A day after the Indian Turf Invitation Cup was hosted at Calcutta, it is reliably learnt that this year’s Indian Derby winner Enabler has succumbed to a lung disease. The four-year old chestnut colt had travelled to Calcutta last month to participate in the Invitation Cup but was ruled out of the contest after being diagnosed with lung infection.

Malesh Narredu trained Enabler (Ruler Of The World – Rozene) had run eight times during his short career and had won five times and finished second twice. Enabler had won two Group One races – the Indian Derby and Pune Derby. Enabler had earned stake-money worth around Rs. 1.80 crore.

Bred at the Sohna Stud Farm, Enabler was jointly owned by Mrs BE Saldhana, Messrs Sultan Singh, Vivek Jain, Balam Mohla and Anil Saraf.