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On the gallops with Enable as superstar steps up bid for historic Arc hat-trick

Newmarket correspondent David Milnes with the first of a five-part series

Crossed Baton (Gary Forster) and Enable (near, Frankie Dettori) complete their exercise
Crossed Baton (Gary Forster) and Enable (near, Frankie Dettori) complete their exercise

At approximately 9.23am on Wednesday, superstar Enable embarked on another significant step en route to a bid for a historic third Arc.

The world's highest-rated horse was in familiar territory as the mile-long Al Bahathri Polytrack facility had been the venue for much of her preparation before her tenth Group 1 win in the Yorkshire Oaks.

The five-year-old was undertaking the first of likely five pieces of work before her return to Longchamp on October 6 and had Frankie Dettori in the saddle for her exercise with 100-rated lead horse Crossed Baton (Gary Forster).

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