Enable aims for Arc hat-trick after Kempton cakewalk in British farewell

Enable will head to Paris for next month’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on the back of an impressive farewell to British racing, after a seven-length success in the Group Three September Stakes here on Saturday in which she easily defeated Kirstenbosch, a 33-1 outsider.

John Gosden’s mare set off as the 1-14 favourite, the shortest starting price in any of her 18 races, and after a slightly awkward start she was sent straight into the lead by Frankie Dettori. Kirstenbosch and James Doyle followed a couple of lengths behind Enable throughout a circuit of the track, but when Dettori stoked up the favourite, she quickly stretched clear.

No horse has ever won the Arc three times, but Enable is now poised to write her name into racing history having landed Europe’s showpiece event in 2017 and 2018, before finishing second last season.

Enable started the day at a top price of 3-1 for the Arc on 4 October, a point behind the 2-1 favourite, Aidan O’Brien’s Love.

The price about Charlie Appleby’s Ghaiyyath, who beat Enable in the Eclipse Stakes in July when she was making her seasonal debut, ranges from 6-1 to 10-1 as uncertainty persists about whether he will step back up to 12 furlongs in Paris or stay at 10 in the Irish Champion Stakes next weekend and then the Champion Stakes at Ascot in mid-October.

Paddy Power’s initial reaction after Saturday’s race was to leave Enable unchanged at 11-4 for the Arc.