Maiden Osamu Breaks New Inglis Digital Ground

Talented 3YO maiden gelding Osamu (Exceed and Excel-Written Dash, by Written Tycoon) has become the most expensive colt or gelding ever sold on Inglis Digital, one of many highlights of the March (Early) Online Sale, which grossed a whopping $4.4 million. Osamu (Exceed and Excel) was offered by Aquis Farm as part of a 34-strong racehorse reduction and was purchased by his incumbent trainer Annabel Neasham, in conjunction with Brian Maguire, for $340,000. Neasham – who also purchased the second top lot of the sale Maui Girl (Lope de Vega) for $240,000 – said Osamu was a horse she simply didn’t want to lose from her stable. “It’s obviously part of Aquis’ policy that the geldings don’t fit their business criteria, so I knew for a few weeks he was going to be offered on Inglis Digital as part of their racehorse reduction,” Neasham said. “That gave me some time to put together a group of existing clients to purchase him. I probably paid a bit more than I thought I’d have to, but the market is so unbelievably strong and I’m just delighted to have secured him.” Osamu was second as a juvenile in the Gr2 Skyline Stakes and finished runner-up in January's Gothic Stakes at Caulfield (see below).