Enable To Head To Yorkshire Oaks Next

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Star mare is to run in the at York rather than the .

Trainer intimated after her second win in the VI And Stakes at she could miss this month's York meeting altogether but she is now set to appear.

Enable had the 10-furlong (2000m) International, sponsored by her owner, Prince Khalid Abdullah, as an option, but connections have decided to keep her at a mile-and-a-half (2400m).

Given her season is based around winning an unprecedented third Prix de l'Arc de , the thinking is she will be better off staying at 12 furlongs in a race she won in 2017.

Enable started her season over 2000m in the Coral-Eclipse at , before her victory over in what was an epic running of the King George.

“We know she is effective over a mile and quarter, but John didn't want to bring her back (in trip) again, so we thought the Yorkshire Oaks would be a more suitable race bearing in mind her main objective,” Teddy Grimthorpe, the owner's racing manager, said.

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