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Frankie Dettori will be steering the fallible filly in her bid to win the showpiece event of European racing three times
There are sporting stars – such as Wayne Gretzky, Lionel Messi or Tiger Woods – whose brilliance is transcendent and overwhelming. There are others who make the most of what they’ve got to earn their place in the pantheon. Enable, the favourite for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on Sunday, is somewhere in between.
Enable is not, on the dull numbers, the best racehorse on earth, nor even beyond argument the best horse in her Newmarket stable. She is certainly not another Frankel, whose unbeaten career in the same colours less than a decade ago was built on such complete dominance that his starting price rarely bettered 1-10. Continue reading...