By James Watson (@james_watson98)
Enable. 10 Group One wins. Two Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe’s (soon to be three). Superstar Mare. This weekend could be the last time we ever see her run as she goes to Longchamp to defend her crown for the third time and looks to become the first horse to ever do that. In recent years we saw Treve try her hardest to do it but was stopped by the same combination that have Enable. Gosden and Dettori have had one hell of a season winning Group One’s in England, Ireland and France with the cherry on top of the cake being this Sunday at 3:05 Longchamp. Enable has captivated the racing world as her grit and determination to win shines through. Look at her performance in the Yorkshire Oaks. The crowds gathered from all around the country to see the superstar mare run for the last time in England. She has captured a nation. On Sunday grab whoever you can round the telly and witness one of the best horses in history. Enjoy 😊
Newmarket is where I shall start with the Fillies Handicap which looks a competitive heat. The Filly I really like in Eva Maria for Richard Fahey and Paul Hanagan. Owned by the Gredley family she is closely related to one of their superstars James Garfield and has never been out of the first three. In her third run at Pontefract she got tapped for a bit of toe and plugged on in then end which saw her step up in trip at Ayr the next time where I think she won a shade comfortably. She has only been put up 6lbs for that win and I think she had a lot more in hand. The ground is currently soft at Newmarket and she has won on good to soft, so I don’t see that being an issue. I really like this filly and think she has a lot more to come against some experienced rivals.
Newmarket 1:40 Eva Maria 5/1
Over to Ascot now and the Cumberland Lodge looks an interesting race. Wells Farhh Go is a bit of a cliff horse for me but will persist with him here. He always puts in a solid performance in the Group Three’s and fails to deliver when stepped up in class. He won very nicely on his seasonal reappearance and went off to hard when running in the Goodwood Cup. Put a line through his run last time the Ebor just wasn’t a race for him and back in an 8 runner Group Three should be more his bag. He has won on Good to Soft as a two-year-old and if he decides to settle, he should be very difficult to beat especially down in trip.
Ascot 2:35 Wells Farhh Go 6/1
The Redcar Two-Year-Old trophy is a race I always used to love growing up and the obvious option for this race would be Summer Sands. However, I will be going against him with Dubai Station for Karl Burke. He has good soft ground form which should put him in good stead. Think the slight step down in distance by a few yards will help as he doesn’t always strike me as he wants further. Two starts back he was beaten by the Middle Park winner which shows strong for and I think Hes massively overpriced at 12/1. He has flopped slightly in some Graded race but stepping back down in class here should see him being competitive and goes into this race fresher than the favourite.
Redcar 2:55 Dubai Station 12/1
Back to Newmarket now where the Sun Chariot Stakes has been the location of Laurens’ last ever run. This filly has been a superstar for John Dance and his team and is a six-time Group one winner. She was below her best last time when finishing fourth in the Matron when trying to defend her crown. I think she may struggle against, but I wish her the best of luck and can’t wait to see her progeny in the future. Veracious’ performance last time was very impressive, and I think Sir Michael and Oisin Murphy may have found the key to here. It was a career best last time when landing the Falmouth which I though was strong at the time. She is improving still with each run and I think she will sit in Laurens slipstream and go past late on.
Newmarket 3:25 Veracious 4/1
Don’t forget to tune in for Enable on Sunday 3:05 on ITV or Sky Sports Racing!!!!!!
By James Watson (@james_watson98)
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