R Kinsley Doll more than qualified to win Added Elegance Stakes

At first, Rich Averill wasn’t sure that his latest stable star, R Kinsley Doll, was eligible for the $50,000 Added Elegance, the Saturday feature at Gulfstream Park. But the Added Elegance is open to fillies and mares who have not won an open stakes, and R Kinsley Doll has won only restricted stakes, allowing trainer Ralph Ziadie to enter her on behalf of Averill and Silver Oak Stables in the seven-furlong race.

With a field-high bankroll of $312,513, R Kinsley Doll looks like the horse to beat when the 11th of 12 races is run Saturday at the south Florida track.

R Kinsley Doll, with Emisael Jaramillo to ride, will be looking to rebound off a poor effort two Saturdays ago in her first crack at turf racing.

“She didn’t care for the turf,” Averill, 41, said this week by phone during a working vacation at Saratoga. “She acted like she didn’t even run afterward – she didn’t drink any water and wasn’t blowing or anything. We’re hoping that race will help toward this.”

R Kinsley Doll is named for Averill’s daughter Kinsley. Like many of his horses, the filly’s name starts with the letter R and is owned in a partnership.

“It’s become our signature,” said Averill, who owns a masonry company in his hometown of Bradenton, Fla.

Seven others are entered against R Kinsley Doll, most notably More Than a Party, Sweet Khaleesi, Cult Classic, and Catsadiva.

The Added Elegance, named for a stakes-winning filly trained by the late Frank Gomez in the mid-1980s, is part of a Rainbow 6 sequence that spans races 7-12. The jackpot in the 20-cent Rainbow 6 stood at $350,510 into Thursday.

First post is 12:45 p.m. Eastern, with the feature set for 6:04.

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KEY CONTENDERS

R Kinsley Doll, by Big Drama

Last 3 Beyers: 43-79-76

◗ She won two legs of the Florida Sire Series last summer and has been first or second in 7 of 9 starts over the Gulfstream main track.

More Than a Party, by More Than Ready

Last 3 Beyers: 65-68-81

◗ Overmatched last out in the Grade 2 Princess Rooney, her 5-for-10 record over the local course makes her a viable play here.

Sweet Khaleesi, by Maimonides

Last 3 Beyers: 83-74-63

◗ A July 16 allowance romp suggests that this Arindel homebred might be at a career peak as she makes her third start for Stanley Gold.

Cult Classic, by Quality Road

Last 3 Beyers: 78-78-74

◗ Leading jockey Tyler Gaffalione gets the call as this Team Valor homebred returns from an 11-month layoff with sharp works.

Catsadiva, by Tale of the Cat

Last 3 Beyers: 83-82-80

◗ She’s making her first start for former Todd Pletcher assistant Jonathan Thomas, a winner with all four of his starters at the summer meet.