6 January 2024

2024 yearlings: by the world's most prolific sire of juveniles, Exceed And Excel

Look no further than 2023 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale graduate Eneeza. The brilliant filly from the Silverdale Farm draft, already group-placed and the winner of the 2023 Listed Merson Cooper Stakes in her second start.

Widely renowned as the world’s most prolific sire of juveniles, paired with the Magic Millions January sale’s reputation as the premier yearling sale to find precocious two-year-olds, it is worth exploring the pedigree pages of his 2024 Magic Millions crop.

Lot 73: Exceed And Excel x Queen Of The World (filly)

Click to view Lot 73: on account of Three Bridges Thoroughbreds, Eddington, VIC (As Agent)

Breeder: Three Bridges Thoroughbreds, G Johnson, S Gardiner, VIC

8.4% Stakes winners to runners for Exceed And Excel fillies.
Exceed And Excel’s G1-winning fillies include: Guelph, Mawj, September Run, Earthquake and Overreach.
Her full-brother made $400,000 at the 2022 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.
Sea The Stars is an elite broodmare sire responsible for 115 Stakes winners, including Stradivarius, Baaeed and Just Fine.

Click to view Lot 247: on account ofVinery Stud, Scone, NSW (As Agent)

Breeder: A List Stud Pty Ltd, Vic

Hails from the family of G1 winners Flit and Tropical Squall.
Bernardini is the broodmare sire of 83 Stakes winners including G1 winner Angel Of Truth and Stakes winners Stretan Angel, Banish, Sebterranean and Rise Of The Masses.
Exceed And Excel’s G1-winning fillies include: Guelph, Mawj, September Run, Earthquake and Overreach.
Exceed And Excel filly/mares have won G1 races as the Golden Slipper, Blue Diamond, Sires’ Produce, Champagne, Coolmore Stud Stakes, Thousand Guineas, Flight Stakes, William Reid, etc.

Lot 247: Exceed And Excel x Stellaris (filly)

Click to view Lot 352: on account of Yarraman Park Stud, Scone, NSW (As Agent)

Breeder: Mr H Newton, S Mills, NSW

Out of a daughter of G1-placed Octapussy whose the already produced three Stakes winners to date.
Tavistock is already the broodmare sire of 6 Stakes winners, standing at a 9.4% Stakes winners to runners. Notably he’s the broodmare sire of four-time G1 winner, Mr Brightside.
This filly hails from the same family as Pearl Of Alsace who ran 4th in the G2 Martraich Stakes during the spring carnival.
Top-class Australian horses produced from NZ-bred mares include Winx, Capitalist, Loving Gaby, Exceedance and Yearning.

Click to view Lot 312: on account of Fernrigg Farm, Denman, NSW

Breeder: Fernrigg Farm, NSW

First foal out of the two-year-old winning mare Tragic.
From a fast sprinting family that includes G2 winner Kallos, G3 winner Zethus and G3 winner Bacchanalia.
Danehill/Zabeel cross is responsible for 62 G1 winners including Verry Elleegant, Lankan Rupee, Fireburn, Tofane, Lucky Sweynesse, Jacquinot, Prowess, Ozzmosis, Golden Mile, Icebath and Lindermann.

Lot 312: Exceed And Excel x Tragic (filly)

Click to view Lot 566: on account of Blue Gum Farm, Euroa, VIC (As Agent)

Breeder: Trilogy Racing Pty Ltd, NSW

From the family of G1 winners Sense Of Occasion and Rewaaya and top-class sprinters Malkovich and Wandabaa.
Out of the city-winning Lonhro mare Dawaa. Lonhro is a leading broodmare sire responsible for 70 Stakes winners and the most recent G1 winner Golden Mile.
Her half-sister made $170,000 at the 2022 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale.

Click to view Lot 699: on account of Grenville Stud, Whitemore, TAS

Breeder: Grenville Stud, Whitemore, TAS

Out of the six-time winning I Am Invincible mare Galway Girl.
Exceed And Excel G1-winning fillies include: Guelph, Mawj, September Run, Earthquake and Overreach.
I Am Invincible is already the broodmare sire of multiple G2 winner and G1-placed mare Asfoora.
This Danehill/Invincible Spirit cross is responsible for G1 winners Home Affairs, In Secret, On The Bubbles, Uncommon James and Marabi.

