The late H.H. Prince Khalid bin Abdullah's fourth generation homebred was retired at the conclusion of her 2020 campaign at age 6 and the two-time Cartier Horse of the Year (2017, 2019) came home to Banstead Manor Stud in Newmarket, England where she was born to begin her next chapter.
On Valentine's Day, Enable had a date with Juddmonte's third generation homebred and 2014 Cartier Horse of the Year Kingman . Her first foal is due Jan. 14, 2022.
"Obviously, when she retired to stud at the age of 6 years, we were always a little concerned that she would come as an institutionalized filly and have trouble cycling," said Simon Mockridge, the general manager of Juddmonte UK. "Our initial fears about her cycling proved groundless. Everything came easily to Enable on the breeding front, cycling very early, and conceiving to her first covering on the 14th of February—Valentine's Day."
When she was in training with John Gosden, the daughter of Nathaniel and the stakes-winning Sadler's Wells mare Concentric was the very definition of an imposing figure. Her regal bearing, dignity, and grandeur were unmistakable, and she was fit and fine-tuned physically.
"(Enable is) becoming more rounded," said Mockridge. "She's more matronly now."
"My observation of her is she is not a big, masculine mare like so many of the high-class race fillies," continued Mockridge. "She has wonderful presence, size, and scope, and is deep through the girth. She has great heart and lung room but retains the elegance and athleticism of a ballerina. She has wonderful movement at the walk with extra extension through the shoulder. She glides over the ground when she moves in her faster paces, which recently is not very often.
"Physically and mentally, she has all the attributes to make into as good a brooodmare as she was a race filly and certainly, she will be given every opportunity to achieve."
