Journalists Wandering Eyes Posted September 8, 2018 Journalists Share Posted September 8, 2018 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 Crsytal 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 Arc-bound now, while 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.” ENABLE (GB), 128, f, 4, by Nathaniel (Ire)1st Dam: Concentric (GB) (SW & GSP-Fr, $117,776), by Sadler’s Wells2nd 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, £3,849,077. *1/2 to Contribution (GB) (Champs Elysees {GB}), MGSP-Fr. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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