One of the greats: Grimthorpe excited to see Enable strut her stuff again

When you have been up close and personal with a plethora of stars including Frankel, Kingman, Midday, Oasis Dream and Workforce, spotting star quality becomes an easier task.

Teddy Grimthorpe, the longstanding racing manager to Enable's owner-breeder Khalid Abdullah, enjoys one of the most enviable positions in the sport, and he will be front and centre again to witness Enable's latest outing in Saturday's Qipco-backed King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

If Grimthorpe is feeling any nerves regarding the star mare they were not on show on Friday, as he said: "It doesn't matter how I feel, it's how she feels! She's had a straightforward preparation this year, everything has gone pretty smoothly.

"She came out of the Eclipse in great form and has gone on nicely since that. John [Gosden] and Frankie [Dettori] have been very happy with her."

In a week when temperatures have reached blistering heights, it is fitting Ascot's midsummer highlight looks set to be a barn burner, and bookmakers have made Enable red-hot favourite.

While not pinpointing any one of her ten rivals as the danger, Grimthorpe knows a big performance will be needed for Enable to secure an 11th straight win, and added: "Everyone has said this is a high-class renewal and I think you'd be very stupid to rule out anything that's coming. From that point of view we have to concentrate on Enable and she's coming into the race in rude health."

Grimthorpe is also unflustered by Enable's draw in stall 11 of 11, and reasoned: "If you'd given me a choice between one and 11 I'd have certainly chosen 11. High numbers have generally had good results in the race. I don't think it's a worry over a mile and a half at Ascot."

Asking where Enable sits in the Juddmonte pantheon is a question fraught with difficulty, and when asked, Grimthorpe provided a suitably diplomatic answer.

"I think it's always dangerous to get into that," he said. "Different horses at different times mean different things but certainly she's up there with his very greatest racehorses. Prince Khalid is very much looking forward to it and she's really something special to him."

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