• John Gosden five-year-old favourite to land unique treble• It will be a sad day, it could be the last day I ride her, Dettori adds
Frankie Dettori expects to be swept up in the emotion of what is likely to be Enable’s final start in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp on Sunday, regardless of whether the five-year-old becomes the first horse to win Europe’s showpiece race three times.
Dettori was close to tears after Enable’s last appearance in
Britain at York in August and knows that the mare’s outstanding career, which has yielded 12 wins from 13 starts, is almost certain to conclude after Sunday’s race.