Exceed And Excel - New Winner

Only two fillies in Saturday's $1,000,000 Group II Tab Percy Sykes Stakes at Randwick were backing up after running in the Golden Slipper, and they fought it out.

A winner of three of his first four starts before stepping up to black type racing the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott trained Castelvecchio colt Shangri La Spring appreciated the step up to 2000m, to take out the Group 3 ATC Frank Packer Plate.

The colours of Bon Ho and his Legend Racing were in the winner’s circle in the UK overnight with three year-old Too Darn Hot (GB) gelding Glittering Legend taking out the Listed Burradon Stakes (1m) at Newcastle.

The Brisbane Winter Carnival is just around the corner and the powerful Ciaron Maher stable produced a talented two year-old I Am Invincible colt at Eagle Farm on Saturday with Navy Pilot bouncing out of an unplaced run in the Group I ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes to open his account.

Ole Kirk unleashed another debut winner at Wyong on Thursday when Tiberius carried the Darby Racing colours to victory in a 1000m open maiden beating older rivals to become the tenth winner for his sire from just 17 starters!

Flashy filly Little Black Dress maintained her unbeaten record with a dramatic victory in Saturday’s Listed SKYCITY Star Way Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie.

Exceed And Excel will be basking in his paddock for the first time in twenty-one years when the breeding season begins in September.

Here is the full list of 47 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Quality Justify (USA) filly Lilac has been knocking on the door of a stakes win during the autumn and got the job done at Randwick on Saturday capturing the $250,000 Group III ATC James HB Carr Stakes (1400m).

Super interesting winner at Newmarket on Thursday was a Godolphin homebred two year-old colt by Wootton Bassett (GB) that won on debut and is on track for Royal Ascot.