In Love Continues Winter March in Dust Commander

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In Love wins the 2022 Prairie Bayou Stakes at Turfway Park

Bonne Chance Farm and Stud R D I's grade 1-winning 7-year-old In Love  will return to Turfway Park and face nine rivals in the 32nd running of the $125,000 Dust Commander Stakes Feb. 18.

The 1 1/16-mile Dust Commander will go as race six of eight on the program with a post time of 8:25 p.m. ET. First post is 5:55 p.m.

Paulo Lobo trainee In Love reached top-level glory in the 2021 Turf Mile Stakes (G1T) at Keeneland. In his last start, In Love tested the Tapeta surface at Turfway for the first time and recorded a gutsy three-quarters of a length win in the $125,000 Prairie Bayou Stakes under Gerardo Corrales. Overall, In Love sports a solid record of 6-3-3 in 20 starts with purse earnings of $865,138.

Corrales will be back in the saddle for the Dust Commander and break from post 9.

The Dust Commander field features six other stakes winners, including Rob Comestro and Jeff Ganje's 2022 Dust Commander winner Beatbox  and Skychai Racing and Sand Dollar Stable's 2020 American Turf Stakes (G2T) winner Fancy Liquor . Cherie DeVaux trains Beatbox, while Mike Maker conditions Fancy Liquor.

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The Dust Commander Stakes is named in honor of the 1970 Kentucky Derby winner. Dust Commander was ridden in the Derby by Mike Manganello, a mainstay at Turfway Park during his career. 


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Turfway Park, Saturday, February 18, 2023, Race 6

  • STK
  • 1 1/16m
  • All Weather Track
  • $125,000
  • 4 yo's & up
  • 8:25 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Beatbox (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Rafael Manuel Hernandez 122 Cherie DeVaux 6/1
2 2Mejthaam (KY) Abel Lezcano 115 Jimmy Corrigan 30/1
3 3Lincoln City (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Emmanuel Esquivel 120 Stephen S. Lyster 30/1
4 4Harlan Estate (ON) Declan Cannon 120 D. Whitworth Beckman 10/1
5 5Fancy Liquor (KY) Orlando Mojica 120 Michael J. Maker 12/1
6 6Price Talk (KY) Fernando De La Cruz 120 Brad H. Cox 5/2
7 7Ocean Atlantique (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Walter A. Rodriguez 122 Michael J. Maker 10/1
8 8Camp Hope (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Chris Landeros 120 Kenneth G. McPeek 6/1
9 9In Love (BRZ) Gerardo Corrales 124 Paulo H. Lobo 2/1
10 10Accredit (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Luan Machado 120 Pavel Matejka 12/1