Enable will come up against a maximum of eight rivals in Thursday‘s Darley Yorkshire Oaks at York.
Already the winner of the Cheshire Oaks, Epsom Oaks, Irish Oaks and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes this year, the three-year-old filly is one of the main fancies in the field.
John Gosden’s dual Oaks heroine stepped up to beat the boys in fine style at Ascot last month – her third Group One success of the season.
Her trainer, who has won the Yorkshire Oaks twice before with Dar Re Mi (2009) and The Fugue (2013), will run two other fillies in that contest at the Knavesmire.
Journey, winner of the British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes as a four-year old last October, and Coronet are the stable’s other entries.
Sir Michael Stoute has saddled a joint-record nine previous winners of the prestigious York contest and could run both Abingdon and Queen’s Trust this year.
Alluringly, who won the Hurry Harriet Stakes at Gowran Park on Wednesday evening, is the sole contender from Aidan O’Brien‘s powerful Irish string.
Turret Rocks will be another Irish raider from from Jim Bolger’s yard while Roger Varian’s Pretty Polly Stakes heroine Nezwaah and Saeed bin Suroor’s Natural Scenery complete the field.
