A champion of the turf has been immortalised at Royal Ascot
\nafter The King and Queen unveiled a new statue of the great
\nracehorse Enable in the Royal Enclosure.<\/p>\n
In a surprise departure from the traditional Royal Ascot
\nroutine, The King and Queen made a detour before heading to the
\nRoyal Box, walking through the Royal Enclosure grandstand to attend
\nthe special unveiling ceremony.<\/p>\n
Their Majesties were joined by Prince Saud bin Khalid,
\nrepresenting the family of the late Prince Khalid Abdullah, the
\nowner and breeder of Enable. The King and Queen spent several
\nminutes viewing the sculpture and chatting with guests gathered for
\nthe occasion.<\/p>\n
The striking bronze statue, positioned within the Royal A plaque beneath the sculpture records Enable\u2019s remarkable Enable\u2019s success extended far beyond Ascot. She became a dual During the ceremony, The King was seen sharing a light-hearted The unveiling ensures that Enable\u2019s legacy will remain a After the ceremony concluded, The King and Queen returned to the <\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source royalcentral.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A champion of the turf has been immortalised at Royal Ascot after The King and Queen unveiled a new statue of the great racehorse Enable in the Royal Enclosure. In a surprise departure from the traditional Royal Ascot routine, The King and Queen made a detour before heading to the Royal Box, walking through the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2462858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2462857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-King-makes-surprise-Royal-Ascot-detour-for-special-ceremony.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2462857"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2462859,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462857\/revisions\/2462859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2462858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2462857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2462857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2462857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nEnclosure with the grandstand and Royal Box overlooking it, pays
\ntribute to one of the most celebrated racehorses of the modern
\nera.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/royalcentral.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HK8LxBgXQAIYlBj-768x1024.jpg\")
\nCentral<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\nachievements. Owned and bred by Prince Khalid Abdullah, trained by
\nJohn Gosden and ridden by Frankie Dettori, she won the King George
\nVI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot on three occasions \u2013 in
\n2017, 2019 and 2020.<\/p>\n
\nwinner of the Prix de l\u2019Arc de Triomphe and captured the
\nimagination of racing fans around the world through a glittering
\ncareer that established her as one of the sport\u2019s all-time
\ngreats.<\/p>\n
\nmoment with Prince Saud bin Khalid in the shadow of the newly
\nunveiled statue, while The Queen admired the tribute to the
\nlegendary mare.<\/p>\n
\npermanent part of Royal Ascot, allowing future generations of
\nracegoers to remember a horse whose achievements transcended the
\nsport.<\/p>\n
\nRoyal Box to continue the opening day of Royal Ascot 2026.<\/p>\n