He's Had Enough not an idly chosen name

For shame, Del Mar bettors, letting the Reddam/O'Neill first-time starter with this name pay $20.60 Sunday. I don't think my imagination here is too far off the mark: the Reddams spending a good night or two thinking of a name which would be a good sequel to I'll Have Another, and then finding the right horse for it. Maybe they even knew this horse was special, and that started the special initiative to find a name. In any event, I have little doubt they were aching to bequeath this name -- wanted to spring it on the racing public and have it generate as much notice as possible.

If a whole slew of these plays on I'll Have Another have been coming out from the Reddam team, my apologies. They do campaign so many foreign horses they didn't name, it's possible the trend has eluded me.

Regardless, whether the name was a veritable clue or not, He's Had Enough was the goods. He won in terrible time, although that couldn't be said for the final 1/16th, but man was he powerful.

He qualified for a "behind" win, too, running 9th of 10 at the first call, if you remember my research piece. He fits the "behind" category trends beautifully, paying that good win mutuel, and not winning by a big margin.

He's a Tapit. One of his siblings is 5-year-old gelding Kindergarden Kid. Although claimed for $50,000 from his last start, Kindergarden Kid has had his moments, looking like he was maybe best when 4th (moved to 3rd via DQ) in this year's Grade III Ft. Lauderdale at Gulfstream.

Where the dam has really picked up since He's Had Enough sold for $200,000 last September, though, is with the 3-year-old filly Assateague, who's rung up good-margin turf wins in her last two at Keeneland Fall, and then off the layoff at Saratoga. She appeared a free-wheeling filly in her last and left the well-regarded Kitty Wine and Pianist in her wake.

There's some question, clearly, about whether He's Had Enough will play at Santa Anita on the dirt, and to get ahead of ourselves, in the Triple Crown picture. If turf is the only option at a track, I was wondering if Tapits could excel there. While Tapit is very much a dirt sire, he's had a couple of really nice turfers in Tapitsfly and Laragh, so I think they can.

Distance-wise, the quick read is that He's Had Enough will have no difficulty whatsoever.