Groupie Doll remains in training with Bradley, targeting Cigar Mile

Whisper Hill Farm's newly-acquired reigning champion female sprinter Groupie

Doll is now being pointed for the Grade 1 Cigar Mile against the boys to be run November

30 at Aqueduct.

"When I purchased Groupie Doll, my sole intention was for her to be

retired and become a mom," said Mandy Pope, who made the successful $3.1 million

bid for the chestnut daughter of Bowman's Band at Keeneland on Wednesday.

"However, after spending time with

her and speaking with her pervious connections, I felt that she may still want

to run a few more races," Pope continued. "I asked Dr. Larry Bramlage to go over

her from her nose to her tail and he felt there was no reason for her career to

end now.

"Everyone who has been around Groupie Doll says she is rounding into the

best form of her career and I feel the racing public deserves to see super stars

run so long as they are happy and 100 percent sound."

The five-year-old mare has arrived in New York and is resting comfortably after her very

eventful past couple of weeks, which include not only her trip through the sales

ring but a repeat victory in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint at Santa

Anita on November 2.