Enable (horse)

British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse

Enable

Enable at the 2018 Breeders' Cup

Sire| Nathaniel
Grandsire| Galileo
Dam| Concentric
Damsire| Sadler's Wells
Sex| Mare
Foaled| 12 February 2014[1]
Country| United Kingdom
Colour| Bay
Breeder| Juddmonte Farms
Owner| Khalid Abdullah
Trainer| John Gosden
Record| 19: 15-2-1
Earnings| £10,724,320
Major wins
Cheshire Oaks (2017)
Epsom Oaks (2017)
Irish Oaks (2017)
King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S. (2017, 2019, 2020)
Yorkshire Oaks (2017, 2019)
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (2017, 2018)
September Stakes (2018, 2020)
Breeders' Cup Turf (2018)
Eclipse Stakes (2019)
Awards
Cartier Champion Three-year-old Filly (2017)
Cartier Horse of the Year (2017, 2019)
Cartier Champion Older Horse (2018, 2019)
Timeform rating: 134

Enable (foaled 12 February 2014) is a champion British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare who won 15 of her 19 races, including 11 Group One races. Her biggest wins include the Breeders' Cup Turf, Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Epsom Oaks, Irish Oaks, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Eclipse Stakes and Yorkshire Oaks. Enable was the 2017 and 2019 European Horse of the Year.

Enable's racing career lasted from November 2016 to October 2020. After winning her only race as a two-year-old in 2016, she emerged as the dominant middle-distance horse in Europe in 2017, winning the Cheshire Oaks, Epsom Oaks, Irish Oaks, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Yorkshire Oaks and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

As a four-year-old, Enable won the September Stakes, a second Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and the Breeders' Cup Turf. In doing so, she became the first Arc winner to win the Breeders' Cup Turf in the same year. In 2019, Enable won the Eclipse Stakes and recorded repeat victories in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and the Yorkshire Oaks before her long unbeaten run came to an end when she finished second to Waldgeist in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. As a six-year-old, Enable ran second to Ghaiyyath in the Eclipse before becoming the first horse to win a third King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. In the autumn of 2020, Enable won another September Stakes before failing in her second attempt to win a third Prix de l'Arc Triomphe.

## Background

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Enable was bred in England by Khalid Abdullah's Juddmonte Farms. She is a bay mare with a large white star and a narrow irregular blaze, a white sock on her left hind leg and smaller white markings on her front feet. She was sent into training with John Gosden at Newmarket, Suffolk.

Enable is from the first crop of foals sired by Nathaniel who won the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes in 2011 and the Eclipse Stakes in the following year.[2] Her dam Concentric showed good form in France, winning a Listed race and finishing second in the Prix de Flore.[3] She is also a full sister to the dam of Flintshire.[4]

## Racing career

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### 2016: two-year-old season

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Enable made her only appearance as a two-year-old in a maiden race over one mile on the synthetic Tapeta track at Newcastle Racecourse on 28 November 2016 and started at odds of 7/2 in a field of nine fillies. Ridden by Robert Havlin, she was restrained towards the rear before taking the lead inside the final furlong and drawing away to win by three and three quarter lengths.[5]

### 2017: three-year-old season

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#### Spring

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Enable began her second season in a minor stakes race over ten furlongs at Newbury Racecourse on 21 April when she was partnered by William Buick. Starting at odds of 5/1, she stayed on well in the closing stages to finish third behind her stablemate Shutter Speed and Raheen House. Frankie Dettori took the ride when Enable moved up in class and distance to contest the Cheshire Oaks over eleven and a half furlongs at Chester Racecourse on 10 May and was made the 2/1 second choice in the seven-runner field behind the Aidan O'Brien-trained Alluringly.. After racing in second place, Enable took the lead three furlongs out and went clear of her rivals before being eased down by Dettori to win by one and three quarter lengths.[6]

#### Summer

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Enable at Churchill Downs in 2018

On 2 June, Enable was one of nine fillies to contest the 238th running of the Oaks Stakes over one and a half miles at Epsom Racecourse. The race was run in heavy rain after a thunderstorm struck the course shortly before the start.[7] The Irish filly Rhododendron, ridden by Ryan Moore, was made the 8/11 favourite with Enable second choice in the betting on 6/1 alongside the Godolphin challenger Sobetsu (winner of the Prix Saint-Alary). The other runners included Alluringly, Natavia (Fillies' Trial Stakes), Coronet (Zetland Stakes) and Horseplay (Pretty Polly Stakes). With Dettori again in the saddle, Enable raced in third place before going to the front two furlongs out with Rhododendron as her only serious challenger. In the closing stages Enable drew right away from the favourite to win by five lengths with another six lengths back to Alluringly in third place.[8] After the race Dettori commented "When I saw Ryan wasn't moving alongside me, I thought I was in trouble, but once I saw his distress signals coming I knew my filly would stay right to the end. She's only run three times, she's very good. She's still a bit of a frame but I think she'll get better and better."[9]

