He’s ready and Enable

DETTORI CLINCHES ‘RACE OF CENTURY’

I was always having the edge.” Dettori, Enable’s jockey for each of her big- race successes, including an Epsom and Curragh Oaks and the last two Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, omphe, continued: “She is extraordinary.

“She eve n surprised me today – an amazing horse in every way.

“I love her. She e gives me an emotion on that no horse has ever given to me in my life.”

Saluting the first two horses – Waldgeist finished third, with Derby winner Anthony Van Dyck beating just one horse home – Gosden ( below) said: “It was a proper King George.

“Frankie hit the front – I think next time we might hold our petrol petro a little longer – and then Crystal Ocean, the m magnificent horse that h he is, comes back at her and gets his head in front.

“And then you h have a proper race. “So much of this is mental ment strength in horses – she really, really showed it, and he showed it. What more could racing want?”

As a proud Sir Michael Stoute lauded the runner-up –” he’s just so, so brave” – connections of Enable focused on the Juddmonte International at York next month, followed by the prospect of a career swansong in search of a record third Arc.

“She toughed it out like a true champion, which she is,” said Lord Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager to Enable’s owner, Prince Khalid Abdullah.

“The main target is the Arc and if she could go to York that would be fantastic.

“If that’s not the case, then we will do the best by the filly. She is a one-off.”