Executiveprivilege, two-time Grade 1 winner, retired

ARCADIA, Calif. - Executiveprivilege, who won a pair of Grade 1 wins as a 2-year-old in 2012, has been retired, trainer Bob Baffert said.

Executiveprivilege never returned to her best form in a three-race campaign last summer and fall, and has been sent to Kentucky to be bred, though Baffert said a stallion choice had not been finalized as of Thursday.

Executiveprivilege, by First Samurai, won five times in 10 starts and earned $999,000. Her biggest wins came in the Del Mar Debutante and the Chandelier Stakes at Santa Anita, both Grade 1 races. She finished second in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies in 2012. That was her first loss after winning the first five starts of her career.

Last year, Executiveprivilege ran three times without winning. Her final start came in the La Brea Stakes on Dec. 26, in which she finished third. It was her fifth straight loss.

“I just couldn’t get her back to her best form, so we decided to retire her,” Baffert said.

Executiveprivilege is owned by Karl Watson, Mike Pegram, and Paul Weitman.