Enable made her next appearance in the Irish Oaks at the Curragh on 15 July. She was partnered by Dettori who had just returned to riding after sustaining an arm injury at Yarmouth on 13 June.[10] She was made the 2/5 favourite ahead of her stablemate Coronet, whilst the other eight runners included Rain Goddess (runner-up in the Pretty Polly Stakes), Alluringly, Intricately (Moyglare Stud Stakes) and Eziyra (C L Weld Park Stakes). After tracking the leader Rain Goddess, Enable went to the front two furlongs out, accelerated away from her rivals and won "easily" by five and a half lengths.[11] Dettori commented "Enable is a very special filly and it was so important to ride her – she is a true professional and I think she has improved since Epsom. She has a good turn of foot and put the race to bed".[12]

Less than two weeks after her win at the Curragh, Enable, with Dettori again in the saddle, was matched against older horses and male opposition in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot Racecourse.[13] She started the 5/4 favourite against nine opponents including Highland Reel, Jack Hobbs, Idaho, Ulysses and My Dream Boat. She raced in second place behind the pacemaker Maverick Wave before going to the front entering the straight. She accelerated several lengths clear of her rivals and never looked in any danger of defeat coming home four and a half lengths clear of Ulysses with Idaho in third place.[14] After the race Dettori, who was riding at his minimum weight of 119 pounds said, "I haven't had a feeling like that since Golden Horn in the Arc... She's top-drawer and that's three times she's proved it, three times that she's won by a wide margin. I didn't want to see a sprint and I knew she stays, so I kicked for home early".[15] John Gosden described Enable as being "as good a filly as I've ever trained... she just takes the race by the horns" before suggesting the Yorkshire Oaks and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe as future targets.[16]

As Gosden had predicted, Enable made her next appearance in the Yorkshire Oaks at York Racecourse on 24 August. She went off the 1/4 favourite against five opponents including Queen's Trust (Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf), Nezwaah (Pretty Polly Stakes), Coronet and Alluringly. She took the lead from the start, drew away from the field in the straight and won "very readily" by five lengths from Coronet.[17] Gosden commented "There was no obvious pace so I said to Frankie that he could do his own thing. She got lonely in the last part, she was looking around and idling. It's not her favourite way of racing but she can do it that way. It was a lovely prep for the Arc, and it's a nice run-in now. She'd be the best mile-and-a-half filly that I've trained".[18]

#### Autumn

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Enable started odds-on favourite for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe on 1 October at Chantilly. As she had not been among the original entries, her owner had to pay a supplementary fee of €120,000 to run her in the race.[19] Ulysses and Idaho were again in opposition, whilst the other runners included Order of St George, Winter, Capri, Satono Diamond and Seventh Heaven. After racing in third place, Enable took the lead in the straight, went clear of the field and stayed on to win by two and a half lengths from Cloth of Stars. Dettori commented "It was too perfect... It happened exactly like I thought and she won like I thought. Usually in an Arc something happens but it was so smooth, so effortless" while Gosden added "She's really only had one very busy season so there's a possibility she might stay in training next year and go to the new Longchamp. She's truly exceptional, straight out of the top drawer".[20]

On 16 November 2017 at the Cartier Racing Awards Enable was named Champion Three-year-old Filly and Horse of the Year[21] In the 2017 World's Best Racehorse Rankings, Enable was rated the fifth-best horse in the world and the best three-year-old filly with a rating of 129.[22]

### 2018: four-year-old season

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In May 2018, it was announced that Enable had suffered a "training setback" and would not race as a four-year-old until August at the earliest.[23] On 6 September, Enable made a belated seasonal debut in the September Stakes on the synthetic polytrack surface at Kempton, winning by 3+1⁄2 lengths over Crystal Ocean. After the race Gosden said "She's 80 per cent fit, 85 per cent if you had to stretch it. She is in a good place mentally. She loves her racing. It frustrated her when the other horses went out on the Heath every morning and she couldn't. It's a hard thing for her to stand around doing nothing".[24]

Enable prior to winning the Breeders' Cup Turf

Enable was given a month's break prior to the 2018 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, in which she attempted to become the eighth horse, and the first trained in England, to win the race for a second time.. She started as the favourite ahead of Sea of Class, Waldgeist and Kew Gardens, while the other fifteen runners included Capri, Cloth of Stars, Talismanic, Study of Man (Prix du Jockey Club) and Clincher (Kyoto Kinen). Nelson set the pace before giving way to Capri in the straight but Enable, having tracked the leaders from the start, moved smoothly into the lead 300 metres from the finish. After looking likely to win easily she came under strong pressure in the last 100 metres but held on to win by a short neck from Sea of Class.[25] Dettori said "as we got to the false straight, the life in the old girl came back. I knew then we were in business. I waited as long as I could and, when I said 'come on, let's go', the trademark turn of foot was there... She wasn't the Enable of last year but she's got the job done".[26] John Gosden commented "It's not been the preparation we wanted, it has been very difficult, and we had a hiccup between Kempton and here with a slight temperature thing, so it has not been easy. She was not at her best today. I have had a difficult year with her, it is entirely down to the filly and her guts and a lovely ride from Frankie. She has got the job done and it is down to her mind, she is a wonderful filly".[27]

