By Tom Frary
Khalid Abdullah's Enable (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) was itching for a return to action having spent the entire season in the shadows and she exhibited all her customary exuberance as she put Crystal Ocean (GB) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) firmly in his place in Kempton's G3 188Bet September S. on Saturday. Sent off the 8-15 favourite, last year's G1 English, Irish and Yorkshire Oaks and G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe heroine enjoyed an easy lead under Frankie Dettori with Crystal Ocean sat no more than two lengths adrift. As she went up through the gears in the straight, the G2 Hardwicke S. winner and G1 King George runner-up could not match her and at the line she had stretched the margin to 3 1/2 lengths. She is back on her “A game” as she is Arc-bound now and trainer John Gosden was understandably delighted. “She found a beautiful rhythm and it was a lovely trial back for the big one in four weeks' time tomorrow,” he said. “I couldn't have been more happy with her going into the race and with how she is now. She was 80-85% and so it will bring her on. She handles any ground and we'll point firmly towards the Arc. It is all down to her, she gets frustrated not training and racing and is very strong. The hardest thing for her is to have to stand around doing nothing. Some like that, but she's not one of them.” The runner-up's trainer Sir Michael Stoute said, “There is nothing that can beat that filly on those terms,” he said regarding the eight pounds that Crystal Ocean was giving the Juddmonte ace. “There are lots of options for him, the Arc, the Champion Stakes, the Canadian International and the Breeders' Cup.”
Juddmonte's outstanding Enable will be emulating the comparable Treve (Fr) (Motivator {GB}) if she repeats her Chantilly antics without the weight-for-age advantage in the Oct. 7 feature. The portents are strong that she will achieve it, as her family have traditionally thrived with age and experience with her relative Flintshire (GB) (Dansili {GB}) being the prime example. Twice runner-up in the Arc, he captured two editions of the GI Sword Dancer Invitational with the latter being as a 6-year-old. The dam, the Listed Prix Charles Laffitte winner and G3 Prix de Flore runner-up Concentric (GB) (Sadler's Wells), is a full-sister to the G2 Prix de Royallieu scorer and G1 Prix de Diane runner-up Dance Routine (GB) who aside from producing Flintshire is also the second dam of last year's GII Baltimore/Washington International Turf Cup scorer Projected (GB) (Showcasing {GB}). Concentric's 3-year-old colt Centroid (GB) (Dansili {GB}) is now a winner for Dermot Weld, while her 2-year-old filly Entitle (GB) also by Dansili was sixth on her sole start for this stable in June. She also has an as-yet unnamed yearling filly by Frankel (GB) and a 2018 colt by Sea the Stars (Ire).
Saturday, Kempton, Britain
188BET SEPTEMBER S.-G3, £70,000, Kempton, 9-8, 3yo/up, 11f 219y (AWT), 2:30.57, st/sl.
1–ENABLE (GB), 128, f, 4, by Nathaniel (Ire)
1st Dam: Concentric (GB) (SW & GSP-Fr, $117,776), by Sadler's Wells
2nd Dam: Apogee (GB), by Shirley Heights (GB)
3rd Dam: Bourbon Girl, by Ile de Bourbon
O-Khalid Abdullah; B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd (GB); T-John Gosden; J-Lanfranco Dettori. £39,697. Lifetime Record: Hwt. 3yo-Eur at 11-14f, MG1SW-Eng, G1SW-Fr & Ire, 9-8-0-1, $5,213,510. *1/2 to Contribution (GB) (Champs Elysees {GB}), MGSP-Fr. Werk Nick Rating: F. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Crystal Ocean (GB), 136, c, 4, Sea the Stars (Ire)–Crystal Star (GB), by Mark of Esteem (Ire). O-Sir Evelyn de Rothschild; B-Southcourt Stud (GB); T-Sir Michael Stoute. £15,050.
3–Cribbs Causeway (Ire), 128, f, 4, Rip Van Winkle (Ire)–Bristol Fashion (GB), by Dansili (GB). (30,000gns Ylg '15 TAOCT). O-Nick Bradley Racing 13; B-Nick Bradley (IRE); T-Roger Charlton. £7,532.
Margins: 3HF, 17, 1HF. Odds: 0.50, 1.50, 66.00.
Also Ran: Peak Princess (Ire). Scratched: Weekender (GB). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
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