Click to view Lot 706: on account of Rosemont Stud, Gnarwarre, Vic

Breeder: Rosemont Stud, Gnarwarre, Vic

First foal out of the Stakes-winning two-year-old mare Gift Of Power.

Gift Of Power recorded the third fastest time in the history of the G2 Wakefield Challenge Stakes over 1,200m for two-year-olds.
Recent Australian-bred G1 winners who are the first foal of their dam include Tuvalu, Bella Nipotina, Amelia’s Jewel and Loving Gaby.
Oasis Dream-line mares are responsible for 99 Stakes winners including 13 G1 winners including Sir Dragonet, Big Evs and Twilight Payment.

Lot 709: Exceed And Excel x Gift Of Power (colt)

Click to view Lot 767: on account of Tyreel Stud, Agnes Banks, NSW (As Agent)

Breeder: Wallings Bloodstock Pty Ltd, NSW

First foal out of Stakes-winning I Am Invincible mare I Am Eloquent.
I Am Eloquent won the same Stakes race as G1 winners Mystic Journey and Odeum.
I Am Invincible is already the broodmare sire of multiple G2 winner and G1 placed mare Asfoora.
Recent Australian-bred G1 winners who are the first foal of their dam include Tuvalu, Bella Nipotina, Amelia’s Jewel and Loving Gaby.
Tyreel Stud have sold 15 stakes winners since the start of the 2020 racing season.
Tyreel Stud has one of the strongest stakes winners to horses sold rate in the country with 12 per cent of graduates earning Black Type.
Tyreel Stud have sold 7 Stakes winners at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Sale since 2020.

Click to view Lot 789: on account of The Chase, Sutton Forest, NSW (As Agent)

Breeder: China Horse Club Racing Pty Ltd, NSW

Out of the Group-performed mare Inspired Estelle, who is closely related to Champion Sprinter, Lankan Rupee.
Inspired Estelle was a two-year-old winner at Sandown over 1,300m defeating G1 winners Montoya’s Secret and Kenedna by over 2.75 lengths.
Her half-sister sold at Inglis Easter to trainers Richard and Will Freedman/
The Exceed And Excel/Encosta de Lago cross has produced G1 winner Prompt Response and Stakes winners Impendabelle, Jamaea, Shrouded In Mist and Scarlet Rain.

Click to view Lot 809: on account of Torryburn Stud, Torryburn, NSW

Breeder: Torryburn Stud, Torryburn, NSW

Out of the G3-placed two-year-old Jedastar.
Jedastar, who’s by I Am Invincible, was a debut winner at two defeating subsequent G1 winner Lyre by 3.8 lengths.

Exceed And Excel G1-winning fillies include: Guelph, Mawj, September Run, Earthquake and Overreach.

From limited numbers the Exceed And Excel/Invincible Spirit cross has already produced G2-winning two-year-old Exploring, Garibaldi, She’s So High and Bold Bastille.

Click to view Lot 962: on account of Rosemont Stud, Gnarwarre, VIC

Breeder: Rosemont Stud, Gnarwarre, VIC

Out of the multiple city-winning mare Miss Toorak Flyer. A half-brother to the G3-winning two-year-old Treasureway.
G1-winning colts by Exceed And Excel have won: Coolmore Stud Stakes, Blue Diamond Stakes, ATC Sires' Produce Stakes, Caulfield Guineas, William Reid Stakes, Oakleigh Plate, Darley Champions Sprint, Newmarket Handicap, Golden Rose Stakes, Hong Kong Sprint and the Chairman's Sprint Prize.
Show A Heart-line mares have produced Group-winning sprinters Every Rose, Winning Rupert, Extreme Warrior, Barbaric, The Velvet King and Swear.

Click to view Lot 1011: on account of Sledmere Stud, Scone, NSW (As Agent)

Breeder: Gandharvi, VIC

Out of the Stakes-winning two-year-old Nomothaj.
His full brother fetched $575,000 at the Magic Millions Sale and currently has a weanling by I Am Invincible and a foal by Zoustar.
This filly is from the family of G1 winners Mariamia and Warning.
Snitzel is the broodmare sire of Golden Slipper winner Mossfun and Stakes winners Super Smink, North Star Lass, Pinstriped, Cannonball and The Amazonian.
G1-winning fillies by Exceed And Excel include: Guelph, Mawj, September Run, Earthquake and Overreach.