In her final run of the season, Enable went to the United States for the Breeders' Cup Turf at Churchill Downs on 3 November. She was the 8/13 favourite ahead of 12 opponents including Waldgeist, Talismanic and Magical from Europe, while the only North American runners given any serious chance were Robert Bruce (Arlington Million) and Channel Maker (Joe Hirsch Turf Classic). After racing in mid-division, Enable moved up on the wide outside on the final turn to take the lead in the straight but was immediately joined by Magical, ridden by Ryan Moore. The two fillies pulled well clear of the rest and at the line Enable prevailed by three quarters of a length with a gap of nine lengths back to the 80/1 outsider Sadler's Joy in third.[28] Explaining the race, Dettori said "She didn't break that well and then the pace was on straight away. I managed to get out to four off the fence, and then she was moving good again. I was waiting for her to give me the message that she was ready to go, and I could see Magical on my inside. Magical took me on pretty early and then it was a punch-up to see who was the best. She went half a length up and I knew she was fighting for me but Ryan was like a wasp that wouldn't go away. The ground made it hard for her today, but she's a superstar". Enable was the first Arc winner to win the Breeders' Cup Turf in the same year.[29]

At the 2018 Cartier Awards, Enable was named Cartier Champion Older Horse.[30] In the 2018 World's Best Racehorse Rankings, Enable was placed eighth, with a rating of 125.[31]

### 2019: five-year-old season

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In 2019, Enable missed scheduled entries in the Coronation Cup at Epsom and at Royal Ascot before returning to the track for the Eclipse Stakes over ten furlongs at Sandown Park on 6 July. Magical appeared to be her biggest threat, while the other six runners were Regal Reality (Brigadier Gerard Stakes), Telecaster (Dante Stakes), Mustashry, Zabeel Prince, Hunting Horn (Hampton Court Stakes) and Danceteria (La Coupe). Starting the 4/6 favourite, Enable tracked the front-running Hunting Horn before taking the lead two furlongs out and held off the challenge of Magical to win by three quarters of a length.[32] She became the third mare to win the race after Pebbles and Kooyonga, and the first five-year-old mare to take the prize. Frankie Dettori said "I'm as ecstatic as when I won my first race on her... Her longevity has been incredible. I never stop getting excited when I ride her in the morning. She's very special. I really love her... She's got so many gears and the unbelievable will to win. She's got everything."[33]

Three weeks after her win at Sandown, Enable started at odds of 8/15 as she attempted to repeat her 2017 success in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. Her ten opponents included Crystal Ocean, Anthony Van Dyck, Defoe, Waldgeist and Cheval Grand. She raced towards the rear of the field as Norway and Magic Wand set a strong pace before moving up quickly approaching the final turn. Enable took the lead from Crystal Ocean two furlongs out and held off a renewed challenge from the latter in the closing stages to win by a neck with Waldgeist a length and a quarter back in third place.[34] After the race Dettori said "At the five [furlong pole], I looked up and thought, the only one I've got to beat is Crystal Ocean. I've got to get on to his tail. Then [James Doyle on Crystal Ocean] was sitting pretty going really well, so I jumped on him and made a race of it, and I probably took him by surprise. Then, he was fighting back and the gloves were off. In fairness, he served it up to me and we had a right titanic battle... She is extraordinary and she really surprised me. She's an amazing horse in every way: ability, courageous, uncomplicated."[35]

On 22 August, three horses—Magical, Lah Ti Dar (Middleton Stakes) and the 100/1 outsider South Sea Pearl—seemed able to oppose Enable as she ran for a second Yorkshire Oaks. Starting at odds of 1/4, Enable led from the start, saw off a challenge from Magical in the last quarter mile and won by two and three quarter lengths.[36] The race was regarded as a trial for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and Gosden commented "This was a lovely prep for her, a gorgeous race in its own right and we couldn't be more pleased with her... She has this amazingly competitive mind. She's just a great filly with a great constitution."[37]

On 6 October, Enable started the 1/2 favourite in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe as she attempted to record an unprecedented third success. After settling in fourth place, she went to the front 400 metres from the finish and looked the likely winner, but was run down in the final strides by Waldgeist and beaten into second place.[38] After the race, Dettori said "The ground was very sticky... She just folded a bit and the winner was too good for me today, but my filly was already tired... I think ground had a lot to do with it."[39]

