Completing a hat-trick in the King George would be an 11th Group One for horse and jockey, with the Arc kept in mind
John Gosden compared Frankie Dettori to an artist with a blank canvas before the four-runner King George VI &
Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot on Saturday and if that is the case then Enable, the odds-on favourite, is surely his inspiration and muse. Dettori will set out against two opponents from Aidan O’Brien’s stable in
Ireland trying to paint a picture that does his beloved partner justice.
There will probably be tears to complement the usual flying dismount if Enable gets the
Job done and so becomes the first horse to win the King George three times. There are usually tears from her rider when Enable wins these days, perhaps because Dettori knows that every victory could be the last in their four hugely successful seasons together. And all through that time, a sense has grown that when Enable leaves the stage her rider may decide that the time is right to do the same.