Excelebration won three of Europe’s most important mile races, the Gr.1 Queen Elizabeth II S., the Gr.1 Prix du Moulin and the 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 6 lengths and finished runner-up to Frankel on four occasions.

Excelebration’s sire, the champion Australian sprinter Exceed And Excel, became the fourth son of Danehill to become champion sire in Australia when he topped the list in 2012/13.

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 has Australian Group winners out of mares by SEEKING THE GOLD, GONE WEST and ELUSIVE QUALITY.

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 several Group winners out of grand-daughters of SADLER’S WELLS, including the Gr.1 winner Outstrip out of an EL PRADO mare. Excelebration could therefore be an ideal means of injecting speed and precocity into mares from this line.

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 4×4 to Danzig, with CAPE CROSS also producing 4×4 to AHONOORA.

Although mares by such as DANEHILL DANCER, DANSILI, DANETIME, HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR and ROCK OF GIBRALTAR create 3×3 to DANEHILL, it is worth remembering that the high-class sprinter Hoof It and the Gr.1 winner Astaire are inbred this way. Exceed And Excel’s top Australian daughter Guelph is inbred 2×3 to DANEHILL.

Exceed And Excel and the other Danehill stallions inbred 3×3 to Northern Dancer have all shone with the SHARPEN UP male line. Holy Roman Emperor sired the 1,000 Guineas winner Homecoming Queen from a DIESIS mare, while KRIS is the broodmare sire of Group winners by Exceed And Excel and Rock of Gibraltar. There are also Gr.1 winners out of daughters of SELKIRK and TREMPOLINO.

The BLUSHING GROOM line has proved an excellent match for these Danehill stallions with 3×3 inbreeding to Northern Dancer. ROCK OF GIBRALTAR has three Group winners out of RAINBOW QUEST mares and another out of a NASHWAN mare. Exceed And Excel has Group winners with dams by RAHY and by Rainbow Quest’s sons QUEST FOR FAME and SPECTRUM. Two of Excelebration’s high-priced first-crop yearlings have second dams by NASHWAN and RAINBOW QUEST.

Daughters of POLAR FALCON, PIVOTAL and KYLLACHY could all produce very useful juveniles to Excelebration.

Exceptional three-time Gr.1 winning miler

At 2 Years

At 3 Years

Timeform rated 133-only Frankel was higher!

At 4 Years:

ALL HIS STARTS