(Exceed And Excel - Sun Shower (Indian Ridge))
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- 2008 Foal. Cost £20,000 as a yearling. Trained by Marco Botti for owner G. Manfredini until the end of his 3yo season. Bought by Coolmore and transferred to be trained by Aiden O'Brien at 4yo. Won 2 of his 3 starts as a juvenile beginning that season with a 4th in a 6f maiden in mid-May. Succesful in a similar event in early June and then a minor 6f event in July. Missed the 7f Group 3 Horris Hill Stakes in late season due to injury.
- Began his 3yo season with a 2nd in a 7f Guineas Trial when his OR was at 89. Followed that run with victory in the Group 2 German Guineas in later May then was 3rd in the 8f Group 1 St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot. Better from following in later season with successes in a 7f Group 2 event and then the 8f Group 1 Prix Du Moulin. Finished that season as he had started it with a 2nd to Frankel in the 8f Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes.
- Successful in 3 of his 6 starts as a 4yo for Coolmore. Won his season debut in 7f Group 3 race then placed 2nd in 2 8f Group 1s, both times to Frankel. With Frankel stepping up in distance he then won the 8f Group 1 pair of the Prix Jacques le Marois and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. Closed his career with a 4th place, as favourite, for the Breeders' Cup Turf Mile at Santa Anita.
- Retired to the Coolmore Stud at a fee of €22,500 and still there in 2015 at a €17,500. 54 Yearlings sold in 2015, of 82 catalogued, for an Average of 57,748gns and a Median at 35,437gns. First Season Sire in 2016.