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Foley Eyeing Second Breeders' Cup for Sconsin

Include filly placed fourth in last year's Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1).

Sconsin gets a pat from jockey Tyler Gaffalione after winning the Open Mind Stakes at Churchill Downs

Sconsin gets a pat from jockey Tyler Gaffalione after winning the Open Mind Stakes at Churchill Downs

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Trainer Greg Foley's Barn 11 was buzzing with excitement Sept. 19 following Sconsin's hard-fought victory over Bell's the One in Saturday's Open Mind Stakes at Churchill Downs. Now, Foley and his team are eyeing a trip to Del Mar for the $1 million Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) Nov. 6.

"She's just a classy filly," Foley said. "Neil (Pessin)'s mare (Bell's the One) is a really solid horse and they really battled last night. You get a little worried when the field is short about what the pace will be. They went quick last night and that helped us. In her two starts this year against Gamine they went almost two seconds slower for the opening quarter-mile."

Sconsin improved her overall record to 5-4-1 in 15 starts and has earned $783,362. The grade 1-placed filly's wins include this year's Winning Colors Stakes (G3) and last year's Eight Belles Stakes Presented by Twinspires.com (G2) after which she placed fourth in the Filly & Mare Sprint.

The 4-year-old Include filly is out of the former Foley-trained mare Sconnie, by Tiznow. Sconnie only raced three times, and had a win and a second in her first two races.

"The guys with Lloyd Madison (Farms IV) have a really solid broodmare band going and it's really exiting for this filly to now have three stakes wins," Foley said. "I'm thrilled for those guys."