Keen To Exceed (AUS) Horse

Country

Australia

Foal Date

05-Sep-23
Sex
colt

Colour

bay

Dam

Keena

Prize Money

29200

Trainer

Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes

Owners

Mrs C A Hawkes, Mrs J E Hawkes, Mrs L C Jones, Cross Park Pink, Dr A L Attebo, Ms S E Braid, Busy Girls, Ms L Louey, Mrs J G Madden, Mrs B Moore, Miss J R Moore, Ms J O'Callaghan, Mrs G M Sinn, Ms S K Smith, Mrs K G Spillane, Mrs A J Ulliana, Mrs L Watts & Mrs K A Dunsford

About

Keen To Exceed is a 2yo bay colt (male) from Australia trained by Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes, who is based at Rosehill. He is sired by the stallion Exceedance out of the dam Keena. Keen To Exceed is yet to break his maiden status, having not won a race yet from 1 attempt. During his most recent race at Randwick on 25th Apr 2026, Keen To Exceed was ridden by Tyler Schiller and finished 2nd, behind the winner Bangkok Hottie.

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Randwick 25-Apr-26 1100m GOOD 4 R1 2Y HCP $29,200 (of $160,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:04.030, SP: 17.00 In-running: 800m 8th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.230 1st Bangkok Hottie ( A Morgan 56.5 ) 2nd Keen To Exceed ( T Schiller 56.5 ) 2.17L 3rd Extremely Tempted ( R Bayliss 58 ) 2.65L See full resultsT Schiller 56.5kg 2.17L2 (10)
Rosehill Gardens 17-Apr-26 900m GOOD 4 R8 2Y-BT, Winning Time: 00:55.790 Sectionals: 600m 00:35.610 1st Keen To Exceed ( T Schiller ) 2nd Lady Catalina ( A Farragher ) 1.49L 3rd Miss Black Betty ( J B Mcdonald ) 2.15LT Schiller1 (7)
Canterbury 10-Apr-26 900m SOFT 5 R9 2YC&G-BT, Winning Time: 00:54.170 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.430 1st Dr Know ( Z T Lloyd ) 2nd King Of The Nile ( R King ) 0.70L 3rd Berzelius ( S Clipperton ) 1.90L 5th Keen To Exceed ( J Ford ) 2.81LJ Ford 2.81L5 (8)
Flemington 21-Nov-25 800m R5 Jump Out-G4, Winning Time: 00:47.310 1st Shinsiena ( B Rawiller ) 2nd Keen To Exceed ( T Nugent )T Nugent2 (5)