On 12 November, Enable was named Horse of the Year and Champion Older Horse at the Cartier Awards, taking both honours for the second time.[40] These were her fourth and fifth awards, tying the record set by Frankel. In the 2019 World's Best Racehorse Rankings, Enable was given a rating of 128, placing her in a three-way tie for first place alongside Crystal Ocean and Waldgeist.[41]

### 2020: six-year-old season

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Enable's first start of 2020 was the Eclipse Stakes at Sandown Park on 5 July. Owing to the restructuring of the British flat racing because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the race was not open to three-year-olds for the first time in its history. In her attempt to win the race for a second time, Enable started favourite ahead of Ghaiyyath and Japan, despite Gosden warning that she was likely to be in need of the race and short of peak fitness.[42] After racing in mid-division, she stayed on well in the straight but was unable to reel in the front-running Ghaiyyath and finished second, beaten two and a quarter lengths. Gosden was satisfied with the run, commenting "We're delighted with that, she ran a gorgeous race... She enjoyed it and the zest and desire was there, but trying to get involved with a front-running horse like [Ghaiyyath] was never going to be her deal... It was the perfect platform she needed for the King George".[43]

When Enable attempted to record an unprecedented third victory in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes on 25 July, only two horses appeared to oppose her: Japan and the 2019 Irish Derby winner Sovereign. Enable went off the 4/9 favourite in a race run behind closed doors in heavy rain. She settled in second place behind Sovereign before moving up to take the lead in the straight and drew away in the final furlong to win "easily" by five and a half lengths.[44] Frankie Dettori, who was winning the race for a record-equalling seventh time said "We tried a variety of things to get the fire back, and that's why John Gosden is a great trainer, he does things outside the box, and we got her back. She's not getting better, but her enthusiasm throughout the race today was plain to see and she's thriving with racing... I love her so much. I've become friends with her, she's got tremendous presence and she knows she's good".[45]

Enable's connections took her to Kempton to attempt a second September Stakes win[46] instead of going to the Yorkshire Oaks or the Juddmonte International. After missing the start, Dettori raced Enable into a lead that she maintained for the rest of the race. She pulled away from Kirstenbosch and the previous year's Melbourne Cup runner up, Prince of Arran, to win by 7 lengths at a starting price of 1-14.[47]

Her next start was the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, where she was the 5/4 favourite trying for a record third win in Europe's arguably most prestigious race. But she came sixth in the eleven horse field in heavy going.

In the 2020 World's Best Racehorse Rankings, Enable was rated on 122, making her the equal twenty-first best racehorse in the world.[48]

## Retirement and breeding career

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Juddmonte announced Enable's retirement on 12 October 2020. Khalid Abdullah's racing manager, Teddy Beckett, said that Enable had "brought so much joy to everyone who has been involved with her" and John Gosden stated "Enable has retired happy and sound after an extraordinary career. Her daily presence has been a joy and her record in Group Ones including four Oaks, three King Georges, two Arcs, an Eclipse and a Breeders' Cup Turf is a marvel and unprecedented." Frankie Dettori also paid his tribute, saying "Obviously I shed a tear as I was a bit emotional. She has touched my heart and has been one of the great mares of our generation."[49]

Enable was retired to stud and her first foal, a colt by Kingman, was born on 11 February 2022.[50] Her second foal, a chestnut filly by Dubawi, was born in March 2023.[51]

## Race record

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Date  | Race name  | D(f)  | Course  | Class  | Prize (£K)  | Odds  | Runners  | Place  | Margin  | Runner-up  | Time  | Jockey  | Trainer

