AN outstanding miler who was never out of the first four in 15 lifetime starts, Excelebration won three Group 1 events over that distance and would have won three more, if he had not had the misfortune to be born in the same year as the mighty Frankel. Rated as one of the top three horses in training in Europe in 2012, Excelebration won eight races in four countries over three seasons and was four times second to Frankel, earning more than €2,000,000.