LOUISVILLE, Ky. – In many ways, Enable came here as the star of the 35th Breeders’ Cup, a filly with a near flawless-record who had overcome injury and a brief illness to become a two-time winner of France’s biggest race, the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. With a furlong to go in the $4 million Breeders’ Cup Turf, Enable had one last hurdle to overcome, a stern challenge from the 3-year-old filly Magical, the Aidan O’Brien-trainee who was coming off a Group 1 victory just two weeks ago at Ascot. To that point, jockey Frankie Dettori had asked Enable for everything she had. But he needed a little bit more. And, showing the will to win that has been a trademark of her career, Enable responded, outfinishing Magical to win the Turf by three-quarters of a length at Churchill Downs. In doing so, Enable became the first Arc winner to also win the Breeders’ Cup Turf in the same year. Seven others had tried and lost. An eighth had run second in the Breeders’ Cup Classic. “It means a lot; 35 years of Breeders’ Cup history the first one to do it, amazing,” Dettori said. “It’s like Armstrong being the first man on the moon. Maybe not as important as that, but for me it was.” It was the first victory in the Breeder’s Cup Turf for trainer John Gosden, who had seven previous runners in this race including Golden Horn, the 2015 Arc winner, who came up just short. “She’s a magnificent filly with great mental strength and she showed the courage today,” Gosden said. “We had a very difficult preparation all year, it’s simply a miracle that she’s here and to win the Arc and to come here and do it, it’s very much down to the filly and the man who bred and owned her.” Prince Khalid Abdullah’s Juddmonte Farms owns and bred Enable. While he wasn’t at Churchill Saturday, Teddy Grimthorpe, his racing manager was quite emotional in victory. Enable had made two just prior starts this year, owing to a knee injury that forced to miss the spring and summer races. “It was just too much, everything that’s gone into this whole year – it’s been so emotional, a rollercoaster ride,” Grimthorpe said. “For Prince Khalid to have a fourth generation Juddmonte-bred filly to do this and go into history is very special.” Rain had inundated Churchill Downs for two days, and Gosden had fretted both Thursday and Friday about the condition of the turf course. Enable was fifth and in between horses early. Dettori said he began to take Enable wide because he was looking for better ground. Hunting Horn – a stablemate of Magical – was shadowing Enable. Midway down the backstretch, Dettori took a little hold of his filly while Hunting Horn moved forward. Dettori then got to move Enable outside of Hunting Horn, but had to go extremely wide. Meanwhile, Moore moved Magical to the inside of Hunting Horn and the race was on turning for home. Both Dettori and Moore were all out on their horses, but it was Enable who edged clear late. Enable, a 4-year-old daughter of Nathaniel won for the 10th time in 11 races. She covered the 1 1/2 miles over ground labeled good in 2:32.65 and returned $3.60 as the favorite. “Today, sheer guts got her through on ground she didn’t like,” Dettori said. Added Grimthorpe: “What she brings to the game is her fantastic will and desire to run and win. “Everyone said no Arc winner had won the Breeders’ Cup. I said 'But tell me how many dual Arc winners have not won the Breeders’ Cup?'” Grimthorpe added. “To see her perform under these circumstances – its only her third race this year – and to produce that level of performance against a seriously talented filly is amazing.” O’Brien, a six-time winner of the BC Turf, tipped his hat to Enable, saying, “She’s a great filly, isn’t she? An unbelievable filly.” Magical finished nine lengths clear of Sadler’s Joy, who was third by two lengths over Arklow. Following him, in order, were Waldgeist, Talismanic, Robert Bruce, Hunting Horn, Hi Happy, Quarteto de Cordas, Channel Maker, Liam the Charmer, and Glorious Empire. Grimthorpe said Enable will return to Gosden’s stable in England while Prince Khalid decides whether the filly will race again in 2019. “There are lots of good reasons why she could or couldn’t do things, we just have to sit back and enjoy these moments because they are truly rare.”