Dream Supreme is Round 6 for Sconsin, Bell's the One
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Familiar rivals Sconsin and Bell’s the One will be rematched once again Saturday in an outstanding renewal of the $300,000 Dream Supreme, the only stakes of the weekend at Churchill.
This will be the sixth meeting between two of the top filly-mare sprinters on the continent, starting with the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint last November at Keeneland. Bell’s the One has finished ahead of Sconsin in three of those five prior clashes, but Sconsin was the winner when last they met in the Open Mind on Sept. 18 at Churchill.
Club Car, a close second to Bell’s the One in the Thoroughbred Club of America last month at Keeneland, is among the others in the six-furlong Dream Supreme.
Concert Tour now with Cox
Concert Tour, unraced since finishing far back in the Preakness on May 15, is now being trained by Brad Cox. The 3-year-old Street Sense colt has breezed twice since returning to training, the latest a three-furlong work in 35.80 seconds on Sunday at Churchill.
Bred and owned by Gary and Mary West, Concert Tour previously was trained by Bob Baffert, for whom the colt won his first three starts, including the San Vicente and Rebel. He then was third as the 3-10 favorite in the Arkansas Derby before finishing ninth of 10 in the Preakness.
◗ Giant Game, third in the BC Juvenile last Friday, will not race again this year, trainer Dale Romans said early this week. The Giant’s Causeway colt outran his 21-1 odds when finishing 3 1/4 lengths behind the victorious Corniche and 1 1/2 lengths behind runner-up Pappacap.
“He came out of it real well,” Romans said. “He’ll go to Gulfstream Park around the first of December, and we’ll try to make a [Kentucky] Derby horse out of him.”
◗ It’s been a terrific year for Rudy Brisset, and not just because 2021 stable earnings for the 38-year-old trainer will soon tip past the $2 million mark. Brisset, a native of France who first came to the United States in 2005, became a naturalized citizen Tuesday.
“It’s been a long wait and not an easy ride,” he said. “A lot of people to thank.”