LONDON: Frankie Dettori is confident Enable can create history and become the first horse to win the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe and Breeders’ Cup Turf in the same year.
The four-year-old, owned by Saudi Arabian Khalid bin Abdullah, has only had two outings this season. But Enable showed exactly what she is capable of last month when she stormed to victory at Longchamps to claim back-to-back Arcs.
Dettori, who rode her to victory in the famous race, is certain that her light workload in 2018 will help her to enter the record books.
The jockey said: “I’m aware of the fact that no horse has won an Arc and a Breeders’ Cup Turf, but records are there to be broken.
“In favor of Enable, she has only raced twice, is very fresh and seems to have traveled over well, and she’s shown her versatility winning around Chester and Epsom and also a King George on soft ground.
“You never can be completely certain that everything is spot on, but you certainly wouldn’t suspect it (anything wrong) with this filly.”
Trainer John Gosden is also hopeful that the filly can overcome her light campaign and win at the famous Churchill Downs track tomorrow.
“She has settled in well, Frankie said she was very professional today and moved well on the ground, we’re not going to do more than get a feel of the place,” Godson told At The Races.
“We’re watching where the rain is going, a little north of us at the moment, so you never know we might not get drowned.
“She has had a clear run since the Arc, she obviously took longer to come out of the Arc (than usual) which is understandable. She went in there not 100 percent, so it took a little time to get over it but I’ve been pleased with her since. She traveled well over here, she’s settling in and eating and drinking well, which is very important, and I am liking the way she moves.”
Speaking of Enable’s light season, Godson added: “To be honest I would have preferred to bring her here after last year’s campaign, which was absolutely smooth, yes she won five Group 1s but I would have liked to have come here a little bit on the crest of the wave.
“This has not been an easy year with her but she won the Arc.”
Frankie Dettori sure Enable can make history in Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe
Frankie Dettori sure Enable can make history in Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe
