Ascot’s match race failed to materialise on Saturday as Khalid Abdullah’s epoch-defining Enable (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) brushed aside the Ballydoyle duo with an ease rarely seen to make history as the first to win three renewals of the G1 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Qipco S. At her exuberant best with Frankie Dettori at pains to contain her from the outset, she sauntered around behind Sovereign (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and was several lengths off last year’s G1 Irish Derby hero in the back straight but her rider’s body language said it all. Allowing the Italian a lingering look around as she took control passing two out, the 4-9 favourite needed no encouragement to gallop to a 5 1/2-length success from the long-time leader, with Japan (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) a disappointing last of the trio.
Saturday, Ascot, Britain
KING GEORGE VI & QUEEN ELIZABETH QIPCO S.-G1, £400,000, Ascot, 7-25, 3yo/up, 11f 211yT, 2:28.92, g/f.
1–ENABLE (GB), 130, m, 6, 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. £226,840. Lifetime Record: Hwt. 3yo-Eur at 11-14f, Hwt. Older Mare-Eur at 9.5-11f, 2x Hwt. Older Mare-Eur at 11-14f, Hwt. Older Horse-Eng & Fr at 11-14f, MG1SW-Fr, G1SW-Ire & GISW-US, 17-14-2-1, $14,020,645. *1/2 to Contribution (GB) (Champs Elysees {GB}), MGSP-Fr; and Entitle (GB) (Dansili {GB}), GSP-Eng. Werk Nick Rating: F. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Sovereign (Ire), 133, c, 4, Galileo (Ire)–Devoted To You (Ire), by Danehill Dancer (Ire). O-Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith; B-Barronstown Stud (IRE); T-Aidan O’Brien. £86,000.
3–Japan (GB), 133, c, 4, Galileo (Ire)–Shastye (Ire), by Danehill. (1,300,000gns Ylg ’17 TATOCT). O-Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & Masaaki Matsushima; B-Newsells Park Stud (GB); T-Aidan O’Brien. £43,040.
Margins: 5HF, 11. Odds: 0.44, 12.00, 2.50.
Scratched: Anthony Van Dyck (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
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