Groupie Doll

[Beachbabe]

WOW!
Started last; was 10 lengths behind on the backstretch & the fractions weren't super fast. She closes like a freight train, wins by 6, in almost track record time.

[Grits]

Push button. Wow, what a great mare. She looked incredible!!!

Out in grand style..

[lamboguy]

she is certainly fun to watch and real easy to be a fan of. thanks for the good times, good luck with your new career

[SanbornSpike]

UNBELIEVABLE ! That was one of the most impressive races I ever seen in 50 years of watching the ponies. Congratulations to the connections and best of luck to this champion mare in the breeding shed. Enjoy your retirement, you earned it.

[VeryOldMan]

I love it when a champion goes out like a champion. That was fun to watch.

[JustRalph]

I think the ride had a lot to do with it. She looked great. But that move was timed to perfection. He let the rest of the field do the heavy lifting and then pushed the button at the perfect moment.

Well played, well played!

[VeryOldMan]

Originally Posted by JustRalph

I think the ride had a lot to do with it. She looked great. But that move was timed to perfection. He let the rest of the field do the heavy lifting and then pushed the button at the perfect moment.

Well played, well played!

Along these lines - here's a quote from Rajiv Maragh in the Bloodhorse article about the race:

"Sometimes she breaks a little flat-footed," Maragh said after the race. "It worked out in our favor when she broke a little slow because it gave me an opportunity to get outside and get to the clear. One thing I didn't want to do being on the inside is be pinned in and not be able to make my move when I wanted to."

I like this later Maragh quote:

"I actually geared her down the last sixteenth because it was unnecessary to go any faster."

[Stillriledup]

Originally Posted by Grits

Push button. Wow, what a great mare. She looked incredible!!!

Out in grand style..

"Out"? She's retiring? Off this kind of performance?

[Clocker]

Originally Posted by Stillriledup

"Out"? She's retiring? Off this kind of performance?

Yes, this race was billed as her farewell tour. She's a 6 y.o. mare, they want babies and breeding season is starting. She has won $2.5 million. 4 or 5 good yearlings will probably sell for more than that.

[VeryOldMan]

Originally Posted by Stillriledup

"Out"? She's retiring? Off this kind of performance?

You have 11,000 posts on a horse racing board and didn't know Groupie Doll was going to be retired to the breeding shed? C'mon man!

FYI - here's a quote from the Paulick Report article about today's race:

Groupie Doll is already set to begin her new career as a broodmare for Pope’s breeding operation. She is scheduled to ship to Kentucky soon where she will be bred to Tapit.

[JustRalph]

Originally Posted by Stillriledup

"Out"? She's retiring? Off this kind of performance?

http://www.drf.com/news/gulfstream-p...e-dolls-career

She has an appointment with Tapit........later this month......... if he can catch her............

[Stillriledup]

Originally Posted by VeryOldMan

You have 11,000 posts on a horse racing board and didn't know Groupie Doll was going to be retired to the breeding shed? C'mon man!

FYI - here's a quote from the Paulick Report article about today's race:

Groupie Doll is already set to begin her new career as a broodmare for Pope’s breeding operation. She is scheduled to ship to Kentucky soon where she will be bred to Tapit.

I dont follow Gulfstream, i didnt even know she was racing today. I appreciate you thinking i know everything about every horse in America, but sometimes things fall thru the cracks. I'll try harder next time!

[speed]

Originally Posted by VeryOldMan

You have 11,000 posts on a horse racing board and didn't know Groupie Doll was going to be retired to the breeding shed? C'mon man!

FYI - here's a quote from the Paulick Report article about today's race:

Groupie Doll is already set to begin her new career as a broodmare for Pope’s breeding operation. She is scheduled to ship to Kentucky soon where she will be bred to Tapit.

Of course he knows. This board his his life. He posts stuff to get reactions sometimes. He is comical to read though.

[Stillriledup]

Originally Posted by Clocker

Yes, this race was billed as her farewell tour. She's a 6 y.o. mare, they want babies and breeding season is starting. She has won $2.5 million. 4 or 5 good yearlings will probably sell for more than that.

Thanks for the info. Its good to go out a winner, its a great way to remember a great champion as her last moment on the track, hopefully in a couple years we will see her son or daughter racing at a high level.

[Stillriledup]

Originally Posted by speed

This board is my life. He posts stuff to get reactions sometimes. He is comical to read though, if he left, the board wouldnt be the same.

Thanks for the compliments.