Groupie Doll stretches her legs on a cool Kentucky morning

Champion

Groupie Doll continued to prepare for a defense of her victory in the 2012

Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint with an easy half-mile work over Churchill

Downs' sloppy

track on Saturday.

The five-year-old daughter of Bowman's Band covered the

distance in :50 2/5 for trainer William "Buff" Bradley with regular exercise

partner Jada Schlenk in the saddle. The chestnut mare recorded internal fractions of :13 and :25

3/5 before galloping our five

furlongs in 1:04 2/5.

"We sent her out early this morning, because she was ready

to do something," Bradley said. "Walking in the shedrow before she went out

there she was jumping and bucking a bit, so she knew it was time to do something

today.

"We just let her go easy. I told Jada to go in about :50

and don't ever let her out -- just let her go around there. The track was

sloppy, but it was sealed and it was in pretty good shape and had a good bottom

to it. So we knew if we just let her go around there easy and stretch her legs,

it would be good. It was perfect. Everything is going very well."

After a recent repeat victory in the Presque Isle Masters at Presque Isle

Downs in her second start of 2013, Bradley is pointing Groupie Doll toward a

defense of her 2012 victory in the Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes at Keeneland on October 5. If all goes well there, Bradley will send Groupie

Doll back to Santa Anita to try for a second consecutive win in the Breeders'

Cup Filly & Mare Sprint.

Owned by a partnership that includes her trainer and his

father, Fred Bradley, and Carl Hurst and Brent Burns, Groupie Doll has a career

record of 10-4-3 in 19 lifetime races and has earned $1,908,850.

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