Frankie Dettori celebrates on Enable - courtesy of Great British Racing

Queen of racing Enable closing in on Frankel's unbeaten record of 14 straight wins

By Sporting Life

Horse Racing

Wed July 24, 2019 · 7y ago

Superstar filly Enable, who has been touted as the ‘Queen of Racing’, will be aiming for her 11th successive win on Saturday as she edges closer to the legendary Frankel’s unbeaten record of 14 victories.

The five-year-old is currently the 4/7 favourite to secure victory in the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth QIPCO Stakes at Ascot this weekend – following on from her impressive win in the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown at the beginning of the month.

A win in the race, which forms part of the 2019 QIPCO British Champions Series, will also mean Enable would have won the prestigious contest twice after triumphing previously in 2017.

To highlight her tremendous record, QIPCO British Champions Series have produced a timeline video of Enable’s key career moments, showcasing just how much of a superstar she is.

Enable the 'Queen Of Racing' - Courtesy of Great British Racing and Sky Sports Racing

Trainer John Gosden has drawn comparisons between her and the legendary Frankel. He said: “Frankel was magnificent in every way, and I’d assume, Prince Khalid, who has bred all the wonderful horses down the years, would say with Frankel and Enable – that’s the best colt and the best filly."

Describing what sets her apart from other racehorses, Gosden continued: “She’s very enthusiastic, loves her training and racing, and that makes my job easier. A pleasure to be around with a strong, competitive mind. When she’s fit and well, she becomes very determined.

"She’s like the great heavyweight boxers training in the gym in the lead up to a Championship fight, just quietly goes through the motions, she knows what she wants and what she needs to do.

"When she had a difficult year (last year), coming back from injury, surgery and sickness, she still managed to do the job. I admired that a lot, like any great athlete, it’s not easy to get yourself back to the top again. That’s a big ask for any athlete.

"It’s pretty extraordinary what she’s done, she’s done everything. One run at Newcastle as a two-year-old, then to do what she done as three-year-old was brilliant."

John Gosden on Enable - Courtesy of QIPCO British Champion Series

A victory for Enable on Saturday will also be her 11th successive win under the guidance of Frankie Dettori - dating back to their Cheshire Oaks triumph back in 2017.

On their special relationship, Dettori said: "She is a special horse, a superstar, the Queen of Racing! I’ve been lucky enough to win every race I’ve ridden her in, and I would love nothing more than for that to continue on Saturday. What she has already achieved is phenomenal, but to win a second King George VI & Queen Elizabeth QIPCO Stakes would be magnificent.

"Win or lose she deserves all the credit she receives. She is the perfect horse to ride, she knows exactly what to do, I have never had to ask her to do anything. It has been a dream journey together and long may that continue."

She could also become the first five-year-old winner of the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth QIPCO Stakes since Aggressor in 1960; only the third horse to win the race twice, and a second win at Ascot would mean this would be the first racecourse Enable has won twice at.