Exceed And Excel confirmed his lead at the top of the table for siring individual 2YO winners in Australia this season with his 20th juvinle winner on Wednesday.
As the hammer fell on the final lot at yesterday's 2007 William Inglis & Son Scone Yearling Sale, the record results of the sale and the success of Friday's Scone Cup meeting, Australia's richest country race day, was indicative of the current buoyancy of the industry.