IT was a fine training performance by John Gosden. Of course, it helps if you have the raw material with which to start, but Gosden has honed Enable’s talent all season, from defeat at the hands of her stable companion Shutter Speed at Newbury at the end of April, through her four Oaks wins and her King George win all the way to Chantilly.

The Nathaniel filly was racing for the seventh time this year on Sunday, once every month from April to August inclusive, twice in July. That’s a lot for an adolescent filly, five races at the highest level, two against older horses, three on easy ground.