Executiveprivilege - In Privileged Company
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Eclipse Sportswire
With her easy victories in the Landaluce and Sorrento Stakes,
Executiveprivilege has given notice that she’s the best two year old filly in
California. She joins an exclusive group
as only the fifth filly to have completed the Landaluce
(originally known as the Hollywood Lassie Stakes) and the Sorrento Stakes
double since 1970.
Executiveprivilege, under the guidance of Rafael Bejarano,
sat comfortably in third for most of the Sorrento Stakes. She eased up to swing
four wide around the final turn and grabbed the lead at the top of the lane. The
Bob Baffert
trainee was never threatened and finished up with an aggressive hand ride,
beating her rivals by an easy 1 ½ lengths. Executiveprivilege traveled the 6 ½ furlongs
in 1:16.98.
EXECUTIVEPRIVILEGE (First Samurai -
Refugee, by Unaccounted For) remains undefeated, having beaten her foes by a
combined 8 ¼ lengths in three starts. The bay filly was a $23,000 yearling
purchase at the Keeneland September Sales in 2011. After working two furlongs in :21.00 flat (video),
the daughter of First Samurai was purchased by Watson, Pegram and Weitman at the
OBS April Two Year Olds in Training Sale for $650,000.
Executiveprivilege’s sire First Samurai was a precocious
youngster, but had his career cut short before the 2006 Kentucky Derby due to
injury. As a sire, his offspring are best over dirt and turf, with the occasional
synthetic surface winner. His best offspring include the multiple stakes
veteran Justin Philip, Natalma Stakes (G-3 1 mile turf) heroine Northern
Passion and Le Mi Geaux, the precocious winner of the Grade 3 Schuylerville
Stakes. First Samurai’s offspring are best up to 1 1/16 miles although a few
have placed at 1 1/8 miles.
Sire:
(Giant's Causeway - Freddie Frisson, by Dixieland Band)
Racing highlights:
1st – Hopeful Stakes (G-1)
1st – Champagne Stakes (G-1)
1st – Fountain of Youth Stakes (G-2)
2nd – Hutcheson Stakes (G-2)
3rd – Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G-1)
Female family:
Refugee, Executiveprivilege’s dam, won in her third attempt,
going 1 1/8 miles over the inner turf at Belmont as a three year old. On the
track Refugee was a solid allowance class mare who placed third in the 1 ½ mile
Orchid Handicap (G-2) over the lawn. As
a broodmare, Refugee bore eight foals, seven of racing age. Besides Executiveprivilege,
Refugee’s best foal to race is the stakes placed Profit (by Not For Love). Refugee
also produced a 2011 full sister to Executiveprivilege.
Refugee was the best foal produced by her dam Polish Maid
(by Danzig). Polish Maid won once in three tries and owns no blacktype. The most notable member of this distaff
family is the third dam, 1979 Champion Three Year Old Filly Davona Dale. She
earned victories in the Kentucky Oaks, Black Eyed Susan Stakes, CCA Oaks,
Acorn, etc.
Broodmare Sire:
Executiveprivilege’s damsire Unaccounted For carries the
bloodlines of the historic Phipps and Whitney families. Unfortunately, he had
the misfortune of racing the same year that the Champion Cigar was stealing all
of the races. Still, Unaccounted For
earned victories in the Grade 1 Whitney and Jim Dandy Stakes, both at 1 1/8
miles. As a broodmare sire, Unaccounted
For is represented by 10 stakes winners. None have won past 1 1/8 miles.
Unaccounted For-Race record: 17-6-4-2 ($998,468)
(Private Account - Mrs. Jenney, by The Minstrel)
Racing highlights:
1st – Whitney Handicap (G-1)
1st – Jim Dandy Stakes (G-2)
2nd – Jockey Gold Cup (G-1)
2nd – Discovery Handicap (G-2)
3rd – Breeders’ Cup Classic (G-1)
Executiveprivilege is bred along the same bloodlines as Tricky
Causeway, winner of the 1 3/8 miles Awad stakes over turf. Tricky Causeway is by First Samurai sire
Giant’s Causeway out of a mare by Private Account, sire of Unaccounted
For.
Executiveprivilege’s
prospects:
Executiveprivilege appears to be an averaged sized
filly. She has a very smooth gait with
no wasted leg action She’s very professional, switching leads when asked and
keeping a straight course down the lane.
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