Frankie Dettori said he was “absolutely made up” yesterday after learning superstar filly Enable will be given the chance to continue her dominance next season, as it was confirmed she would stay in training.

Frankie Dettori (Liesl King)

The John Gosden-trained five-time Group 1 winner, whose latest dazzling success came at Chantilly in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe this month, is already an extremely valuable broodmare prospect, but she will continue to race on and attempt to add more big races to her profile.

Dettori said: “I’m delighted with the news and very grateful to Prince Khalid. I went to see her this morning, gave her a few Polos and she said hello back.

“She is obviously a filly of a lifetime so I am absolutely made up that she stays in training. What she achieved this year is nothing but sensational and I look forward to riding her again next year.”

Among Enable’s potential targets is a return to France for the Arc. Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager to owner Khalid Abdullah, said in a statement: “Her racing programme will be decided in the new year, but the defence of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe will be high in consideration.”

Grimthorpe added: “It was a straightforward decision. We wanted to give her time to settle down and get over the Arc. The prince gets input from everybody. John’s views are the most important to listen to but ultimately it was his call. Prince Khalid loves to see his horses race, especially the good ones.

“With all horses you need a sound and healthy year to reproduce anywhere near what she has done this year. The Arc will be in the mind and how she gets there and what she does has to be decided. She has to get through the winter and spring and then we will see.”

Enable (Liesl King)

Enable is 3-1 favourite to win the 2018 Arc from stablemate Cracksman who is 12-1 with Paddy Power and Coral.

Since finishing third at Newbury in April, Enable had won the Oaks, Irish Oaks, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and Yorkshire Oaks by a combined total of 20 lengths.

She surpassed those feats with a commanding two-and-a-half-length victory at Chantilly, where she became the first British-trained filly or mare ever to land the Arc, carrying her partner Frankie Dettori to a record-breaking fifth success.

The race returns to Longchamp next year, where Enable could have the chance to emulate another female, Treve, who completed back-to-back Arcs in 2013 and 2014.

– racingpost.com