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28 November 2016 | Maiden Stakes  | 8  | Newcastle | 5  | 3  | 3.5 7/2  | 9  | 1  | 3.75  | Gallifrey  | 1:38.52  | Robert Havlin  | John Gosden
21 April 2017 | Conditions Stakes  | 10  | Newbury | 3  | 10  | 5 5/1  | 6  | 3  |  |  | 2:07.34  | William Buick | John Gosden
10 May 2017 | Cheshire Oaks | 11  | Chester | 1 (L)  | 34  | 2 2/1  | 7  | 1  | 1.75  | Alluringly  | 2:23.80  | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden
2 June 2017 | Epsom Oaks | 12  | Epsom | 1 (G1)  | 284  | 6 6/1  | 9  | 1  | 5  | Rhododendron | 2:34.13  | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden
15 July 2017 | Irish Oaks | 12  | Curragh | 1 (G1)  | 198  | 0.4 2/5 F  | 10  | 1  | 5.5  | Rain Goddess  | 2:32.13  | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden
29 July 2017 | King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes | 12  | Ascot | 1 (G1)  | 652  | 1.2 5/4 F  | 10  | 1  | 4.5  | Ulysses | 2:36.22  | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden
24 August 2017 | Yorkshire Oaks | 12  | York | 1 (G1)  | 198  | 0.25 1/4 F  | 6  | 1  | 5  | Coronet | 2:35.79  | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden
1 October 2017 | Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe | 12  | Chantilly | 1 (G1)  | 2442  | 0.91 10/11 F  | 18  | 1  | 2.5  | Cloth of Stars | 2:28.69  | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden
8 September 2018 | September Stakes | 12  | Kempton Park | 1 (G3)  | 40  | 0.53 8/15 F  | 4  | 1  | 3.5  | Crystal Ocean  | 2:30.57  | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden
7 October 2018 | Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe | 12  | Longchamp | 1 (G1)  | 2528  | 1.00 Evs F  | 19  | 1  | snk  | Sea of Class | 2:29.24  | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden
3 November 2018 | Breeders' Cup Turf | 12  | Churchill Downs | 1 (G1)  | 1630  | 0.62 8/13 F  | 13  | 1  | 0.75  | Magical | 2:32.65  | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden
6 July 2019 | Eclipse Stakes | 10  | Sandown Park | 1 (G1)  | 425  | 0.75 4/6 F  | 8  | 1  | 0.75  | Magical | 2:04.77  | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden
27 July 2019 | King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes | 12  | Ascot | 1 (G1)  | 708  | 0.53 8/15 F  | 11  | 1  | 0.25  | Crystal Ocean | 2:32.42  | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden
22 August 2019 | Yorkshire Oaks | 12  | York | 1 (G1)  | 241  | 1000.25 1/4 F  | 4  | 1  | 2.75  | Magical | 2:29.90  | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden
6 October 2019 | Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe | 12  | Longchamp | 1 (G1)  | 2573  | 0.50 1/2 F  | 12  | 2  |  |  | 2:31.97  | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden
5 July 2020 | Eclipse Stakes | 10  | Sandown Park | 1 (G1)  | 141  | 1.00 Evs F  | 7  | 2  |  |  | 2:04.48  | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden
25 July 2020 | King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes | 12  | Ascot | 1 (G1)  | 226  | 0.44 4/9 F  | 3  | 1  | 5.5  | Sovereign | 2:28.92  | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden
5 September 2020 | September Stakes | 12  | Kempton Park | 1 (G3)  | 31  | 0.53 1/14 F  | 6  | 1  | 7  | Kirstenbosch  | 2:30.33  | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden
4 October 2020 | Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe | 12  | Longchamp | 1 (G1)  | 1452  | 0.90 9/10 F  | 12  | 6  |  |  | 2:39.30  | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden

## Pedigree

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Pedigree of Enable (GB), bay filly, 2014[1] Sire
Nathaniel (IRE)
2008  | Galileo (IRE)
1998  | Sadler's Wells | Northern Dancer

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Fairy Bridge
Urban Sea | Miswaki
Allegretta
Magnificient Style (USA)
1993  | Silver Hawk | Roberto
Gris Vitesse
Mia Karina  | Icecapade
Basin
Dam
Concentric (GB)
2004  | Sadler's Wells (USA)
1981  | Northern Dancer | Nearctic
Natalma
Fairy Bridge | Bold Reason
Special
Apogee (GB)
1990  | Shirley Heights | Mill Reef
Hardiemma
Bourbon Girl  | Ile de Bourbon
Fleet Girl (Family: 4-m)[4]

* Enable is inbred 3x2 to Sadler's Wells, meaning that this stallion appears in both the second and third generations of her pedigree.
* Enable is inbred 4x3 to Northern Dancer, meaning that this stallion appears in both the third and fourth generations of her pedigree.

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49. ^ "Enable: Frankie Dettori tribute as record-breaking horse retired from racing". BBC Sport. 12 October 2020.
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51. ^ "Superstar mare welcomes filly by top stallion". Horse & Hound. 14 March 2023.

## External links

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* Enable - Race Record & Form \- Racing Post
* Career 1-2-3 Colour Chart – Enable

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Cartier Horse of the Year

* 1991 Arazi
* 1992 User Friendly
* 1993 Lochsong
* 1994 Barathea
* 1995 Ridgewood Pearl
* 1996 Helissio
* 1997 Peintre Celebre
* 1998 Dream Well
* 1999 Daylami
* 2000 Giant's Causeway
* 2001 Fantastic Light
* 2002 Rock of Gibraltar
* 2003 Dalakhani
* 2004 Ouija Board
* 2005 Hurricane Run
* 2006 Ouija Board
* 2007 Dylan Thomas
* 2008 Zarkava
* 2009 Sea the Stars
* 2010 Goldikova
* 2011 Frankel
* 2012 Frankel
* 2013 Treve
* 2014 Kingman
* 2015 Golden Horn
* 2016 Minding
* 2017 Enable
* 2018 Roaring Lion
* 2019 Enable
* 2020 Ghaiyyath
* 2021 St Mark's Basilica
* 2022 Baaeed
* 2023 Ace Impact
* 2024 City of Troy

