Mystic Pleasure gets the nod in Dream Supreme

A solid and well-matched field of nine fillies and mares will run six panels on the Churchill Downs dirt in Saturday’s $300,000 Dream Supreme S. #5 Mystic Pleasure (2-1) has yet to win a stakes race, but the Rodolphe Brisset trainee has been in very good form as of late and she gets the nod to take down this group. 

Dream Supreme Wagers

• $1 trifecta 3,5 with 3,5,6 with all ($28)
• $3 trifecta box 3,5,6 ($18)

The lightly raced four-year-old finished well when third in both the Groupie Doll S. at Ellis Park and Twxt S. at Laurel, which preceded a smart allowance tally at Keeneland in her latest showing. This Good Magic chestnut is 4-for-4 in races at less than one mile on the dirt in her lifetime, and she possesses the early speed to stay in touch from the break against this particular field. The filly has a nice draw in the middle of the group and will inch clear inside the final furlong under Florent Geroux. 

Grade 2 heroine #3 Spirit Wind (9-5) is the one to catch and beat for Saffie Joseph. The five-year-old daughter of Bahamian Squall, who eclipsed the Honorable Miss H. (G2) at Saratoga in the summer, finished a clear second in the Thoroughbred Club of America S. (G2) at Keeneland in her latest venture, and she is surely a threat to take this field all the way on the front end beneath Mike Smith, despite being unplaced in her first pair of previous runs beneath the Twin Spires. 

If there is a wildcard in the field, it is the Steve Asmussen-trained #6 Accomplished Girl (6-1). By Street Boss, the four-year-old is a Grade 2 victress on the synthetic, has displayed class on the sod on multiple occasions, and the chestnut was also a very good runner-up in her lone effort on the dirt behind Spirit Wind at Lone Star in May. The Kentucky-bred filly has the right running style to come from off the pace in a field with many forward types in the cast, and I like her chances to make the frame under the guidance of Christian Torres.