Former Champion Australian sire Exceed And Excel has been retired from
stud duties.
A son of Danehill out of the US-bred mare Patrona (Lamond), Exceed And Excel
secured $375,000 at the 2002 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale – 2.3 times
the sale’s average ($160,780) – for trainer Tim Martin, who reportedly never
had a buyer for the horse but declared him a superstar of the future.
Nick Moraitis and Alan Osburg ended up in the ownership, and he
developed into a racetrack phenomenon winning the Todman Stakes at two before
reaching his prime as a three-year-old, when he won The Dubai Racing Club Cup
and Newmarket Handicap – a stellar three-year-old season which also included
wins in the G2 Up And Coming Stakes, G2 Royal Sovereign Stakes and the G3 Roman
Consul Stakes.
He was declared Australia’s Champion Sprinter in the 2003-04 season.
Exceed And Excel finished his 11-start career with seven wins, six at
Group level, with a Timeform rating of 126.
To date, Exceed And Excel’s 18 G1 winners include stars Mr
Stunning, Bivouac, Excelebration, Microphone, Earthquake, Guelph, Exceedance,
Mawj and Margot Did,et al.
G1 Golden Slipper Stakes (Overreach, 2013)
G1 Blue Diamond Stakes (Reward For Effort, 2009; Earthquake, 2014)
G1 ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes (Helmet, 2011; Guelph, 2013; Microphone,
2019)
G1 Champagne Stakes (Helmet, 2011; Guelph 2013)
G1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (Exceedance, 2019; September Run, 2020)
G1 Caulfield Guineas (Helmet, 2011)
G1 Golden Rose (Bivouac, 2019)
G1 Thousand Guineas (Guelph, 2013)
G1 Flight Stakes (Guelph, 2013)
G1 Newmarket Handicap (Bivouac, 2020)
G1 Darley Sprint Classic (Bivouac, 2020)
G1 William Reid Stakes (Flamberge, 2016; September Run; 2022)
Progeny of Exceed And Excel has amassed to date earnings of $270,816,673
for 1,804 winners and 215 Stakes winners.
He is one of seven sires to achieve 200-plus Stakes winners,
joining all-time greats: Danehill, Galileo, Sadler’s Wells, More Than Ready,
Deep Impact and Dubawi – he is the only Australian-bred sire to do this.
