Enable is at the centre of a fascinating Eclipse Stakes on Saturday at Sandown and the winner of two Arc de Triomphes is not lightly opposed. Her sire, Nathaniel, won this on his seasonal debut seven years ago but it may be harder for her, bearing in mind that her only previous race at this distance resulted in the only defeat of her career, and a drying surface is no help.
Magical, who got within a length of her in the autumn, is the obvious alternative but she had a tough race in the Prince of Wales a fortnight ago. So perhaps this could fall to the latest improver from Sir Michael Stoute’s yard, Regal Reality (3.35), having only his seventh start when impressing in the Brigadier Gerard Stakes here in May. The step up to this distance helped him then, there is more to come and he fairly bounces off fast ground.
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