Exceller
| Exceller | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Vaguely Noble |
| Grandsire | Vienna |
| Dam | Too Bald |
| Damsire | Bald Eagle |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1973 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Jane Engelhard |
| Owner |
Nelson Bunker Hunt Östlund Tränings AB |
| Trainer |
Francois Mathet Maurice Zilber Charlie Whittingham |
| Record | 33:15-5-6 |
| Earnings | $1,654,003 |
| Major wins | |
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Prix du Lys (1976) Grand Prix de Paris (1976) Prix Royal-Oak (1976) Coronation Cup (1977) Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (1977) Canadian International Stakes (1977) Hollywood Gold Cup (1978) Hollywood Invitational Turf Handicap (1978) San Juan Capistrano Handicap (1978) Sunset Handicap (1978) Oak Tree Invitational Stakes (1978) Jockey Club Gold Cup (1978) |
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| Honours | |
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U.S. Racing Hall of Fame (1999) #96 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century The Exceller Fund |
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| Last updated on 23 September 2006 | |
Exceller (May 12, 1973 – April 7, 1997) is widely considered one of the best horses to race in the United States not to win a year-end championship. Despite his exemplary achievements as a racehorse, and his unique accomplishment in being the only horse to ever defeat two U.S. Triple Crown winners in the same race (and only the second ever to do so in his career), Exceller is now remembered more for the tragic manner of his death and the horse rescue movement it helped inspire.
Exceller was foaled on May 12, 1973 in Kentucky. Bred by Mrs. Charles W. Engelhard, he was sold as a yearling for approximately $27,000 to Nelson Bunker Hunt. Hunt's advisors figured that a son of European champion stayer Vaguely Noble with long and upright pasterns, would be better suited to European racing and sent him to France.
Trained at first by Francois Mathet, who had been the trainer for François Dupré, and later by Maurice Zilber, Exceller didn't accomplish much racing as a two-year-old but blossomed as the distances got longer during his three-year-old season. While stablemates Empery and Youth were taking down the French and English Derbys, Exceller won in the grueling Prix Royal-Oak (run at 1 7/8 mile) and the Group 1 Grand Prix de Paris. Shipped to England at age four, he wound up a half-length behind The Minstrel and Orange Bay in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and won the Coronation Cup. Sent to Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Exceller won the Canadian International.
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