| Horsename: | Exceed And Excel |
| Sire: | Danehill |
| Grandsire: | Danzig |
| Dam: | Patrona |
| Damsire: | Lomond |
| Sex: | Colt |
| Foaled: | 5 September 2000 |
| Country: | Australia |
| Colour: | Bay |
| Breeder: | Ascot Breeding Partnership |
| Owner: | Darley Stud |
| Trainer: | Tim Martin |
| Record: | 12: 7–1–0 |
| Earnings: | A$ 1,282,375[1] |
| Race: | Todman Stakes (2003) Up and Coming Stakes (2003) Roman Consul Stakes (2003) Dubai Racing Club Cup (2003) Royal Sovereign Stakes (2004) Newmarket Handicap (2004) |
| Awards: | Australian Champion Sprinter (2003/04) Australian Champion Sire (2012/13) |
Exceed And Excel (foaled 5 September 2000) is a retired multiple Group 1 winning Australian thoroughbred racehorse. After his racing career ended he has been successful as a breeding stallion, having sired over 150 Stakes winners.[2]
The colt was purchased at the 2002 Inglis Easter yearling sale by his trainer Tim Martin. Martin had previously never paid more than $30,000 for a horse but purchased him for A$375,000. At the time, he had no future owner in line for the horse. After what Martin described as a "scary" two weeks, he drew Sydney lawyer Alan Osburg into a 50% interest while the remaining equity was later taken by businessman Nick Moraitis.[3]
In Australia he only raced as a two-year-old and three-year-old. His main success came as a three-year-old when he won the Group 1 Dubai Racing Club Cup and the Newmarket Handicap, on both occasions ridden by Corey Brown. His last race was in the 2004 July Cup in England but he finished unplaced.[4]
Exceed And Excel was sold to Darley Stud for a reported record A$ 22 million.[5] He was retired from stud duties in March 2024, aged 23. At the time of his retirement he had sired 215 individual stakes race winners, including 18 Group 1 winners. He is the only Australian-bred sire to have sired more than 200 individual stakes winners.[6]
Exceed And Excel has sired 19 individual Group 1 winners:[7]
c = colt, f = filly, g = gelding
| Foaled | Name | Sex | Major wins |
| 2006 | Reward For Effort | c | Blue Diamond Stakes |
| 2008 | Excelebration | c | Prix du Moulin de Longchamp, Prix Jacques Le Marois, Queen Elizabeth II Stakes |
| 2008 | Helmet | c | Sires' Produce Stakes, Caulfield Guineas |
| 2008 | Margot Did | f | Nunthorpe Stakes |
| 2009 | Amber Sky | g | Al Quoz Sprint |
| 2009 | Flamberge | g | The Goodwood, Oakleigh Plate, William Reid Stakes |
| 2010 | Guelph | f | Sires' Produce Stakes, Champagne Stakes, Flight Stakes, The Thousand Guineas |
| 2010 | Overreach | f | Golden Slipper Stakes |
| 2011 | Earthquake | f | Blue Diamond Stakes |
| 2011 | Outstrip | c | Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf |
| 2012 | Mr Stunning | g | Hong Kong Sprint (twice), Chairman's Sprint Prize |
| 2016 | Bivouac | c | Golden Rose Stakes, Newmarket Handicap, VRC Sprint Classic |
| 2016 | Exceedance | c | Coolmore Stud Stakes |
| 2016 | Microphone | c | Sires' Produce Stakes |
| 2016 | Queen Supreme | f | Paddock Stakes |
| 2017 | September Run | f | Coolmore Stud Stakes, William Reid Stakes |
| 2020 | Cylinder | c | Newmarket Handicap |
| 2020 | Mawj | f | 1000 Guineas Stakes, Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes |
| 2020 | Mischief Magic | c | Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint |