Enable emulates both sire and grandsire and promises riches at stud

Enable enhanced her claim to be the best three-year-old of her generation of either sex in Europe with an authoritative four-and-a-half-length victory in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot on Saturday.

The filly, trained by John Gosden for owner-breeder Khalid Abdullah, has now won the Oaks, Irish Oaks and the midsummer middle-distance showpiece all by wide margins.

Her latest victory – which came on softened ground in torrential rain at Ascot – was at the expense of Coral-Eclipse hero Ulysses in second, with Hardwicke Stakes winner Idaho three quarters of a length back in third.

Idaho's brother Highland Reel, a popular winner of six top-level contests, was another four lengths back in fourth on ground he would not have appreciated.

The result once again demonstrated the deep influence of perennial champion sire Galileo, whose victory in the King George in 2001 was honoured this week by Ascot and race sponsor Qipco in its Diamonds and Pearls series.

Enable hails from the first crop of Newsells Park Stud sire Nathaniel, a son of Galileo who also landed the King George himself as a three-year-old in 2011. Ulysses, Idaho and Highland Reel are all also by the Coolmore maestro.

Perhaps the most remarkable facet of Enable's pedigree is that she is closely inbred to Galileo's own breed-shaping sire and late Coolmore colleague Sadler's Wells, as her dam Concentric, winner of the Listed Prix Charles Laffitte over 1m2f at Chantilly, is also by him.

Concentric hails from a rich Juddmonte family that has helped ensure Enable is one of the finest middle-distance talents around.

She is a sister to Prix de Royallieu winner and Prix de Diane runner-up Dance Routine, who produced Flintshire, a five-time Group/Grade 1 winner over ten to 12 furlongs by Dansili, and a half-sister to Group 3-winning miler Apsis and 12-furlong Listed scorer Space Quest, the dam of the useful Kocab.

Concentric was in turn out of the Shirley Heights mare Apogee, winner of the Group 3 Prix de Royaumont over 12 furlongs and a half-sister to Daring Miss, winner of the Grand Prix de Chantilly and runner-up in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud, as well as Shining Bright, the dam of Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud winner Spanish Moon and Ribblesdale Stakes heroine Spanish Sun.

Apogee, meanwhile, was out of Bourbon Girl, a daughter of Ile De Bourbon unfortunate not to retire with upper case black type, having finished second to Unite in both the Epsom and Curragh Oaks in 1987.

Enable will hopefully have plenty of chances left to prove her brilliance on the track – indeed, she is now a short-priced ante-post favourite for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – but breeding enthusiasts will already be looking forward to following her career at paddocks.

And the stud careers of the seven other female winners of the King George, as listed below, whet the appetite for what she might produce.

Other female King George winners at stud

Taghrooda (2014)

Lots to look forward to, with her first produce a yearling filly by Kingman followed by a colt foal by Dubawi born in March. The Sea The Stars mare was covered by her owner Hamdan Al Maktoum's brilliant sprinter Muhaarar this year.

Danedream (2012)

None of her progeny has raced yet, but has a three-year-old Frankel filly, Nothing But Dreams, recuperating after a slight injury in training; a two-year-old colt also by Frankel named Solid Dream in training in Japan; a yearling colt by Dubawi who is set to light up the Tattersalls October Book 1 sale; and a filly foal by Frankel again. The daughter of Lomitas is also back in foal to the dual world champion.

Time Charter (1983)

Produced seven winners from eight runners, headed by Jockey Club Stakes winner Zinaad – later sire of dual Classic heroine Kazzia – and another winner of the race in the ill-fated Time Allowed.

Furthermore, her Listed-placed daughter By Charter produced the high-class trio Anton Chekhov, First Charter and Private Charter, and is granddam of Queen Mary Stakes and Lowther Stakes winner Best Terms.

Time Charter (near side) beats Diamond Shoal (left) to win the King GeorgeCredit: Gerry Cranham

Another of Time Charter's daughters, Not Before Time, produced Musidora Stakes winner and Prix de Diane third Time Away, who in turn is the dam of Prix de Malleret scorer Time On and granddam of Moyglare Stud Stakes heroine Cursory Glance.

Time Saved, yet another influential daughter of Time Charter, produced the stakes winners Jira, Lay Time and Plea Bargain. Incidentally, Lay Time's juvenile son Beau Ideal, a colt by Exceed And Excel, was an impressive winner of a hot newcomers' race over 6f at Deauville on Saturday for Godolphin.

Pawneese (1976)

None of her five winning offspring gained black type, but Daniel Wildenstein's great mare proved more influential in subsequent generations. She is ancestress of Melbourne Cup hero Protectionist (whose dam Patineuse is by Pawneese's close relation Peintre Celebre, so is inbred to Pawneese's dam Plencia) and of last month's Queen's Vase winner Stradivarius who, like Protectionist, is descended from Pawneese's daughter by Sadler's Wells, Poughkeepsie.

Dahlia (1973, 1974)

A truly exceptional broodmare, whose eight winners at stud included four who struck at the highest level in the US – Dahar, Dahlia's Dreamer, Delegant and Rivlia.

But that is far from all: the daughter of Vaguely Noble also produced Group 2 winner and Group 1-placed Wajd, who in turn was the dam of St Leger hero and King George runner-up Nedawi as well as Wall Street, one of Frankie Dettori's magnificent seven at Ascot when he won the Cumberland Lodge Stakes; Grade 2 winner Llandaff, the sire of dual French Group 1 winner Vespone; Grade 1-placed Decadrachm; and the unraced Miss Dahlia, dam of Grade 2 winner and Grade 1-placed Capital Plan.

Park Top (1969)

Produced only one winner from three runners and four foals, and was generally disappointing as a broodmare. She might be more highly regarded in South America, though, where her descendants include Argentinian-bred Grade 1 performers The Best Sing, The Best Van, Glory Seattle, Terms Parade, Wooden Girl and Whom.

Aunt Edith (1966)

The best of seven winners produced by the first filly to land the King George was Group 3 Prix de Flore scorer My Great Aunt, while another winning daughter, Our Relation, was the dam of stakes winners Manguin and Our Account.

North American stakes winners Bunker Hill, True Affair, Big Sky Chester and Miracles Happen are other descendants, though overall the family has gone rather quiet in recent decades.