ENABLE’S POWERFUL PEDIGREE
After Enable’s thrilling victory in the Longines Breeders’Cup Turf at Churchill Downs, what better time to re-examine the mare’s pedigree.
The first thing we notice is that she is inbred 2 x 3 to Sadler’s Wells, a fact rarely referred to when we marvel at her achievements.
SADLER’S WELLS was Champion Sire in G.B & Ireland 13 times between 1990 and 2003, during which time he sired five winners of the Oaks and the notable stallions: Montjeu (sire of four Epsom Derby winners); High Chaparral (won Epsom Derby, Irish Derby and the Breeders’Cup Turf twice), and his jewell in the crown – Galileo.
GALILEO (b.c. 1998), won 6 races (from 8 starts) incl. Vodafone Derby Stakes, Budweiser Irish Derby, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes. Champion Sire in G.B. & Ireland 12 times: 2008, 2010-2020. Sire of 4 Investec Oaks winners and 5 Investec Derby winners. Also sire of FRANKEL b.c. 2008, won 14 races (unbeaten) incl. Qipco Two Thousand Guineas Stakes.
Enable’s star-studded third generation also boasts, Urban Sea, winner of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, Silver Hawk, sire of Derby winner, Benny The Dip, Northern Dancer, Kentucky Derby winner and Champion Sire in both G.B & Ireland and North America, and, Mill Reef’s son, Shirley Heights, whose colt Slip Anchor completed a line of three Derby winners.
But what of Enable and her. sire and dam?
The winner, ENABLE, won 15 races (from 19 starts): 32Red.com Maiden Fillies Stakes (AW), Newcastle, Arkle Finance Cheshire Oaks, Investec Oaks Stakes, Darley Irish Oaks, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (3 times), Darley Yorkshire Oaks (twice), Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (twice), 118Bet September Stakes (AW), Kempton (twice), Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf (Churchill Downs), Coral-Eclipse Stakes.
The sire, NATHANIEL, won 4 races (from 11 starts): St Helens Maiden Stakes, Haydock, King Edward VII Stakes, Ascot, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, beating WORKFORCE, (2011), Coral-Eclipse Stakes, Sandown. Second to DANEDREAM in King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2012). Nathaniel sired Enable from his first crop and in 2019 sired DESERT CROWN, winner of the Cazoo Derby Stakes. Nathaniel stands at Newsells Park Stud (GB) at a fee of £15,000 for 2021.
The dam, CONCENTRIC (by Sadler’s Wells), won 3 races (from 7 starts): Prix de Chaillot and Prix de Cheffreville, Lonchamp, Prix Charles Laffitte, Chantilly. She has bred 7 winners incl. CONTRIBUTION b.f. 2012 by CHAMPS ELYSEES, won 1 race: Prix Kasteel, Maisons-Laffitte; TOURNAMENT b.g. 2011 by OASIS DREAM, won 3 races incl. Ladbrokes Handicap, (AW) Lingfield: 32Red.com Handicap (AW) Kempton.
