Requital

Pedigree Overview

Requital is a bay or brown filly foaled September 13, 2024, by Group 1-winning sprinter Exceedance out of the Sacred Falls mare Havasu. Her pedigree combines the established speed of Exceed And Excel and Danehill with a New Zealand female family carrying O'Reilly, Redoute's Choice, Southern Halo, Nassipour, and Damascus.

The immediate family provides direct evidence of juvenile ability. Requital is a half-sister to Revengeance, winner of the A$1 million Golden Gift over 1,100 metres at two and third on debut in the Group 3 Breeders' Plate. Revengeance earned A$603,400 from his first two starts, placing high-value two-year-old performance at the front of Requital's pedigree.

Her broader pedigree remains strongly directed toward Australian and New Zealand sprint racing. Exceedance won from 1,100 to 1,200 metres, while the immediate female family includes stakes performers effective from 800 to 1,800 metres. The principal concentration is around juvenile and sprint-to-seven-furlong performance.

Sire Line Analysis

Exceedance is by Exceed And Excel out of the stakes-winning Thorn Park mare Bonnie Mac. He won three of nine starts and earned A$1,181,115. Successful over 1,100 metres at two, he progressed at three to win the Group 3 San Domenico Stakes and the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes over 1,200 metres, defeating Bivouac and Libertini in the latter. He also finished third in the Group 1 Golden Rose and Group 2 Run to the Rose. His racing career closed with a ninth in the Group 1 TJ Smith Stakes at Randwick on 4 April 2020 (per Breednet), after which he retired to Vinery Stud.

His racing record was defined by sprint speed and acceleration. The Coolmore Stud Stakes is a major stallion-producing race, and Exceedance's victory came against leading members of his generation. His form from 1,100 to 1,400 metres provides Requital with a sire whose class was established over the distances central to Australian juvenile and three-year-old sprint programs.

Exceedance is a son of Exceed And Excel, a multiple champion sire by Danehill. The Vinery pedigree record credits Exceed And Excel with 223 stakes winners and progeny earnings exceeding A$296 million. This branch of Danehill has been a consistent source of early speed, sprint performance, and commercial yearlings.

The maternal side of Exceedance's pedigree adds Thorn Park, a Group 1-winning sprinter-miler who became a champion sire in New Zealand. Exceedance's dam, Bonnie Mac, was a Listed winner (SAJC Proud Miss S.) and produced four winners from four foals, including Group 2 Caulfield Sprint winner and Group 1 Oakleigh Plate third Oxley Road and dual Listed winner Mac 'N' Cheese. This gives Exceedance a sire line supported by an immediate family with repeated black-type production.

Exceedance has established a developing stud record. As of the 2026 Vinery/Arion pull, he is credited with 101 winners from 167 runners (60%) and six stakes winners, with progeny earnings over A$10 million and yearlings selling to A$300,000 in 2026 at an average of A$195,000 at the Magic Millions January sale (up from A$140,000 the prior year). His leading progeny include Group 2 Ajax Stakes winner Cristal Clear, Group 3 winners Dance to the Boom, Dublin Down, Flyer, and Pure Excess, and Listed winner Swiftfalcon, who placed in both the Group 1 Randwick Guineas and Group 1 Rosehill Guineas. Vinery's 2026 marketing notes he is one of only two third-crop stallions (with Too Darn Hot) to produce three Group winners in the season, and that he produced his first Hong Kong winner in April 2026.

His progeny have shown aptitude across a broader range than his own sprint record. Dublin Down and Flyer were stakes winners at two, Dance to the Boom succeeded from 1,200 to 1,400 metres, and Cristal Clear and Swiftfalcon developed into performers at 1,500 and 1,600 metres. For Requital, Exceedance contributes juvenile ability and sprint speed, together with evidence that his progeny can progress through the mile range.

Female Family Analysis

Requital is the second foal out of Havasu, a daughter of four-time Group 1 winner Sacred Falls. Havasu is unraced. She was acquired off the track by Davali Thoroughbreds for A$26,000 at the 2022 Inglis Great Southern Broodmare Sale as a prospective trade mare, then retained after failing to sell in foal. Her first runner is Revengeance, whose Golden Gift victory followed a placing in the Group 3 Breeders' Plate. This makes Havasu a producer of a high-value juvenile stakes winner from her first foal.

