Updated On: 02 February, 2024 07:25 AM IST | Mumbai | Prakash Gosavi
The fact that Enabler lost only one race after he hit the winning form in Pune, and made up for it with a vengeance, makes one feel one must ignore his 2000 Guineas loss, and rate him as perhaps the most worthy horse to take on Jendayi

Jendayi (O Murphy up) storms across the finish to win the Villoo Poonawalla Indian Oaks at Mahalaxmi last month. Pic/RWITC
Out of the hundreds of thoroughbred horses that were born at various stud farms across India in the year 2020, only 13 find themselves in the final line up for the grade 1, HPSL Indian Derby, which is regarded as the ultimate test of speed as well as stamina for a quality thoroughbred horse.
Most of the 13 in the fray are Mumbai-based horses--five of them from champion trainer Pesi Shroff’s yard, including the unbeaten filly Jendayi who added the Indian 1000 Guineas and Indian Oaks to her resume this season. Jendayi (Gleneagles—Monasada) towers over her rivals in terms of form, consistency and performance, and bookmakers will certainly be very tight-fisted when offering odds on her in the Derby.