Excelebration retires to stud at Coolmore as one of the top milers in racing a winner of eight of his fifteen career starts Excelebration was never out of the first three in all his starts and he is known as the horse who was very unlucky to encounter superstar Frankel as he was second to him in four Group one races. Excelebration won three top class mile races in Europe including the Group one Prix Jaques Les Marois, Queen Elizabeth stakes and the Prix Du Moulin.
Excelebration is a son of Exceed And Excel a top class sire in both hemispheres, he is out of the Indian Ridge mare Sun Shower, herself a winner of three races in France where her son won two of his group ones, she was placed a further eight times. She is also the dam of Mull Of Killough a Group winning son of Mull Of Kintyre before her sons exploits Sun Shower was sold as a Broodmare to India but has since been privately bought back by Coolmore, it was announced she would visit Galileo.
Excelebration's 2nd dam is the once race mare Miss Kemble, she is the dam of Kingso a winner at two in France and placed. His 3rd dam is the dual group one winner Sarah Siddons a winner of the Irish 1,000 G and Yorkshire Oaks she was a very successful Broodmare producing Irish Oaks winner Princess Pati, this Is from the family of 1998 EU champion filly Leggera.
Excelebration is a beautiful looking sire son of a very high class and popular sire Exceed And Excel who also has another exciting sire son in Ireland in Helmet a champion in his native Australia. Excelebration is sure to be given every chance by Coolmore and is expected to cover a high class book of mares in both hemispheres. He's a very exciting sire and next year will surely be a big year with his first foals.
Excelebration should get plenty of juvenile winners a winner of two of his three starts at two he progressed extremely well at three to be campaigned exclusively at Group one and Group level, A high class miler bettered only by Frankel and Black Caviar he has the makings to be a lovely sire for the future.
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