News - EXCEEDANCE (AUS)
There were three stakes races at Rosehill last Saturday for three year-olds that put the colts and geldings up against the fillies and in every race the fillies came out on top, so who are these girls that gave the boys a thumping.
A stylish winner on debut, the Hawkes Racing trained Exceedance filly Chuchichaschtli stepped up to stakes class at just her second start to win the $500,000 Listed ATC Tapp-Craig (1400m) with authority.
Riccarton trainer Lance Robinson unveiled another exciting prospect at his home track on Saturday as he continues to build a strong arsenal for the New Zealand Cup carnival in November.
Exceedance had the fastest filly at the official 2YO trials in Sydney on Monday in She’s Supreme and he was in the frame at Warwick Farm on Wednesday with a flying filly that has an unpronounceable name.
A select field of eight runners have accepted for the Group III ATC San Domenico Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill on Saturday including the Golden Slipper winner Guest House and while seven of the eight are winners, one colt will be making his debut, so who is he?
The annual Vinery Stud stallion parades last weekend are always a highlight on the Hunter Valley stud tour given their famed breakfast is the perfect way to start a long day of looking at horses and this year’s stallion roster is a ripper.
This two year-old son of Exceedance might be well named given he handled a heavy 10 on debut at Gosford on Thursday to win as he pleased.
Improving off her two prior placed efforts, Ben, Will and JD Hayes appear to have a handy runner for the spring after 2yo Exceedance filly Stars Of Dom broke her maiden at her third start, leading home her stablemate to win the Next Generation Sprinters Series Final (1200m) at Flemington.
Promising Exceedance four-year-old Tristar ended a frustrating run of minor placings when she thrust her nose out at just the right time to win the Thanks Bernard Kneebone – 25 Years On The Clock (1200m) at Te Rapa in a thrilling three-way finish.
Horses carrying the Vinery V brand have been enjoying an outstanding run of success and just last Saturday the long list of stakes-winners to come out of the Hunter Valley nursery this season got a little longer when Losesomewinmore captured the Listed VRC Straight Six at Flemington.
The Inglis HTBA Yearling Sale this Sunday is the last yearling sale of the year at Riverside Stables and represents a great opportunity to secure a quality youngster in a more affordable price range and the Vinery Stud consignment will be a must inspect.
Vinery Stud’s Exceedance was in the frame early on Wednesday with impressive juvenile winners at Warwick Farm in Sydney and Doomben in Brisbane.
Classy Exceedance daughter Pure Excess galloped out of maiden company and into the headlines when she got up for a heartstopping last stride victory over the favourite, in the G3 WA Champions Fillies Stakes on opening day of The Pinnacles carnival at Ascot.
Sales for two year-olds in training are looming on the horizon for all three auction houses and the $150,000 Dubbo Gold Cup (1600m) on Sunday has eligibility for the $3million Big Dance for the winner and it was progressive Exceedance 4YO Cristal Clear, who claimed the prize.
Vinery Stud’s Exceedance produced a debut winner at Moe on Thursday that started as a short priced favourite and on Saturday at Randwick we will see the return of his best performer to date.
We've emerged from the worst of winter, but Sydney's wettest spring in a couple of decades is going to ensure a squelchy track for Saturday's Royal Randwick meeting if it even goes ahead.
Surprisingly unwanted in the betting, having won two of his four jumpouts prior to making his debut, the Gerard Maloney trained Exceedance 2yo Express Class got the better of the race favourite to make a winning debut in the Sportsbet Race Previews Handicap (1000m) at Sandown.
Apprentice Liam Kauri has continued a winning association with the Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott stable by partnering their smart three-year-old Tristar to victory in the Ambient Group 3YO (1100m) at Te Rapa, his second victory aboard the filly from just two rides.
A heavy 10 at Warwick Farm on Wednesday led to an avalanche of scratchings and for those runners that remained to brave the conditions it was survival of the fittest with Exceedance posting a winning double.
Promising Exceedance colt Bellagio World was purchased for $220,000 from the 2024 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale by Winning Stud / Satomi Oka Bloodstock (FBAA) and he opened his winning account in Japan on the weekend with a victory in Tokyo.