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{{Short description|American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}} {{Infobox racehorse | horsename = Exceller | image = | caption = | sire = [[Vaguely Noble]] | grandsire = [[Vienna (horse)|Vienna]] | dam = [[Too Bald]] | damsire = [[Bald Eagle (horse)|Bald Eagle]] | sex = [[Stallion]] | foaled = 1973<ref name="equineline1975">{{cite web|url=https://www.equineline.com/Free-5X-Pedigree.cfm?page_state=ORDER_AND_CONFIRM&reference_number=150111®istry=T&horse_name=Exceller&dam_name=Too%20Bald&foaling_year=1973&nicking_stats_indicator=Y |title=Exceller pedigree |website=Equineline|date=2012-05-08 |access-date=2014-01-06}}</ref> | country = United States | colour = [[Bay (horse)|Bay]] | breeder = [[Jane Engelhard]] | owner = [[Nelson Bunker Hunt]]<br />Östlund Tränings AB | trainer = [[François Mathet]]<br />[[Maurice Zilber]]<br />[[Charlie Whittingham]] | record = 33:15-5-6 | earnings = $1,654,003 | honours = [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame|U.S. Racing Hall of Fame]] (1999)<br />[[Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century|#96 – Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century]]<br />The Exceller Fund | race = [[Prix du Lys]] (1976)<br />[[Grand Prix de Paris]] (1976)<br />[[Prix Royal-Oak]] (1976)<br />[[Coronation Cup]] (1977)<br />[[Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud]] (1977)<br />[[Canadian International Stakes]] (1977)<br />[[Hollywood Gold Cup]] (1978)<br />[[Hollywood Invitational Turf Handicap]] (1978)<br />[[San Juan Capistrano Handicap]] (1978)<br />[[Sunset Handicap]] (1978)<br />[[Clement L. Hirsch Turf Championship Stakes|Oak Tree Invitational Stakes]] (1978)<br />[[Jockey Club Gold Cup]] (1978) | updated = 23 September 2006 }} '''Exceller''' (May 12, 1973 – April 7, 1997) is widely considered one of the best horses to race in the United States not to win a year-end championship. Despite his exemplary achievements as a [[horse-racing|racehorse]], and his unique accomplishment in being the only horse to ever defeat two [[United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing|U.S. Triple Crown]] winners in the same race (and only the second ever to do so in his career), Exceller is now remembered more for the tragic manner of his death and the horse rescue movement it helped inspire.
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