Exceed And Excel

$132,000 B 2000 16.1HH (1.65M)

Danehill – Patrona (Lomond)

Inc GST Payment on Live Foal (conditions apply). Standing at Kelvinside, NSW

The world’s best sire of juveniles. Sire of 16 individual G1 winners and one of only 13 stallions to sire over 180 Stakes winners. His recent G1 winners include September Run, Bivouac, Exceedance and Microphone.

2021

Leading sire by average at fall of hammer at Inglis Easter, $984,000.

News

In the news

19 April 2021

2021 fees announced for Darley’s Australian stallions

Darley embark on a golden era with Champions Exceed And Excel and Bivouac heading its roster for 2021

Fees have been announced for the 20 G1-winning Darley stallions who will stand in New South Wales and Victoria for the 2021 breeding season

14 April 2021

Bivouac retires to stud: World Champion Sprinter heads to Kelvinside

The three-time G1 winner concludes successful racing career a ‘happy and sound horse’

Bivouac retires from a successful racing career a ‘happy and sound horse’, celebrating a career that spanned from ages two to four. He accumulated

7 April 2021

Exceed And Excel and Lonhro again set the Darley standard

Long-serving pair in strong demand at Inglis Easter Sale

Darley’s ever-reliable duo of Lonhro and Exceed And Excel showed the way yet again on day two of the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale

6 April 2021

Exceed And Excel has career-best day at the sales

Colt makes $2.1 million at Inglis Easter Sale to become his sire’s highest-priced yearling

Exceed And Excel raced past the most significant milestone of his stallion career when his colt from the Bernardini mare Peace Force sold for

4 April 2021

Darley announce first-season sire shuttle fees for 2021

Australian breeders given access to elite sire lines through Champion racehorses Pinatubo, Ghaiyyath and Earthlight

One year after adding three Champions to its roster, Darley previously announced that another four Champions will join its roster in 2021, three outstanding

4 April 2021

Signore Fox adds to the magnificent record of Exceed And Excel

Team Snowden-trained horse too strong in G3 Star Kingdom Handicap at Rosehill

If anything is predictable in racing it is that Exceed And Excel will sire the winners of feature sprints during Australia’s major racing carnivals

27 March 2021

Dominating G2 victory for son of Exceed And Excel

Secret Ambition the runaway winner of the G2 Godolphin Mile

Secret Ambition, a son of Exceed And Excel, added a third Stakes victory when taking the G2 Godolphin Mile at Meydan on Saturday, 27

1 March 2021

Hong Kong owners win battle for Street Boss colt

Strong support for Darley stallions continues on day two of the Melbourne Premier Sale

Street Boss joined the party on day two of the Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale with his colt from the Danehill Dancer mare Spirit

28 February 2021

Newcomers make presence felt as old guard set the pace at Inglis Premier Sale

Exceed And Excel, Lonhro Darley’s best at Inglis Premier as Frosted and Impending sell well

It is almost a decade since Exceed And Excel held Australia’s champion sire title, and a little longer since his fellow Darley stallion Lonhro

20 February 2021

Oxley Road adds another Stakes win to Exceed And Excel’s grand total

Well-connected colt makes it two-from-two in G3 Zeditave Stakes

A dashing, front-running performance has carried the Exceed And Excel colt Oxley Road to his second win from as many starts and his first

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Best progeny

His winning offspring

Video footage

Watch him go: see him at his best

Exceed And Excel: Virtual stallion parade 2020

Newmarket H (G1), 1200m, Flemington, 06 Mar 2004

Dubai Racing Club Cup (G1), 1400m, Caulfield, 21 Sep 2003

Sovereign S (G2), 1200m, Randwick, 14 Feb 2004

Up & Coming S (G2), 1200m, Randwick, 23 Aug 2003

Todman S (G2), 1200m, Rosehill, 29 Mar 2003

Roman Consul (G3), 1200m, Randwick, 06 Sep 2003

Watch THEM go: big wins by his offspring

Queen Supreme

Paddock S (G1), 9f, Kenilworth, 09 Jan 2021

Bivouac

VRC Sprint Classic (G1), 1200m, Flemington, 07 Nov 2020

September Run

Coolmore Stud S (G1), 1200m, Flemington, 31 Oct 2020

Bivouac

Newmarket H (G1), 1200m, Flemington, 07 Mar 2020

Queen Supreme

Paddock S (G1), 9f, Kenilworth, 11 Jan 2020

New

Exceedance

Coolmore Stud S (G1), 1200m, Flemington, 02 Nov 2019

Pedigree

EXCEED AND EXCEL	DANEHILL	DANZIG	NORTHERN DANCER	NEARCTIC
				NATALMA
			PAS DE NOM	ADMIRAL'S VOYAGE
				PETITIONER
		RAZYANA	HIS MAJESTY	RIBOT
				FLOWER BOWL
			SPRING ADIEU	BUCKPASSER
				NATALMA
	PATRONA	LOMOND	NORTHERN DANCER	NEARCTIC
				NATALMA
			MY CHARMER	POKER
				FAIR CHARMER
		GLADIOLUS	WATCH YOUR STEP	CITATION
				STEPWISELY
			BACK BRITCHES	CARRY BACK
				FOXBRITCHES

