Tintero posted as morning line choice in Sunday’s New Mexico Classic Juvenile 

HOBBS – Looking for the first stakes win of his career, Tintero (shown in Amber Martin photo at 2024 Ruidoso Select Yearling sale; sold for $110,000) has been established as the 5-to-2 morning line favorite for Sunday’s $60,000 New Mexico Classic Juvenile Stakes, the first of six stakes races at Zia Park featuring some of the state’s top shortliners.

Trained by James J Gonzales III for owners Denis Schoenhofer, Julie A. Schoenhofer, Jose Arturo Moreno and Eloisa Moreno, Tintero was fifth in his trial heat here earlier this month. The son of Big Daddy Cartel, bred by MJ Farms, has just one win from six starts and has amassed more than $30,500 in career earnings.

Tintero and jockey Eugenio A Navarrete, Jr. will break from post three in the NM Classic Juvenile Stakes, which will be run at a distance of 350 yards. The Juvenile will go as the fifth race on Sunday’s card, which will be headlined by the Grade 2 New Mexico Classic Futurity.

Trainer Cody Reynolds will send out Black And Sassie in the NM Classic Juvenile Stakes for owners Hugo C. Sanchez and Elias Galindo. The son of Jet Black Patriot finished second in his trial heat and will be looking for his first career victory. 

Bred by Taft Farms LLC, Black and Sassie will be piloted by Manuel Benavides. The pair will break from post eight in the 10-horse field.

Trainer Wes Giles will saddle Mi Capitan and jockey Noe Garcia Jr. in the NM Classic Juvenile Stakes, looking to snap a three-race losing streak.

Owned by Robert Driggers and Ben Ivey, Mi Capitan finished third in his trial heat here, and has finished third in each of his last three starts since winning an allowance race at Ruidoso Downs on July 4. The son of Jet Black Patriot, bred by Ivey Cattle Co, has earned more than $48,000.

Post time for the NM Classic Juvenile Stakes is listed at 1:53 p.m.

The field for the $60,000 New Mexico Classic Juvenile Stakes:

1 Ivorys Patriot (Jesse Levario)

2 Triple 7 (Joseph Belloc, Jr.)

3 Tintero (Eugenio Navarrete, Jr.)

4 Flashy Big Daddy (James Flores)

5 Mi Capitan (Noe Garcia, Jr.)

6 Majick Hero (Oscar Andrade, Jr.)

7 Angels in the Clouds (Brian Barraza)

8 Black and Sassie (Manuel Benavides)

9 Jess a Flashy Girl (Christian Ramos)

10 Daddys Passion (Omar Iturralde)

Also Eligible

11 Sya Narra (Oscar Andrade, Jr.)