Exceed And Excel's Oxley Road Captures Caulfield Sprint

Mark Smith - Saturday October 16

Oxley Road completed a banner day at Caulfield for the Peter Moody stable when he ran down the determined Malkovich in the $300,000 Group II McCafe Caulfield Sprint (1200m).

Like all the family Oxley Road is a good-looking son of a gun (image Racing Photos)

Ridden by Blaike McDougall, the 4yo son of Exceed And Excel defeated Malkovich (Choisir) by three-quarters of a length, with Curran (Night Of Thunder) a further two and three-quarter lengths back in third.

The Group III Zeditave Stakes winner at Caulfield in February, lightly raced Oxley Road, advances his record to three wins, a second and a third from six starts with earnings of $351,950.

“The support since I’ve come down here in the last seven weeks has been overwhelming. Especially from this man here today, Peter Moody,” McDougall said.

“He’s an opportunist, quite like myself, so I’m just very thankful.

“It didn’t feel like we went a gallop, he’s a fast horse.

“Just when I let All Banter go they steadied, not much but enough for him to half want to overdo it, but he’s a classy horse.

“Everyone has a high opinion of him. To do that today so easily, when we hit the front he half clocked off, so they haven’t got to the bottom of him yet.”

Advertisement

Purchased by Singapore-based trainer Stephen Grey for $125,000 2019 Magic Millions, Oxley Raod’s stock shot up a short time later when his brother Exceedance bludgeoned the opposition by seven lengths at his career debut at Wyong.

Oxley Road a $125,000 Magic Millions yearling

Exceedance went on to win the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes before embarking on a stallion career at Vinery Stud.

Oxley Road was bred by Nick Vass and is the one of three stakes-winners stakes from as many to race out of the stakes-winning Thorn Park mare Bonnie Mac whose Sebring filly, Mac 'N' Cheese, who won the Listed SAJC Oaklands Plate.

Bonnie Mac was sold by Newgate at the 2019 Magic Millions Broodmare Sale, fetching $375,000 when bought by Allam Racing/Andrew Williams Bloodstock when in foal to Capitalist.

The resultant colt was catalogued for the 2021 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale by Yarraman Park, with Hickman Racing making the final bid of $1,050,000.  

Sadly, Bonnie Mac died in May last year.

Visit the profile page for Exceed And Excel

Exceed And Excel in upcoming sales:
Advertisment

Race Result - Caulfield Sprint Gr2 1000m

Caulfield Track: Soft(6) Time: 0:57.84
1
Oxley Road
- 4h Exceed And Excel (AUS) x Bonnie Mac (NZ) (Thorn Park (AUS))
Tnr: P G Moody Rdr: B Mc Dougall 53
2
0.8
Malkovich
- 4h Choisir (AUS) x Mabkhara (AUS) (Anabaa (USA))
Tnr: Bjorn Baker Rdr: Damian Lane 57
3
3.6
Curran
- 4g Night Of Thunder (IRE) x Tramell (AUS) (Street Cry (IRE))
Tnr: Ms L Tolson & Ms L Proctor Rdr: Matthew Cartwright 53
4
3.8
Free Of Debt
- 5g Unencumbered (AUS) x Stagerush (AUS) (Giant's Causeway (USA))
Tnr: Chris Bieg Rdr: B Prebble 57.5
5
4.5
General Beau
- 3c Brazen Beau (AUS) x Phosphorescence (AUS) (Lonhro (AUS))
Tnr: M Ellerton & S Zahra Rdr: D Moor 53
6
6.3
All Banter
- 4m I'm All The Talk (AUS) x Bantry Bay (AUS) (Tale Of The Cat (USA))
Tnr: R & C Jolly Rdr: Craig Williams 53.5
7
6.5
He's A Balter
- 5g Spirit Of Boom (AUS) x Moxie Doll (AUS) (Mossman (AUS))
Tnr: Will Clarken Rdr: Ms L J Meech 55
8
7.0
Holbien
- 7g Pierro (AUS) x Carribean Sunset (IRE) (Danehill Dancer (IRE))
Tnr: S J Richards Rdr: Dean Holland 56.5
9
7.1
Bold Star
- 6g Needs Further (AUS) x Alzahra Star (AUS) (Danewin (AUS))
Tnr: G Richards & D Moyle Rdr: J Maskiell 56.5
10
9.1
Jigsaw
- 3c Manhattan Rain (AUS) x Demandz (NZ) (Lonhro (AUS))
Tnr: Ms C Alderson Rdr: M J Dee 53
More Reading...
Sires With Winners - Thursday October 30
Here is the full list of 30 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
High Hopes for Pencarrow Stud Homebred Farnan Filly
Passiflora will provide her connections with a sound guide at Tauranga as to where she sits in the three-year-old pecking order.
Breeding To Win - 2025 $10m Golden Eagle
Racing fans and punters love a good debate, but if there's one thing they tend to unite on, it's the view that the retirement of talented young horses from the racetrack to the stud happens far too early for their liking!
Henry Dwyer Secures Top Lot on Day 4 Tattersalls Autumn HIT Sale
Promising Wootton Bassett two-year-old SKIATHOS topped the fourth day of the Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale at 150,000 guineas with robust trade resulting in a clearance rate of 90% for the session. Turnover for the sale exceeded 33,000,000 guineas for only the fourth time in its history with a fifth and final session still to come on Friday, followed immediately by the Tattersalls Aut
Promising Winner for Peltzer
Michael Freedman trained his first winner for Champion Thoroughbreds on Thursday at Wyong and promising Peltzer gelding Sir Loyne won in a manner to suggest there is much more to come.
One To Watch – Wyong
With her half-brother Private Eye set to line up in Saturday's $3m ATC Russell Balding Stakes (1300m) at Randwick, 3yo Shalaa (IRE) filly Confidentiality broke her maiden on Thursday at Wyong at just her second start for trainer Joe Pride.
Tabitha Ridley-Thomas Joins Magic Millions Bloodstock Team
Australia's leading thoroughbred auctioneer Magic Millions has boosted it's impressive Bloodstock Team with news Tabitha Ridley-Thomas has this week joined the company.
Exceedance's Brother Oxley Road Looks the Real Deal
Shortly after Singapore-based trainer Stephen Grey purchased the Exceed And Excel colt Oxley Road as a yearling for $125,000, he had the pleasure of watching his year older brother Exceedance spank the opposition by seven lengths at his career debut at Wyong.
600k Fantasy World Heads Third Day of Tattersalls Autumn HIT Sale
FANTASY WORLD was one of three lots to realise 500,000 guineas or more on the third day of the Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale which saw significant increases to the median, average and turnover from the equivalent session in 2024.
2025 Victoria Derby Pedigree Preview - Who is Bred to Stay?
The Group I VRC Victoria Derby at Flemington on Saturday is worth a whopping $2 million and the testing trip of 2500m means a lot of horses are not going to see it out strongly and this looks a competitive year with no G1 winners engaged and a full field of up and comers set to do battle, so let’s see what the pedigrees have to say.