Love Reigns Hopes to Live Up to Lofty Expectations
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Love Reigns wins the Bolton Landing Stakes at Saratoga Race Course
Stonestreet Stables' Love Reigns looks to continue her North American success as she headlines a field of 11 2-year-olds in the $250,000 Indian Summer Stakes presented by Keeneland Select Oct. 9. The 5 1/2-furlong race at Keeneland is a Breeeders' Cup "Win and You're In" contest, giving the victor paid entry in the Nov. 4 $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T) at the Lexington track.
She broke her maiden on the Keeneland turf April 29 before shipping to Ascot Racecourse where she finished fourth in the Queen Mary Stakes (G2) June 15. In that debut at Keeneland, she rolled by 9 3/4 lengths on the final day of the track's spring meet.
The daughter of U S Navy Flag came back to the United States to win the Bolton Landing Stakes at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 21. In that race, she wrestled the lead away from a fading Sweet Harmony at the top of the stretch, ultimately winning by 2 1/2 lengths over Danse Macabre .
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Love Reigns, the 4-5 morning-line favorite in Sunday's race, is trained by Wesley Ward, who has won the Indian Summer twice before—in 2021 with Averly Jane and 2019 with Kimari .
Irad Ortiz Jr., who was in the irons for all three of Love Reigns' previous runs, is replaced by Paco Lopez. Ortiz has eight mounts Sunday at Aqueduct Racetrack, including heavily favored Nest in the Beldame Stakes (G2).
The Steve Asmussen-trained Private Creed comes in as the second favorite at 9-2. A colt by Jimmy Creed , he has also won two of his first three starts. Private Creed broke his maiden on first asking at Ellis Park July 30, and after a third in the Skidmore Stakes at Saratoga, he won the Global Tote Juvenile Sprint at Kentucky Downs by three-quarters of a length over Sharp Aza Tack .
Another contender is Mounsieur Coco (Bolt d'Oro ). Trained by Fausto Gutierrez, he has run three times, all at Gulfstream Park. After breaking his maiden on second asking, he followed up with a win in the Proud Man Stakes Aug. 28. He has not yet run on turf.
No Nay Hudson , another Ward trainee, is pegged at 8-1 odds. This will be his second time running at Keeneland after breaking his maiden locally on dirt April 28. He ran his second outing on dirt, a fourth-place showing in the Tremont Stakes, then switched to turf his last time out and came in second in the Skidmore Stakes at Saratoga.
The rest of the field is rounded out by Mo Stash (15-1), Ghent (20-1), Numero Seis (20-1), Bourbon Therapy (30-1), Castelmola (30-1), Kbcya Later (30-1), and Revere Note (50-1).
Keeneland, Sunday, October 09, 2022, Race 6Entries: Indian Summer S. Presented by Keeneland Select
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Horse
Jockey
Wgt
Trainer
M/L
1
1Revere Note (KY)
Fernando De La Cruz
118
Marc C. Ricker
50/1
2
2Ghent (KY)
Francisco Arrieta
118
Sarah Hamilton
20/1
3
3Bourbon Therapy (KY)
Luis Saez
118
Michael J. Maker
30/1
4
4Kbcya Later (KY)
Dylan Davis
118
Joe Sharp
30/1
5
5Love Reigns (IRE)
Paco Lopez
117
Wesley A. Ward
4/5
6
6Numero Seis (KY)
Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr.
115
Joe Sharp
20/1
7
7No Nay Hudson (IRE)
John R. Velazquez
118
Wesley A. Ward
8/1
8
8Mounsieur Coco (KY)
Tyler Gaffalione
120
Fausto Gutierrez
6/1
9
9Mo Stash (KY)
Rafael Bejarano
118
Victoria H. Oliver
15/1
10
10Castelmola (CA)
Edgar Morales
115
Cirilo Gorostieta
30/1
11
11Private Creed (KY)
Joel Rosario
120
Steven M. Asmussen
9/2
