The world’s most prolific sire of winning juveniles, Exceed And Excel, again stamped his mark when speedy colt Zulfiqar debuted with an impressive win in the Listed Maribyrnong Trial Stakes over 1,000m on Saturday, 1 October at Flemington.
Zulfigar, out of the US mare Sayf Shamal, burst from the barriers with Ben Melham in the saddle and crossed to lead before holding off Exceed And Excel filly Aditi.
Zulfiqar, who has a yearling full brother, became Exceed And Excel’s fifth winner of the race with Exceedingly Good (2007), Noesis (2008), Kuroshio (2021) and Madeenaty (2016).
#ExceedAndExcel goes🥇and🥈in the first two-year-old Stakes race @FlemingtonVRC this season!
The #Darley Maribyrnong Trial Stakes 👏
🥇ZULFIQAR (#ExceedAndExcel) for @godolphin
🥈ADITI (#ExceedAndExcel) for @GaiWaterhouse1 & Adrian Bott https://t.co/dVsYWMXiwl
A dual G1 winner during his racetrack career which yielded six wins in Stakes company, Exceed And Excel retired to stud after being crowned Champion Sprinter in Australia.
Exceed And Excel recently reached two lofty milestones, siring 200 individual Stakes race winners and 100 individual Group winners.
The stallion has now sired 555 two-year-old winners, including 84 individual Stakes winners and 43 individual Group winners.
Worldwide, he sired 1691 winners for prize money totaling more than $243 million.
Exceed And Excel spearheads the Darley stallion roster at Kelvinside in the NSW Hunter Valley where he stands for a service fee of $132,000, GST inclusive.
