Kermadec (NZ) – Exceedingly French

KERMADEC (NZ) x EXCEEDINGLY FRENCH 2YO GELDING

FINAL SHARES – ONLY 15% REMAINING

Click above for the Racenet article on their horse of the 2025 Premier Sale!

Introducing Toward Reward’s 2025 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale purchase, a strapping chestnut gelding by KERMADEC (NZ). This horse was secured for an absolute steal at just $60K out of the MB Thoroughbreds draft and is a fantastic new addition to the TR team.

This well-balanced and very attractive gelding really struck the eye of the team at TR and our bloodstock agent, Lenny Russo of Bluegrass Bloodstock, and is set to be trained by Emma-Lee & David Browne of Sparta Racing. Lenny has only ever had the two Kermadec’s make his final shortlist prior to this one, and they were G1 winners TUVALU and MONTEFILIA! This horse has 2YO written all over him, being out of the Listed 2YO St Albans Stakes winner, EXCEEDINGLY FRENCH, and half to the 2YO VOBIS Gold Elvstroem Classic winner, LA FALAISE.

He is bred on the same exceptional cross as G1 Toorak Handicap winner TUVALU, and a whopping 20% stakes-winners to starters, including dual G1-winning Champion 2YO and recent Arrowfield Stud acquisition VANDEEK (GB), and recent Listed La Teste Stakes winner HOLGUIN (GB).

He showed his class in his first jump at Pakenham over 800M on December 16th, overcoming a 5L deficit after a slow start to finish 3rd, just off the heels of the winner. He was unlucky not to win his heat when losing momentum in a crucial stage as the horse ahead veered under pressure. We then opted for another jump out two weeks later to round out the educational phase of his racing career, tasked with educating him to run amongst horses, and to ask for an effort in the final 200M where he again showed his stylish turn of foot and motored home late. He is currently in the paddock for a short break before his long-awaited return to into the Pakenham stable.

Nominated and paid up for the rich $12.5M Inglis Race Series, Inglis Xtra Maiden Bonuses, VOBIS Silver, VOBIS Gold, VOBIS Platinum, and is eligible for the VOBIS Sires $1M 2YO Showdown & $500K 3YO Guineas!

Trained by the winners of the 2025 $1M VOBIS Showdown with Mcgaw, Emma-Lee & David Browne of Sparta Racing!

Mcgaw ridden by Damian Lane wins the The TBV VOBIS Platinum Showdown at Caulfield Racecourse on March 15, 2025 in Caulfield, Australia. (Photo by Jay Town/Racing Photos)

Sire: KERMADEC (NZ) (by TEOFILO (IRE))

• By the World-Class racehorse and Champion sire, TEOFILO (IRE).
• Dual G1-winning racehorse, victorious in the 1600M Doncaster Mile and 1600M George Main, and now a Classic sire. 
• KERMADEC (NZ) top-liners; Four-time G1 winner MONTEFILIA, G1 Queensland Oaks winner AMOKURA, G1 VRC Oaks champion WILLOWY, and G1 Toorak Handicap victor TUVALU.
• Proven ability to sire good-looking high-class racehorses including Horse of the Year LIM’S KOSCIUSZKO, Group-placed Hong Kong performer Running Glory, and impressive G2 The Roses winner SCARLET OAK.

Dam: EXCEEDINGLY FRENCH (by EXCEED AND EXCEL)

• By the Australian Champion Sprinter, Australian Champion Sire, and multiple G1 winner and sire of over 150 individual stakes-winners, EXCEED AND EXCEL.
• Out of the Listed 2YO ST ALBANS STAKES winner over 1200M, EXCEEDINGLY FRENCH, including 2 wins at 2 from only 4 starts.
• Half to the G2 MOONEE VALLEY FILLIES CLASSIC winner LA FALAISE.
• Dam of 5 foals to race for 4 individual winners of a total of 11 races! The other half is trained by Andrew Bobbin and is scheduled to debut next month off the back of some nice trials.

SHARE PRICING

1% – $1,340.00

2.5% – $3,350.00

5% – $6,700.00

10% – $13,400.00

A 5% or greater share guarantees your name in the racebook! Share pricing is inclusive of all ongoing costs to the 31st of December! No more to pay until February for the January period! Contact us today to reserve your shares!

Included in the share pricing – all sale related expenses including transport, Bluegrass Bloodstock selection fee, Inglis Race Series, VOBIS Gold nomination, sales complex pre purchase veterinary inspections, agistment until mid-April, education process to the end of April, syndication establishment and legal costs, 12 months premium bloodstock insurance, and all ongoing training costs to the 31st of December.

If you have any questions about the gelding, syndication, or ownership, please do not hesitate to use contact form on this page, call Matt on 0429 207 891, or email matt@towardreward.com.au.

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