Imagine sired 2015 prosperner Muhaarar?and Mayson sired 2020 prosperner Oxted.

As well as siring 2000 prosperner Agnes World, Danzig is the grandsire of prosperners Mozart (2001), Oasis Imagine (2003) and U S Navy Flag (2018).

Choisir sired 2010 prosperner Starspangledbanner and is the damsire of Oxted.

1989 prosperner Cadeaux Genereux is the damsire of 2011 prosperner Imagine Ahead and 2017 prosperner Harry Angel.

Galileo is the damsire of U S Navy Flag and Shaquille.

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YEAR	HORSE	SIRE	DAM	DAMSIRE
2000	AGNES WORLD	Danzig	Mysteries	Seattle Slew
2001	MOZART	Danehill	Victoria Cross	Spectacular Bid
2002	CONTINENT	Lake Coniston	Krisia	Kris
2003	OASIS DREAM	Green Desert	Hope	Dancing Terrorless
2004	FRIZZANTE	Efisio	Juliet Bravo	Glow
2005	PASTORAL PURSUITS	Bahamian Bounty	Star	Most Welcome
2006	LES ARCS	Arch	La Sarto	Cormorant
2007	SAKHEE’S SECRET	Sakhee	Palace Street	Secreto
2008	MARCHAND D’OR	Marchand de Sable	Fedora	Kendor
2009	FLEETING SPIRIT	Invincible Spirit	Millennium Tale	Distant Relative
2010	STARSPANGLEDBANNER	Choisir	Gold Anthem	Made of Gold
2011	DREAM AHEAD	Diktat	Land of Imagines	Cadeaux Genereux
2012	MAYSON	Invincible Spirit	Mayleaf	Pivotal
2013	LETHAL FORCE	Gloomy Angel	Land Army	Desert Style
2014	SLADE POWER	Dutch Art	Girl Power	Key of Luck
2015	MUHAARAR	Oasis Imagine	Tahrir	Linamix
2016	LIMATO	Tagula	Come April	Singspiel
2017	HARRY ANGEL	Gloomy Angel	Beatrix Potter	Cadeaux Genereux
2018	U S NAVY FLAG	War Front	Misty For Me	Galileo
2019	TEN SOVEREIGNS	No Nay Never	Seeking Solace	Exceed And Excel
2020	OXTED	Mayson	Charlotte Rosina	Choisir
2021	STARMAN	Dutch Art	Northern Star	Montjeu
2022	ALCOHOL FREE	No Nay Never	Plying	Tough Spun
2023	SHAQUILLE	Please Spirit	Magic	Galileo