A dozen state-bred 2-year-old Quarter Horses, including two also-eligible entries, are entered in Saturday’s 300-yard, $50,000 New Mexican Spring Fling Stakes (R) at Sunland Park.
Equifine LLC’s Wish For A King, a gelded son of the Mr Jess Perry stallion Eye Am King and a $30,000 yearling purchase at last year’s New Mexico-Bred Sale at Ruidoso Downs, drew the rail post and will be ridden by Ricky Ramirez for trainer Ricardo Armendariz Jr. Wish For A King made his official debut with a head victory at odds of 11-1 in the third of nine New Mexican Spring Futurity (RG2) trials on March 10.
The other Spring Futurity trial winner in this race, Eye Wanna Pizza You, is a daughter of Eye Am King trained by Marc Jungers for owners Lance R. Moore and Daniel E. Henry. An $11,000 yearling buy at last year’s New Mexico-Bred Sale, the sorrel filly scored a three-quarter length win in the fifth trial.
Eye Wanna Pizza You drew post 5 and will be ridden by Christian Ramos.
The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments:
Wish For A King (Ricky Ramirez)
Hide My Wine (Mario Delgado)
Jlb Fireball (Adrian Ramos)
Margaret River (Alan Hernandez)
Eye Wanna Pizza You (Christian Ramos)
Marisma (Sergio Becerra Jr.)
Boardeaux (Alejandro Medina)
Bigg Shades Of Gray (Emilio Tapia)
Jets First Prize FMF (Gerardo Vera)
KJ Hardtookiss Two (Sergio Dominguez)
AE-Berlin (Ricky Ramirez)
AE-Black Jack Patriot (Alejandro Medina)