Last year’s Breeder’s Cup Filly & Mare Sprint champion Groupie Doll, who arrived at Gulfstream Park, in Hallandale Beach, Fla., on Dec. 29, has yet to make it to the racetrack to train due to less-than-perfect blood work.

"Her blood work hasn’t been just right yet, so we haven’t even taken her to the track yet," said trainer Buff Bradley, who bred and owns the 5-year-old mare in partnership with his father, Fred. "She’s eating good; her temperature’s normal; she’s not coughing; but she’s had to be put on antibiotics, trying to get her blood right.

"It’s showing there’s some kind of infection she’s fighting," Bradley continued. "We pulled it again on Monday (Jan. 7), and it’s getting better. So we thought we’d walk her another five days and pull it again and see how that’s like. We (want) to make sure the horse is right before we go back with her. We’re not pushed for time or anything.

"She’s been very healthy. She’s had all her vaccines and everything, it’s just may be a bug or something," Bradley said. "She really hasn’t shown a big sickness or anything, which is good. But I don’t want to start her training and knock her back, because that’s what would happen