Sacred Falls was by O'Reilly out of Iguazu's Girl, by Redoute's Choice. This brings two established Australasian influences into the pedigree. O'Reilly supplies the Last Tycoon branch of Northern Dancer, while Redoute's Choice reinforces Danehill through the female side.

The second dam, Halobelle, won eight races from 1,200 to 1,400 metres, including the Listed Eclipse Stakes and Listed Gore Guineas. She won at two and continued through later seasons, giving the family a record of both juvenile performance and sustained racing ability.

Halobelle produced Miss Federer, winner of five races, including three at two. Miss Federer's victories included the Group 3 Taranaki 2YO Classic, Listed Canterbury Belle Stakes, Listed Welcome Stakes, and Listed Otago Breeders' Stakes. Halobelle also produced Listed-placed Starlight Angel, whose daughter Street Diva won three consecutive races from 1,000 to 1,200 metres.

The family has continued to produce recent winners. Wire Rope, a 2021 gelding by Darci Brahma and himself a foal of the second dam Halobelle, added two wins in New Zealand within a month: the Taranaki RC Ned de Prix Fashion Handicap on 31 December 2025 and the Taranaki RC Platinum Homes Handicap on 24 January 2026. As an own son of Halobelle, Wire Rope is a direct member of Havasu's immediate maternal family — closer evidence of the family's live form than a statistical pattern.

The third dam, Nassibelle, is by Melbourne Cup-placed sire Nassipour and produced Halobelle as well as Benelli. Benelli won nine races from 1,200 to 1,800 metres and finished second in the Group 2 Coupland's Bakeries Mile. This adds a measure of distance range beneath the more immediate sprint and juvenile influences.

The fourth dam, Sword Play, is a daughter of Damascus. This introduces an established American dirt and stamina influence at the base of a family whose more recent expression has centered on Australasian turf speed.

Linebreeding and Genetic Structure

Requital is linebred to Danehill through Exceed And Excel on the sire side and Redoute's Choice on the dam's side. Danehill appears 3 x 5, bringing the duplication through two influential but distinct branches. The sire-side channel is direct through Exceed And Excel, while the dam-side channel enters through Sacred Falls' dam, Iguazu's Girl.

Northern Dancer is represented through several separate descendants. These include Danzig and Lomond within Exceed And Excel's pedigree, Nureyev through Thorn Park, and Last Tycoon through O'Reilly. This creates a broad concentration of Northern Dancer without relying on a single close source.

The pedigree also combines Southern Halo through My Halo with Damascus through Sword Play. Exceedance's lower pedigree contributes Spinning World, Gold Brose, and Bletchingly, while Havasu's side adds O'Reilly, Redoute's Choice, Nassipour, and Damascus. The resulting structure is weighted toward turf speed, acceleration, and early racing ability.

Nick Ratings / Statistical Evaluation

The Exceedance and Havasu mating received a 20/20 rating from Goldmine. The report's broader pattern includes Group 1 performers such as Bivouac, Sacred Star, Steps In Time, Sky Darci, Merchant Navy, Rebel Dane, Crocetti, and The Mission. These are pattern comparisons rather than direct representatives of the exact sire and broodmare-sire cross.

The Goldmine aptitude profile is centered on sprint racing, with its strongest open-age concentration around 1,200 metres. The juvenile profile is concentrated around 1,000 to 1,200 metres, while the three-year-old pattern extends from sprint distances through approximately 1,600 metres.

Commercial Implications

Requital's profile is supported by a Group 1-winning sprint sire, a half-brother who won a major two-year-old race, and a female family containing multiple juvenile and sprint stakes winners. Revengeance gives the pedigree immediate momentum, while Miss Federer and Halobelle reinforce the family's record of early development and black-type performance. Wire Rope's two wins over the 2025-26 summer keep the page active with current form.

For a stable profile, Requital can be presented as a filly with a clear juvenile and sprinting foundation. Exceedance supplies Group 1 acceleration and a developing record of producing both two-year-olds and progressive three-year-olds, with a commercial market that strengthened materially in 2026. Havasu's family contributes the Golden Gift winner Revengeance, Group 3 juvenile winner Miss Federer, and Listed winner Halobelle.

The principal racing profile lies between 1,000 and 1,400 metres, with enough depth through Sacred Falls, Nassipour, and the wider family to support progression toward 1,600 metres. Her pedigree is closely aligned with the speed-oriented structure of the Australian juvenile and three-year-old racing programs.