adam kirby rode excelebration when he won the hungerford stakes at newbury.
who rode excelebration when he won the hungerford stakes at newbury?
adam kirby
over the next few years, he steadily picked up more winners. he rode over a hundred winners in both 2011 and 2012, and became the 2012/13 all-weather champion, with 91 winners, after finishing third the previous two seasons. in 2011, he also built a partnership with top-class miler excelebration, riding him four times and winning two group 2s.





















































in 2013, he teamed up with lethal force, the horse which took his career to a higher level. trained by clive cox, the grey gave kirby his first group 1 win in the diamond jubilee stakes at royal ascot.
adam kirby
excelebration started his three-year-old season in the greenham stakes, starting at 25/1, and finished second, four lengths behind 1/4 favourite frankel. he then went to germany for the mehl-mülhens-rennen (german 2000 guineas), which he won by seven lengths. he returned to england for the st. james's palace stakes at royal ascot. after his win in germany, he started the 10/1 second favourite and finished in third place behind frankel (won had won the 2000 guineas since the two last met) and zoffany. excelebration then went to newbury for the hungerford stakes, winning by six lengths. after the hungerford stakes, coolmore stud purchased an interest in excelebration. he travelled to france for the prix du moulin de longchamp. starting as the 11/8 favourite, he won by 1½ lengths from rio de la plata in a field that also included dubawi gold and planteur. his last race of the season came in the queen elizabeth ii stakes at champions' day at ascot. the race was won by frankel by four lengths from excelebration, with coronation stakes and prix jacques le marois winner immortal verse a further 3½ lengths back in third place.
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