Rich Enuff soon shrugged off his maiden status with an explosive win in the Essendon Nissan McKenzie Stakes.

He looks the real deal at this stage; his only previous run was coming off a third at Moonee Valley back in March.

It didn’t take him long to find the lead, Fast Cash may have got within a half length of him on the turn but it was only a short lived affair.

Rich Enuff is an exciting young horse with loads of potential and a good looking colt with it, he defeated a handy field in the McKenzie Stakes with obviously a lot in hand.

It was an excited trainer, Ken Keys, who greeted the colt on his return to scale, and while being the breeder, his wife Louise is a part owner, it doesn’t get much better than that.

Rich Enuff wins in a breeze

Ken could be best described as a good honest battler, the first to arrive at the Cranbourne track in the morning and he last to leave.

Rich Enuff ‘s dam, Hotnuff, won just the one race but has a much better record as a brood mare, her only three foals to race have all won.

Hotnuff ‘s pedigree is interesting to say the least, it brings back a lot memories as her dam line three removed was Tullette, by Tulloch, the best three year old we have known.

A worthy pat from Ken Keys