The Nick Wigley-trained four-year-old won by eight and a half lengths on debut at the same venue last month, and handled the step up to Rating 65 grade with ease, posting a nine and a half length success in the hands of Terry Moseley.
"He's the best horse I've ridden since I was a boy when I rode Courier Bay,"
said Moseley. The gelding is raced by the Wigley family's Inglewood Stud and it is likely he will continue his career overseas, with the impressive victory sure to see the son of Foreplay meet the Hong Kong rating 70 requirement to be sold to that jurisdiction.
"There were a few nerves before the race today because we knew he was capable of doing that and it is a relief to see him do it," Gus Wigley said.
"He's an exceptional horse.
"We originally bought him for a turnover horse and he had an x-ray issue that we tidied up after the yearling sales where he didn't get a bid because of it.
"He's as clean as a whistle now and he's most likely going to be sold," Wigley said.
Inglewood Stud purchased Oh Romeo for $15,000 at the Inglis Great Southern Sale from the draft of Erinvale Thoroughbreds and he is the second winner for The Baroness, a half-sister by Viscount to Group III winner A Country Girl.
His sire Foreplay now stands at Geisel Park in Western Australia at a fee of $4,950. – NZ Racing Desk.
