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MATING SUGGESTIONS:
Despite facing the huge hurdle of being a contemporary of the brilliant Frankel, Excelebration won three of Europe’s
most important mile races, the Gr.1 Queen Elizabeth II S., Gr.1 Prix du Moulin and Gr.1 Prix Jacques le Marois. He also
won two of his three juvenile starts, took the German 2,000 Guineas by seven lengths, the Hungerford S. by six and
finished runner-up to Frankel on four occasions.
Excelebration’s ability at up to a mile could be reinforced by the faster members of the MR PROSPECTOR line, such
as mares by MACHIAVELLIAN , KINGMAMBO, WOODMAN and MISWAKI . Exceed And Excel sired the smart 2yo
Buratino from a KINGMAMBO mare and he has a particularly good record with mares by GONE WEST’s son ELUSIVE
QUALITY (22 per cent black-type winners, including five Group winners, headed by multiple Gr.1 winner Guelph and
those very speedy European juveniles Yalta and Cotai Glory). He also has Australian Group winners out of mares by
SEEKING THE GOLD, MACHIAVELLIAN, GONE WEST and KING’S BEST. ELUSIVE QUALITY is also the broodmare
sire of one of the first Group winners by Exceed And Excel’s Australian sons.
Excelebration comes from a female line which produced the Arc second Leggera to SADLER’S WELLS . Exceed And
Excel has a Gr.2 juvenile winner out of a SADLER’S WELLS mare and also has several Group winners out of
grand-daughters of SADLER’S WELLS, including the Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf winner Outstrip out of an
EL PRADO mare. Helmet, one of Exceed And Excel’s best Australian winners, is out of a mare by SINGSPIEL.
Excelebration has already sired useful winners from daughters of SADLER’S WELLS and GALILEO .
The GREEN DESERT male line looks a sure-fire route to producing smart sprinter-milers by Excelebration. Mares
by CAPE CROSS, DESERT PRINCE, DESERT STYLE, INVINCIBLE SPIRIT, KHELEYF and OASIS DREAM are prime
candidates. They produce 4x4 to Danzig, with CAPE CROSS also producing 4x4 to AHONOORA.
The high-class sprinter Hoof It and the Gr.1 winner Astaire are inbred to DANEHILL. Exceed And Excel’s top Australian
daughter Guelph is inbred 2x3 to DANEHILL.
SHARPEN UP line mares have produced numerous Gr.1 winners with Danehill line sires.
The BLUSHING GROOM line has proved an excellent match for Danehill line stallions. Exceed And Excel has
Group winners with dams by RAHY and by Rainbow Quest’s sons QUEST FOR FAME and SPECTRUM .
Exceed And Excel and Rock of Gibraltar also have Group winners out of mares by DARSHAAN .
Daughters of POLAR FALCON, PIVOTAL and KYLLACHY could all produce very useful juveniles to Excelebration.
BARNEY ROY Runaway winner of his only start
at Haydock for Richard Hannon
“a potential new star”
ULTIMATE AVENUE Very promising Newbury
maiden winner for Ed Walker
“he´ll be a proper horse next year”
Ed Walker, RACING PO ST