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Cartier Champion Three-year-old Filly

* 1991 Kooyonga
* 1992 User Friendly
* 1993 Intrepidity
* 1994 Balanchine
* 1995 Ridgewood Pearl
* 1996 Bosra Sham
* 1997 Ryafan
* 1998 Cape Verdi
* 1999 Ramruma
* 2000 Petrushka
* 2001 Banks Hill
* 2002 Kazzia
* 2003 Russian Rhythm
* 2004 Ouija Board
* 2005 Divine Proportions
* 2006 Mandesha
* 2007 Peeping Fawn
* 2008 Zarkava
* 2009 Sariska
* 2010 Snow Fairy
* 2011 Danedream
* 2012 The Fugue
* 2013 Treve
* 2014 Taghrooda
* 2015 Legatissimo
* 2016 Minding
* 2017 Enable
* 2018 Alpha Centauri
* 2019 Star Catcher
* 2020 Love
* 2021 Snowfall
* 2022 Inspiral
* 2023 Tahiyra
* 2024 Porta Fortuna

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Cartier Champion Older Horse

* 1991 Terimon
* 1992 Mr Brooks
* 1993 Opera House
* 1994 Barathea
* 1995 Further Flight
* 1996 Halling
* 1997 Pilsudski
* 1998 Swain
* 1999 Daylami
* 2000 Kalanisi
* 2001 Fantastic Light
* 2002 Grandera
* 2003 Falbrav
* 2004 Soviet Song
* 2005 Azamour
* 2006 Ouija Board
* 2007 Dylan Thomas
* 2008 Duke of Marmalade
* 2009 Goldikova
* 2010 Goldikova
* 2011 Cirrus des Aigles
* 2012 Frankel
* 2013 Moonlight Cloud
* 2014 Noble Mission
* 2015 Solow
* 2016 Found
* 2017 Ulysses
* 2018 Enable
* 2019 Enable
* 2020 Ghaiyyath
* 2021 Palace Pier
* 2022 Baaeed
* 2023 Mostahdaf
* 2024 Charyn

