Horse Racing News on August 8, 2013

Groupie Doll, the 2012 champion female sprinter, will make her seasonal debut Aug. 10 in the Gardenia Stakes at Ellis Park, according to trainer Buff Bradley.

Greeley Awesome, who came within a neck of giving owner Hronis Racing and trainer John Sadler a sweep of the two Oceanside Stakes divisions on opening day at Del Mar, makes his return in the $150,000 La Jolla Handicap on the turf Aug. 10.

Tiz Flirtatious, who gave multiple Grade 1 winner Marketing Mix quite a tussle in the Gamely Stakes last time out, is the one to beat in the $250,000 John C. Mabee Stakes Aug. 11 on the Del Mar turf.

Trainer Todd Pletcher and former assistant Michael Dilger will tangle in the $200,000 Saratoga Special Stakes Aug. 11 at Saratoga Race Course.

Clarence Scharbauer Jr.'s talented homebred Fiftyshadesofgold makes her graded stakes debut Aug. 11 at Saratoga Race Course, one of seven fillies entered for the $200,000 Adirondack Stakes.