Two-time grade I winner Executiveprivilege will try to bolster her Eclipse award credentials on Saturday when she takes on seven other two-year-old fillies in the $500,000 Hollywood Starlet Stakes (gr. I) at Betfair Hollywood Park.
Trained by Bob Baffert, the daughter of First Samurai is coming off of a runner-up finish in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I) to Beholder, her main rival for winning the Eclipse award as champion juvenile filly of the year. A victory in the Hollywood Starlet would go a long way toward helping sway undecided voters in favor of Executiveprivilege.
Her main opposition on Saturday may come from Scarlet Strike, runner-up to Executiveprivilege in the Chandelier Stakes (gr. I) when attempting to close from off-the-pace over a speed-favoring track. Subsequently third in the Sharp Cat Stakes here at Hollywood Park, she is trained by Jerry Hollendorfer, who won this race last year with Killer Graces.
Midnight Ballet and Renee's Titan, the 1-2 finishers in the Sharp Cat, are also entered in the Starlet. Blonde Fog, an impressive debut winner for trainer Bob Baffert; spectacular allowance winner Pure Fun; Pike Place Dancer Stakes winner Miss Empire; and Rhodium, fourth in the Sharp Cat, complete the field.
Post Positions:
1 Pure Fun
2 Miss Empire
3 Scarlet Strike
4 Blonde Fog
5 Midnight Ballet
6 Executiveprivilege
7 Renee's Titan
8 Rhodium
-Keelerman
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