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Epsom Oaks winners

* 1779 Bridget
* 1780 Tetotum
* 1781 Faith
* 1782 Ceres
* 1783 Maid of the Oaks
* 1784 Stella
* 1785 Trifle
* 1786 Yellow Filly
* 1787 Annette
* 1788 Nightshade
* 1789 Tag
* 1790 Hippolyta
* 1791 Portia
* 1792 Volante
* 1793 Caelia
* 1794 Hermione
* 1795 Platina
* 1796 Parisot
* 1797 Nike
* 1798 Bellissima
* 1799 Bellina
* 1800 Ephemera
* 1801 Eleanor †
* 1802 Scotia
* 1803 Theophania
* 1804 Pelisse
* 1805 Meteora
* 1806 Bronze
* 1807 Briseis
* 1808 Morel
* 1809 Maid of Orleans
* 1810 Oriana
* 1811 Sorcery
* 1812 Manuella
* 1813 Music
* 1814 Medora
* 1815 Minuet
* 1816 Landscape
* 1817 Neva
* 1818 Corinne
* 1819 Shoveler
* 1820 Caroline
* 1821 Augusta
* 1822 Pastille ‡
* 1823 Zinc
* 1824 Cobweb
* 1825 Wings
* 1826 Lilias
* 1827 Gulnare
* 1828 Turquoise
* 1829 Green Mantle
* 1830 Variation
* 1831 Oxygen
* 1832 Galata
* 1833 Vespa
* 1834 Pussy
* 1835 Queen of Trumps
* 1836 Cyprian
* 1837 Miss Letty
* 1838 Industry
* 1839 Deception
* 1840 Crucifix ‡
* 1841 Ghuznee
* 1842 Our Nell
* 1843 Poison
* 1844 The Princess
* 1845 Refraction
* 1846 Mendicant
* 1847 Miami
* 1848 Cymba
* 1849 Lady Evelyn
* 1850 Rhedycina
* 1851 Iris
* 1852 Songstress
* 1853 Catherine Hayes
* 1854 Mincemeat
* 1855 Marchioness
* 1856 Mincepie
* 1857 Blink Bonny †
* 1858 Governess
* 1859 Summerside
* 1860 Butterfly
* 1861 Brown Duchess
* 1862 Feu de Joie
* 1863 Queen Bertha
* 1864 Fille de l'Air
* 1865 Regalia
* 1866 Tormentor
* 1867 Hippia
* 1868 Formosa ₩ ‡
* 1869 Brigantine
* 1870 Gamos
* 1871 Hannah ₩
* 1872 Reine
* 1873 Marie Stuart
* 1874 Apology ₩
* 1875 Spinaway
* 1876 Camelia (dh)
* 1876 Enguerrande (dh)
* 1877 Placida
* 1878 Jannette
* 1879 Wheel of Fortune
* 1880 Jenny Howlet
* 1881 Thebais
* 1882 Geheimniss
* 1883 Bonny Jean
* 1884 Busybody
* 1885 Lonely
* 1886 Miss Jummy
* 1887 Reve d'Or
* 1888 Seabreeze
* 1889 L'Abbesse de Jouarre
* 1890 Memoir
* 1891 Mimi
* 1892 La Fleche ₩
* 1893 Mrs Butterwick
* 1894 Amiable
* 1895 La Sagesse
* 1896 Canterbury Pilgrim
* 1897 Limasol
* 1898 Airs and Graces
* 1899 Musa
* 1900 La Roche
* 1901 Cap and Bells II
* 1902 Sceptre ₩ ‡
* 1903 Our Lassie
* 1904 Pretty Polly ₩
* 1905 Cherry Lass
* 1906 Keystone
* 1907 Glass Doll
* 1908 Signorinetta †
* 1909 Perola
* 1910 Rosedrop
* 1911 Cherimoya
* 1912 Mirska
* 1913 Jest
* 1914 Princess Dorrie
* 1915 Snow Marten
* 1916 Fifinella †
* 1917 Sunny Jane
* 1918 My Dear
* 1919 Bayuda
* 1920 Charlebelle
* 1921 Love in Idleness
* 1922 Pogrom
* 1923 Brownhylda
* 1924 Straitlace
* 1925 Saucy Sue
* 1926 Short Story
* 1927 Beam
* 1928 Toboggan
* 1929 Pennycomequick
* 1930 Rose of England
* 1931 Brulette
* 1932 Udaipur
* 1933 Chatelaine
* 1934 Light Brocade
* 1935 Quashed
* 1936 Lovely Rosa
* 1937 Exhibitionnist
* 1938 Rockfel
* 1939 Galatea
* 1940 Godiva
* 1941 Commotion
* 1942 Sun Chariot ₩
* 1943 Why Hurry
* 1944 Hycilla
* 1945 Sun Stream
* 1946 Steady Aim
* 1947 Imprudence
* 1948 Masaka
* 1949 Musidora
* 1950 Asmena
* 1951 Neasham Belle
* 1952 Frieze
* 1953 Ambiguity
* 1954 Sun Cap
* 1955 Meld ₩
* 1956 Sicarelle
* 1957 Carrozza
* 1958 Bella Paola
* 1959 Petite Etoile
* 1960 Never Too Late
* 1961 Sweet Solera
* 1962 Monade
* 1963 Noblesse
* 1964 Homeward Bound
* 1965 Long Look
* 1966 Valoris
* 1967 Pia
* 1968 La Lagune
* 1969 Sleeping Partner
* 1970 Lupe
* 1971 Altesse Royale
* 1972 Ginevra
* 1973 Mysterious
* 1974 Polygamy
* 1975 Juliette Marny
* 1976 Pawneese
* 1977 Dunfermline
* 1978 Fair Salinia
* 1979 Scintillate
* 1980 Bireme
* 1981 Blue Wind
* 1982 Time Charter
* 1983 Sun Princess
* 1984 Circus Plume
* 1985 Oh So Sharp ₩
* 1986 Midway Lady
* 1987 Unite
* 1988 Diminuendo
* 1989 Snow Bride
* 1990 Salsabil
* 1991 Jet Ski Lady
* 1992 User Friendly
* 1993 Intrepidity
* 1994 Balanchine
* 1995 Moonshell
* 1996 Lady Carla
* 1997 Reams of Verse
* 1998 Shahtoush
* 1999 Ramruma
* 2000 Love Divine
* 2001 Imagine
* 2002 Kazzia
* 2003 Casual Look
* 2004 Ouija Board
* 2005 Eswarah
* 2006 Alexandrova
* 2007 Light Shift
* 2008 Look Here
* 2009 Sariska
* 2010 Snow Fairy
* 2011 Dancing Rain
* 2012 Was
* 2013 Talent
* 2014 Taghrooda
* 2015 Qualify
* 2016 Minding
* 2017 Enable
* 2018 Forever Together
* 2019 Anapurna
* 2020 Love
* 2021 Snowfall
* 2022 Tuesday
* 2023 Soul Sister
* 2024 Ezeliya
* 2025 Minnie Hauk

Legend \- ₩ = Fillies Triple Crown Winners, † = Epsom Derby Winners, ‡ = 2,000 Guineas Stakes Winners

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King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes winners

