I am at 928 titles at the moment, pushing to Rank 8 as best I can. I look forward to joining the elite crew of... well probably 8 people at rank 8!
I finally beat the Dream Race 1/6 tries today with the following spec Racing Chocobo. This is slightly off what Avereith posted, so there's some wiggle room.
STR: First-Class (SS)
END: Better Than Average (B)
DIS: Better Than Average (B)
REC: Better Than Average (B)
Abilities: Gallop and Canter
Equipment: Chocobo Taping
Guide: Keep Pace
It's a total dice roll. Nothing too crazy happened in the run, the only thing of note was Sakura not using Dream Biscut until the "Last turn", so I was able to maintain the lead until the win.
Also, for those people with a non-perfect bird, I did end up pushing my way through to SS grade STR via Chocotokens. However, I reached the point where each token would impact another value.
I was able to verify that sadly, it was pulling from the next highest (Endurance) value. So pushing from S STR to SS STR pushed my A-rank END to B-rank. I attempted to increase endurance back to A with a token, but it then dropped STR down.
So, winning with a SS/B/B/B bird felt good, as I was worried I'd need a more perfect SS/A/B/B bird.