Exclusive (foaled 8 April 1995) was a British

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and

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. As a juvenile, she won a strongly-contested race on her debut and the finished third in the

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. As a three-year-old in 1998 she finished third in the

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before recording her biggest win in the

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. After her retirement from racing, she became a very successful broodmare, being the ancestor of major winners including

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and

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Background

Exclusive was a chestnut mare with a white blaze and four white

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bred by her owner the Cheveley Park Stud. She was sired by Polar Falcon, an American-bred stallion who won the

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and the Haydock Sprint Cup in 1991. As a breeding stallion his most influential offspring was Pivotal who won the Nunthorpe Stakes and became a very successful sire. Exclusive's dam Exclusive Order, was a top-class racemare who won the

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, Prix de la Porte Maillot and

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. She later became a very successful broodmare, producing the

2000 Guineas The 2000 Guineas Stakes is a Group 1 flat race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile (1.6 km) and scheduled to take place each yea ...

winner

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and The Oaks runner-up Dance A Dream. The name ''Exclusive'' has been used for several other racehorses including the dam of Exclusive Order's sire Exclusive Native. The filly was sent into training with

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at the Freemason Lodge Stables in

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Racing career

1997: two-year-old season

Exclusive never contested a

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, beginning her racing career in a minor stakes event over seven furlongs at

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on 10 September. Starting the 100/30 second favourite, she took the lead two furlongs from the finish and won by one and three-quarter lengths from Celtic Cross with Leggera (later to win the

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and finish second in the

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) three and a half lengths back in third. In October, Exclusive was moved up in class for the

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. She started at odds of 5/1, she finished third of the eight runners behind Glorosio and the favourite Jibe with the May Hill Stakes winner Midnight Line in fifth.

1998: three-year-old season

On her three-year-old debut, Exclusive started the 2/1 favourite for the Group Three

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(a trial for the

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) over seven furlongs at

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on 14 April, but appeared to be outpaced in the closing stages and finished fifth of the seven runners behind the 33/1 outsider Cloud Castle. Three weeks later she started at odds of 8/1 in a sixteen-runner field for the 185th running of the 1000 Guineas over Newmarket's Rowley Mile course. Ridden for the first time by

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she took the lead three furlongs out and stayed on well after being overtaken to finish third behind Cape Verdi and Shahtoush. On 17 June at

, Exclusive started the 5/1 second favourite, behind the

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winner Zalaiyka in the Group One Coronation Stakes. The other contenders included the Godolphin runner La Nuit Rose (third in the

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) and Daunting Lady (

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). With Swinburn again in the saddle, she took the lead inside the final furlong and won by lengths from Zalaiyka, with Winona (winner of the

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on her next start) half a length a way in third. On her final appearance, Exclusive was stepped up in distance and matched against colts and older horses for the first time when she contested the Juddmonte International over furlongs at

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in August. After racing keenly in the early stages he was badly hampered in the straight and finished sixth of the nine runners behind One So Wonderful.

Breeding record

Exclusive was retired from racing to become a broodmare for Cheveley Park. She produced at least nine foals and five winners between 2000 and 2011: *

, a chestnut filly, foaled in 2000, sired by Machiavellian. Won six races including the

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and two editions of the

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. *Echoes, chestnut filly, 2001, by Rainbow Quest. Unraced. *

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, bay filly, 2002, by Danehill. Won nine races including Matron Stakes,

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(twice), Dahlia Stakes, Chartwell Fillies' Stakes. Dam of

*Excellent, chestnut filly, 2003, by

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. Failed to win in two races. *Panache, colt, 2005, by

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. Won three races. *Expressive, bay mare, 2006, by Falbrav. Won one race. *De Rigueur, bay colt (later gelded), 2008, by

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. Won eleven races including Old Newton Cup. *Tubal, bay colt, 2010, by Dalakhani. Unraced. *Executrix, bay filly, 2011, by Oasis Dream. Failed to win in five races.

Pedigree

References

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