FARMINGTON – Tungsten Racing Partnership’s Alamos will be in search of his third straight stakes win when he loads into the starting gate as the 3-to-1 morning line favorite in Friday’s $70,000 Jimmy Drake Stakes.
Trained by Tony Sedillo and bred in New Mexico by MJ Farms, the 4-year-old son of Eye Am King comes into the Drake Stakes off back-to-back wins in the Lovington Stakes against open company two starts back at Zia Park last December. His most recent win came at Sunland Park, winning the Pepsi Cola Stakes on Feb. 14.
Alamos has recorded seven wins from 16 career starts and has amassed earnings of more than $168,000. He will break from the outside post in the 10-horse field and is scheduled to be ridden by Christian Ramos.
Purchased for $185,000 at the 2023 Ruidoso New Mexico Bred Quarter Horse Yearling Sale, Alamos has won three of his last four starts but is looking for his first win at SunRay Park. He was off the board in last year’s New Mexico Breeders’ Futurity.
Jesses Wish, the 7-to-2 second choice in the Drake Stakes, is looking to snap a four-race losing streak for trainer Jose DeHerrera. The 6-year-old son of Jesse James Jr finished a neck behind Alamos in the Pepsi Cola Stakes last time out. His most recent win came against allowance company last October at Albuquerque Downs.
Owned by Javier Chavez and Heysol Howlet and bred by MJ Farms, Jesses Wish has won five times from 28 starts with earnings approaching $370,000. He will be ridden by Jorge Nieto-Saenz, the pair breaking from post six in the Drake Stakes, which will be run at a distance of 350 yards as the ninth race on the program.
The 12-horse field entered for the Drake Stakes have combined to win 65 times with earnings of more than $2.97 million. Pick Your Pour, with more than $441,000 in earnings, is the top money-earner in the field.
Owned by Orlando Granillo, Azucena Mendoza and Rene Mendoza and trained by Zachary Quezada, Pick Your Pour is listed at 15-to-1 on the morning line and will break from the rail under Sergio Becerra, Jr.
Pavel, coming off a third-place effort in the Pepsi Cola Stakes last time out, is winless in his last nine starts. He has two wins from three starts at SunRay Park, including the 2024 New Mexico Breeders’ Futurity. Trained by David Gomez-Barraza and slated to be ridden by Luis Martinez, Pavel will break from post five as the 9-to-2 third choice on the morning line.