Exceller Horse Pedigree

Owner: Nelson Bunker Hunt, then Östlund Tränings AB
Breeder: Mrs. Charles W. Engelhard
State Bred: KY
Winnings: 33 Starts: 15 - 5 - 6, $1,654,003

1st, Canadian International-G1T; Hollywood Gold Cup-G1; Jockey Club Gold Cup-G1; Hollywood Invitational Turf H.-G1; San Juan Capistrano H.-G1T; Sunset H.-G1T; Oak Tree Invitational S.-G1T; Gran Prix De Saint-Cloud-G1(FR); Grand Prix De Paris-G1(FR); Prix Royal-Oak-G1 (French St. Leger) (FR); Coronation Cup-G1(ENG); Prix Du Lys-G3(FR); Arcadia H.-G3T.

2nd, Man O'War S.-G1T; Woodward S.-G1; San Juan Capistrano Invitational H.-G1T; Washington D.C. International S.-G1T; Prix Ganay-G1(FR).

3rd, Santa Anita H.-G1; Century H.-G1; King George-Queen Elizabeth Diamond S.-G1(ENG); Prix De Conde-G3(FR); Prix Herod(FR).

The only horse ever to beat two Triple Crown winners, and he did so in the same race, defeating Seattle Slew and Affirmed in the 1978 Jockey Club Gold Cup. Rated No. 85 in the world for the Century by Timeform. Ingloriously slaughtered in a Swedish packing plant in April of 1997; The Exceller Fund is named in his honor. Hall of Fame inductee.

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