Groupie Doll Stakes shaping up tough

The signature race of the Ellis Park meeting, the Grade 3, $100,000 Groupie Doll Stakes, takes place Sunday, with a field of eight or more expected to be entered when the race is drawn Thursday. Contested at a mile on the main track, the race is shaping up to be competitive.

Two probable starters trained by Brad Cox, Tiger Moth and Pinch Hit, will garner mutuel support, as should Walkabout, a graded stakes winner at Churchill Downs this spring, and Put Da Blame On Me, a winner of two straight one-mile allowance races at Churchill.

Sunday’s card also includes the $50,000 Cliff Guilliams Handicap going 1 1/16 miles on the turf. Multiple graded stakes winner Chocolate Ride is the expected starting highweight at 123 pounds.

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