* 1951 Supreme Court
* 1952 Tulyar
* 1953 Pinza
* 1954 Aureole
* 1955 Vimy
* 1956 Ribot
* 1957 Montaval
* 1958 Ballymoss
* 1959 Alcide
* 1960 Aggressor
* 1961 Right Royal
* 1962 Match
* 1963 Ragusa
* 1964 Nasram
* 1965 Meadow Court
* 1966 Aunt Edith ♥
* 1967 Busted
* 1968 Royal Palace
* 1969 Park Top ♥
* 1970 Nijinsky
* 1971 Mill Reef
* 1972 Brigadier Gerard
* 1973 Dahlia ♥
* 1974 Dahlia ♥
* 1975 Grundy
* 1976 Pawneese
* 1977 The Minstrel
* 1978 Ile de Bourbon
* 1979 Troy
* 1980 Ela-Mana-Mou
* 1981 Shergar
* 1982 Kalaglow
* 1983 Time Charter ♥
* 1984 Teenoso
* 1985 Petoski
* 1986 Dancing Brave
* 1987 Reference Point
* 1988 Mtoto
* 1989 Nashwan
* 1990 Belmez
* 1991 Generous
* 1992 St Jovite
* 1993 Opera House
* 1994 King's Theatre
* 1995 Lammtarra
* 1996 Pentire
* 1997 Swain
* 1998 Swain
* 1999 Daylami
* 2000 Montjeu
* 2001 Galileo
* 2002 Golan
* 2003 Alamshar
* 2004 Doyen
* 2005 Azamour
* 2006 Hurricane Run
* 2007 Dylan Thomas
* 2008 Duke of Marmalade
* 2009 Conduit
* 2010 Harbinger
* 2011 Nathaniel
* 2012 Danedream ♥
* 2013 Novellist
* 2014 Taghrooda ♥
* 2015 Postponed
* 2016 Highland Reel
* 2017 Enable ♥
* 2018 Poet's Word
* 2019 Enable ♥
* 2020 Enable ♥
* 2021 Adayar
* 2022 Pyledriver
* 2023 Hukum

Legend \- ♥ = Filly

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Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winners

* 1920 Comrade
* 1921 Ksar
* 1922 Ksar
* 1923 Parth
* 1924 Massine
* 1925 Priori
* 1926 Biribi
* 1927 Mon Talisman
* 1928 Kantar
* 1929 Ortello
* 1930 Motrico
* 1931 Pearl Cap ♥
* 1932 Motrico
* 1933 Crapom
* 1934 Brantôme
* 1935 Samos ♥
* 1936 Corrida ♥
* 1937 Corrida ♥
* 1938 Eclair au Chocolat
* 1941 Le Pacha
* 1942 Djebel
* 1943 Verso
* 1944 Ardan
* 1945 Nikellora
* 1946 Caracalla
* 1947 Le Paillon
* 1948 Migoli
* 1949 Coronation ♥
* 1950 Tantieme
* 1951 Tantieme
* 1952 Nuccio
* 1953 La Sorellina ♥
* 1954 Sica Boy
* 1955 Ribot
* 1956 Ribot
* 1957 Oroso
* 1958 Ballymoss
* 1959 Saint Crespin
* 1960 Puissant Chef
* 1961 Molvedo
* 1962 Soltikoff
* 1963 Exbury
* 1964 Prince Royal
* 1965 Sea Bird
* 1966 Bon Mot
* 1967 Topyo
* 1968 Vaguely Noble
* 1969 Levmoss
* 1970 Sassafras
* 1971 Mill Reef
* 1972 San San ♥
* 1973 Rheingold
* 1974 Allez France ♥
* 1975 Star Appeal
* 1976 Ivanjica
* 1977 Alleged
* 1978 Alleged
* 1979 Three Troikas ♥
* 1980 Detroit ♥
* 1981 Gold River ♥
* 1982 Akiyda ♥
* 1983 All Along ♥
* 1984 Sagace
* 1985 Rainbow Quest
* 1986 Dancing Brave
* 1987 Trempolino
* 1988 Tony Bin
* 1989 Carroll House
* 1990 Saumarez
* 1991 Suave Dancer
* 1992 Subotica
* 1993 Urban Sea ♥
* 1994 Carnegie
* 1995 Lammtarra
* 1996 Helissio
* 1997 Peintre Celebre
* 1998 Sagamix
* 1999 Montjeu
* 2000 Sinndar
* 2001 Sakhee
* 2002 Marienbard
* 2003 Dalakhani
* 2004 Bago
* 2005 Hurricane Run
* 2006 Rail Link
* 2007 Dylan Thomas
* 2008 Zarkava ♥
* 2009 Sea the Stars
* 2010 Workforce
* 2011 Danedream ♥
* 2012 Solemia ♥
* 2013 Treve ♥
* 2014 Treve ♥
* 2015 Golden Horn
* 2016 Found ♥
* 2017 Enable ♥
* 2018 Enable ♥
* 2019 Waldgeist
* 2020 Sottsass
* 2021 Torquator Tasso
* 2022 Alpinista ♥
* 2023 Ace Impact
* 2024 Bluestocking ♥

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