Groupie Doll repeats in record Presque Isle Downs Masters

Turning for home, it looked a two-horse race with Purely Hot desperately

clinging to a narrow advantage over Groupie Doll, but late in the game class

prevailed as the champion surged past under Rajiv Maragh. Her numerous backers

were rewarded with a mutuel of $3.

Purely Hot held second by three parts of a length over the late-charging

second choice Judy the Beauty. It was two lengths farther back to Sounds of the City,

who was followed by Lotta Lovin, Queen's

Award, Mystic City, Toto Cor, and Winning Image. Scratched from the field were

Allwewantforxmas and Srikinglybeautiful.

Bred in Kentucky by Fred Bradley and his son, trainer Buff Bradley, Groupie

Doll races for that father-son team, Carl Hurst, and Brent Burns.

Groupie Doll will now attempt to defend her title in two other stakes she won

last year: the October 5 Thoroughbred Club of America at Keeneland and the

November 2 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint at Santa Anita. Victories in both

would likely be enough for her to retain divisional championship honors.

In addition to the three aforementioned wins last season, Groupie Doll also

captured the Madison at Keeneland and the Humana Distaff at Churchill Downs. She

began her stakes campaign with third-place efforts in the Sabin and the Inside

Information, both at Gulfstream Park, before reeling off five straight wins

after donning blinkers. That streak came to an end in her final start of the

year, a heart-breaking nose loss against males in the Cigar Mile at Aqueduct.

Sidelined for much of this year due to various ailments, Groupie Doll

returned to action in the one-mile Gardenia at Ellis Park on August 3. Winner of

that one-mile test in her stakes debut in 2011, the chestnut appeared in need of

one when she finished third, beaten a length by Devious Intent. The champion's

career record now stands at 19-10-4-3, $1,908,850.

Groupie Doll is out of the winning Silver Deputy mare Deputy Doll, who is a

half-sister to dual stakes victor Russellthemussell, stakes-placed Slick Report

and the dam of multiple Grade 2-placed stakes hero Aristotle. This is the same

female family as Grade/Group 1 winners Rootentootenwooten and Prorutori; Grade 2

diva Ivanavinalot; and Grade 3 scorers It's Tea Time and Kukulcan.

Groupie Doll's fourth dam is Floral Park, a stakes-winning half-sister to the

dam of Hall of Famer Gallant Bloom as well as a full sister to Delaware and

Ladies Handicap queen Flower Bowl, who is famous for producing Graustark and His

Majesty.

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