As Written Tycoon’s highest rated son at stud achieving a TFR of 125, and also his fastest, Rich Enuff has justifiably been rewarded with numerous high-quality books of mares at stud, and is continuing to get the results on the track, striking at more than 69% winners to runners.
In the same profile as his sire Written Tycoon, and his grandsire Iglesia, Rich Enuff possesses all the raw power and speed that is distinctive of top-class stallions.
With three consecutive Group and Listed victories, Rich Enuff was explosive on the track, stopping the clock at 1:08.13 – the fastest any 3YO colt has run over the famed Flemington ‘straight six’ this century.
Champion Australian Sires Rory’s Jester and Fastnet Rock, along with Group 1 producing sires Sepoy, St. Petersburg, Kenfair and Umatilla have all achieved success in the Danehill Stakes, and with Rich Enuff’s victory over dual Group 1 winner Brazen Beau.
Rich Enuff was rated as the $1.80 favourite in the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas, finishing a long head second to Shooting To Win.
In just his second crop, it was Dosh that, remaining unbeaten at two, winning Group 3 races on both occasions she stepped out.
Rich Fortune proved too good in the Kevin Hayes Stakes against the three-year-old fillies, while Diamonds was a winner at Listed level at the end of 2022 and subsequently made $560,000 when selling online.
In 2023, Dosh went through the prestigious Inglis Chairman’s Sale ring, fetching a mammoth $1.35 million. Proven to produce a racehorse and a sales horse, Rich Enuff is an ideal 2023 mating prospect.
Now with nine stakes-winners, 2024 has seen the emergence of WA sprinter Oscar’s Fortune who was placed behind Overpass in the Winterbottom Stakes before going on to run a game third in the $5 million Quokka.
Rich Enuff’s stock continue to present with all the attributes he possessed as a racehorse which made him an exceptionally fast thoroughbred; size, strength, bone and most importantly an aptitude to run.
Diamonds, a stakes-winning mare from his first crop of runners continues to compete at black-type level, and was sold to Belmont Bloodstock for $560,000, adding to the prize-money she earnt for original connections of almost $400,00.
Rich Enuff’s second crop started off the season better than most could image when Dosh scored an outstanding victory in the Group 3 Ottawa Stakes on debut down the Flemington straight during the Spring carnival before taking out the Group 3 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) to close out her juvenile season as a unbeaten 2yo.
In his third season, our chestnut star produced Rich Fortune who delivered a stakes victory as a three-year-old filly in the Kevin Hayes Stakes along with a placing in the Zeditave Stakes at Group 3 level.
The Robert Heathcote-trained filly Abounding has placed at stakes level three times in Brisbane, marginally missing victories by under one length in each of the three races. The filly has subsequently gone on to score in the Magic Millions 3YO Guineas.
Star Western Australian sprinter Oscar’s Fortune has stamped himself as a sprinter to watch in 2024, placing in the Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes and also in the $5 million Quokka.
Rich Enuff is beginning to stamp himself as a Hong Kong sire on the rise, with eight runners for five winners, including Wunderbar, a winner of four from five and proving one of the most promising horses in the country. Hong Kong interests can already see the potential in his colts, buying his two highest-priced yearlings at the 2023 Melbourne Premier Sale for $85,000 and $140,000
Rich Enuff has a pedigree that reflects all that is great about Australian sprinters. His bloodlines include some of Australia’s most influential stallions of the past 30 years, including Vain, Snippets, Marscay, Last Tycoon and Bletchingly.
From the Spartacus mare Hotnuff, Rich Enuff ‘s sire, Written Tycoon, needs no introduction, awarded the Champion Australian Sire for the 2020/2021 season, and a proven producer of Group 1 quality racehorses. Rich Enuff’s grandsire Iglesia was a powerhouse sprinter and still holds the Flemington 1200-metre record of 67.16s.