By DANEHILL (1986) Sprint Cup (G1), etc. Leading sire 17 times in Australia, England, France, Hong Kong and Ireland. Sire of 2,501 foals aged three and up, including EXCEED AND EXCEL, AL MAHER, DANASINGA, DANEHILL DANCER, DANEWIN, DANZERO, DARCI BRAHMA, DESERT KING, FASTNET ROCK, FLYING SPUR, HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR, MOZART, REDOUTE’S CHOICE, ROCK OF GIBRALTAR, etc.

1st dam: PATRONA by Lomond. Winner (6f) at 3. Dam of 5 foals, 5 to race, 5 winners:

EXCEED AND EXCEL (c Danehill) Champion Sprinter in Australia, 7 wins (5½f-7f) at 2 and 3, Newmarket H (G1), Dubai Racing Club Cup (G1), Up And Coming S (G2), Royal Sovereign S (G2), Timeform 126.

ENEMY OF AVERAGE (c Fusaichi Pegasus) Winner (6f) at 2, Walter Brown S. Sire.

Open Magnet (g Honour And Glory) 11 wins (5½f-7f), 2 to 5, 2nd Clasico Princesa del Oro.

TO BE SURPRISED (f Redoute’s Choice) 3 wins (5½f-6f) at 3 and 4. Dam of:
Will Be Amazed (g Husson) 3rd Macau Summer Trophy.

PATRONIZE (c Redoute’s Choice) 2 wins (5½f-6f) at 4. Sire.

2nd dam: GLADIOLUS by Watch Your Step. 17 wins (6f-8½f), 3 to 6, Interborough H (G3), Interborough H, Ak-Sar-Ben Queen’s H, Miss Prosperity S, First Flight H, Petrify H, Liberation H, 2nd Barbara Fritchie H (G3). Own-sister to HOLE IN THE PANTS. Dam of 7 winners:

STYLISH SENOR (c El Gran Senor) 6 wins, 3 to 6, Gordon S (G3). Sire.

DRAMATIS (c Spectacular Bid) 3 wins at 3 and 4, Prix Servanne, 2nd Prix de la Jonchere (G3).

SWAMP KING (c Vice Regent) 12 wins, 2 to 5, Highlander S, Monroe County Breeders’ Cup S, 2nd Finger Lakes Breeders’ Cup H (G3). Sire.

GANGWAY (g Lomond) Winner at 4 and 5.

DAZZEL’N DECEPTION (f Storm Cat) Winner at 2. Dam of:

SHINKO RUBY (f Sakura Laurel) Sho Flora S (G2), 3rd Yushun Himba (G1).

3rd dam: BACK BRITCHES by Carry Back. 5 wins at 3 and 4. Dam of 3 winners:

GLADIOLUS (f Watch Your Step) G3 winner, see above.

HOLE IN THE PANTS (c Watch Your Step) Inaugural H, 3rd Paumonok H (G3). Sire.

CLOWN SUIT (c Hilarious) Winner at 4 and 5.

Conformation

Race record

His successful career

Age	Starts	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Two	4	2	1	-	-
Three	8	5	-	-	-
Total	12	7	1	-	-

At 2

1st: Todman Slipper Trial (G2), 1200m, Rosehill, beating Untouchable, Niello, Red Hot Pepper.
1st: Maiden race, 1100m, Canterbury, first time out.
2nd: Black Opal S (G3), 1200m, Canberra, by a head, to Handsome Ransom, beating Sansadee, Touched By God.

At 3 Champion Sprinter in Australia

1st: Newmarket H (G1), 1200m, Flemington, beating Titanic Jack, Regimental Gal, Nader.
1st: Dubai Racing Club Cup (G1), 1400m, Caulfield, new course record, beating Reactive, Titanic Jack, Scardee Cat.
1st: Up And Coming S (G2), 1200m, Randwick, beating Danbird, Hipwell, Kusi.
1st: Royal Sovereign S (G2), 1180m, Kensington, new course record, beating Ambulance, Impaler, Handsome Ransom.
1st: Roman Consul S (G3), 1200m, Randwick, beating Hasna, Ambulance, Bushland.

Timeform 126

Exceed And Excel’s progeny at the races

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