The Dream Supreme ($300.00 Purse)
CD- For Fillies and Mares Three Years Old and Upward
Six Furlongs on the Dirt
November 14, 2026

Soliloquy Sunset will be back in action on Saturday, as she is one of five taking part in the $300.00 Dream Supreme at CD. This is a race that would debut in 2011 for a small purse and would not run every year. In 2021, the purse saw an increase up to $300.00, and we have been seeing it carded every year since then but still as an ungraded stake. Last year’s race was won by Breath Of The Threat, getting it done for Winning Link Stables. The then five-year old mare would only make one more career start, and has since been retired and has produced two foals in the meantime. This year, we do see Soliloquy Sunset, and she’ll try to pick up the biggest win of her 2026 campaign. Four others have a different idea. Let’s meet the field now!

1- Eaton (Royalty Stables, ridden by P Lopez)- This three year old Hide And Seek filly is making her ninth career start and looking to prove that she can compete against stake level competition. Royalty Stables gave her this chance once previously, coming back in May at the $300.00 Bourbonette Oaks, but the result was not a career highlight. With her next two starts at the allowance also being duds, the excitement for her likely waned. She’s been better in her last two, including a win in a PRX allowance, so now she gets this high level opportunity again.

2- Absent Friends (TwinTowersRacing, ridden by M J Sanchez)- Absent Friends has been absent from the winner’s circle on most occasions, coming up victorious just twice over 19 starts. She’s been a little better with hitting the board, but even in the respect she has been inconsistent. As we normally see from this trainer, she continues to get her stake opportunities and will occasionally show glimpses that she could be on the verge of breakthrough win. Last time out, she was involved in a three way photo for the win with Confident Elegance and Barossa Valley, so no shame in those two beating you, but she did end up third in the Grade 2 Bloom Handicap at BEL. Unfortunately, she has not always followed up a big effort with another one.

3- Soliloquy Sunset (Nakamura Stables, ridden by R Santana Jr)- Here’s a horse that I have enjoyed covering for quite some time, and with all of her past accolades, she will always be a headliner for a race even if she is not necessarily going to be the pick to win. Overall, this incredible filly is up to over $3,200.00 in career earnings, which is more than the rest of the field combined. However, for the first time in her career, her November racing schedule did not include a BC race. She’s won twice in eight starts, but has not passed $100.00 in earnings on the year, yet. That said, she comes out of a graded win, the $100.00 Grade 3 Chillingworth Stakes at SA. She had a rough from March through June, which was not Soliloquy Sunset-esque at all, but we have seen horses bounce back. Over her last three, she’s looking like she may be doing so now.

4- Illusionary State (Nakamura Stables, ridden by S X Bridgmohan)- No, this three year old filly is not just here to potentially be used in a strategy for her much more famous stablemate. In fact, Illusionary State may actually be the better chance for Nakamura Stables here. You can certainly make that argument, after looking at her strong fourth place effort last time out in the Grade 2 TC of America, where she was up against many big names, including but not limited to Lady Sammyantha (who she did finish ahead of). The effort earned her a 103 SRF, and her speed figures have seen gradual improvement overall. Her works are great, so don’t be surprised if she’s the one repping Nakamura silks in the winner’s circle.

5- Love (Mo Mentum Farm, ridden by J R Velazquez)- Love has had a highly successful career, winning just a couple bucks shy of $1,400.00 for her career, thanks to eight wins over 24 starts. That would certainly point to her being a threat here, but Love is not doing what Love has loved doing for the vast majority of her career. The majority of her success and earnings have come on the turf, and going long in the process. However, she has not been quite as sharp over her last two starts, and that has led to Mo Mentum Farm changing things up by not only slicing her distance to a sprint, but doing so on the dirt. She’s run in three dirt sprints for her career, and has hit the board in all of them though two are too long ago to be relevant. In January, she did run in this type of race at GP and was second. We know she’s a great horse, and she does get a good field here for the trainer to see what she can do against top company. Likely to be in the mix at the end.

Prediction: 3-4-5-2

— NS

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