The 11-10 favorite in a field of eight distance specialists, Freedom Flash won Saturday’s 870-yard, $100,000 Starr Western Wear Stakes (R) for New Mexico-breds at Sunland Park. Alfredo Sigala rode the homebred 7-year-old First Moonflash gelding for owners Pierre J. Amestoy Jr., Leslie Amestoy, and Roger K. Beasley, and trainer Todd Fincher. (PHOTO: Coady Photography)