Most sports fans can remember a moment of high emotion, disappointment or despair when they asked themselves a few questions. Is it really worth it? Why do I bother? Could a brief, giddy high at some unknown point in the future ever be worth the miserable depths of the low that I’m feeling right now? If your sport is racing, then a horse such as Enable has the answers.
Enable is not the best racehorse of the past 10 years. That honour falls, beyond any doubt, to Frankel, and will continue to do so, in all likelihood, for decades to come. Enable is not the best horse to carry the pink, green and white colours of Prince Khalid Abdullah. That’s Frankel, too, with Dancing Brave not far behind. This time last year, officially at least, Enable was not even the best horse in John Gosden’s stable. Cracksman and Roaring Lion finished the year with a higher mark in the international ratings.
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