By Joe Bianca
Insights, Sponsored by Alex Nichols Agency
10th-KEE, $79K, Msw, 3yo, f, 6f
Whisper Hill Farm homebred DOLL COLLECTION (Tapit&hid=28277">Tapit) makes her debut in the Keeneland finale Friday. The gray is the second foal out of dual champion and $3.1-million KEENOV buy Groupie Doll (Bowman's Band). She shows a handful of sharp works for the Ralph Nicks barn, capped by a half-mile in :48 4/5 (1/4) Apr. 2 at Palm Meadows. “She is doing real good and has breezed well,” Nicks said. “I don't know if she is a star, but she's got talent.”
Fellow debutante Bonnet (Union Rags) looks like a runner for Bill Mott. A $30,000 buyback by breeder Stone Farm at KEESEP, she has drilled sharply at Payson Park, highlighted by a half-mile move in :48 2/5 (2/31) Mar. 31. Of the horses with experience, most eyes will be on Palomita (Into Mischief), a $375,000 Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream buy who ran second at odds-on to 'TDN Rising Star' Violencia (Violence) in her unveiling Feb. 2 in Hallandale.
4th-KEE, $81K, Alw, 3yo, 1 1/16mT
Peter Brant's 'TDN Rising Star' DEMARCHELIER (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) tries to follow up a late-running debut score in this first-level allowance. Backed to favoritism Nov. 21 at Aqueduct, the 425,000gns Tattersalls October purchase finished well from seventh to edge a return winner by a head. The Chad Brown trainee followed up a Palm Meadows turf worktab with an easy half-mile spin over the local dirt in :49 2/5 (60/109) Apr. 6.
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