Exceed And Excel 2yo filly Guelph gave her sire a clean sweep of Sydney’s two-year-old three Group 1 events with a thrilling last-stride win in the Gr1 Champagne Stakes over 1600m at Randwick, April 27.
The win gave Guelph back-to-back Gr1 wins after she claimed the Gr1 ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes two weeks earlier and provided Exceed And Excel with all three winners of the two-year-old Triple Crown following Overreach’s victory in the G1 Golden Slipper.
Trained by Peter Snowden and ridden by Kerrin McEvoy, Guelph became the first filly in a decade to claim the Sires’ Produce-Champagne Stakes double, in doing so emulating her paternal half-brother Helmet who claimed the double in 2011.
The victory takes the overall record of Guelph to 4 wins and 1 second from 7 starts for earnings of $919,500.
She has staked her claim for Champion 2yo honours, which had previously seemed locked-in for Exceed And Excel's Golden Slipper heroine Overreach.
Experiencing a stellar period in Australia, Exceed And Excel has been represented by recent Gr1-winning fillies Overreach (Golden Slipper) and Guelph (ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes) as well as fellow juvenile Stakes Winners: Sidestep, Champollion, Kuroshio and Safeguard.
Currently leading the Australian Sires’ table, Exceed And Excel has been represented by 69 Stakes Winners globally.
Australia’s leading stallion for the 2012-2013 season, Exceed And Excel is the sire of six Gr1 winners, Apart from Guelph and Overrreach, his other Gr1 winners are triple Gr1 Winner’s Helmet and Excelebration, as well as our own Gr1 star Reward For Effort and Margot Did.
Exceed and Excel is arguably one of the hottest sires in Australiasia and will stand at Darley Kelvinside this season at a fee of $88,000. With 69 Stakes Winners and being the current Leading Sire in the World For Stakes Winners and Stakes Wins this season, along with Champion 2yo around the world and Champion Sire in Australia, Exceed And Excel will be in Hot Demand.
We purchased a fantastic colt by EXCEED AND EXCEL from YOU SMARTY PANTS this season in Melbourne. Going into the care of astute trainer Peter Moody, when we commence syndicating our colt the shares will be just $7,650 inc GST and holding costs to 31/7/13.
