A total of 21 New Mexico-bred Quarter Horses passed the entry box for Friday’s 400-yard, $100,000 Jimmy Drake Stakes (RG3) at SunRay Park, causing track management to split the stakes into two divisions.

HS Paul Walker (pictured), a homebred 7-year-old son of Osbaldo racing for Hubaldo Solis of Peralta, New Mexico, is the 3-1 morning-line favorite in the first division of the Jimmy Drake. Trained by Alfredo Gomez, the gray gelding is coming off of a second-place finish, a half of a length behind winner Diezs Daylight, in the February 11, 350-yard Mesilla Valley Speed Handicap (RG2) at Sunland Park.

HS Paul Walker has earned $80,000 from two races this season, and he began his 2023 campaign with a neck victory in the 400-yard, $100,000 Red or Green Stakes (RG2) at Sunland Park on January 7. The gelding drew post 7 and will be ridden by Hector Aldrete.

The complete lineup for the first division of the Jimmy Drake, including jockey assignments and morning-line odds:
Mr Perry Moon (Alejandro Medina), 10-1
EZ On My Mind (Edgar S. Martinez), 8-1
Tuco Salamanca (Juan C. Rivas), 12-1
Jess Ring The Bell (Luis Martinez), 4-1
Papi Grande Cartel (Jose D. Ruiz), 8-1
Winners Miracle (Alejandro Medellin), 10-1
HS Paul Walker (Hector Aldrete), 3-1
Hunky McGoo (Christian Ramos), 5-1
Dean Miracles Vike (Alfredo Sigala), 8-1
Big Crush BB (Emilio Tapia), 12-1
AE-Nelse McLeod (Daniel Amaya), 20-1

River Flash, a multiple graded stakes winning Chicks Regard gelding owned by Robert M. Driggers and Ben Lee Ivey, will make his 4-year-old season debut in the second division of the Jimmy Drake.

Trained by Wes Giles, River Flash has won nine of 13 starts and has earned $407,827, and he ended his sophomore campaign with a seven-race win streak that included the June 18, $163,000 Mountain Top Derby (R) and August 6, $174,000 Zia Derby (RG2), both at Ruidoso Downs, and the 400-yard, $288,000 New Mexico State Fair Derby (R) at Albuquerque Downs.

River Flash drew post 8 and will be ridden by Adrian Ramos.

The complete lineup for the second division of the Jimmy Drake, in post position order including jockey assignments and morning-line odds:
Mountain Vike (Christian Ramos), 12-1
The Calling (Angel Marquez), 10-1
Blue Riband (Jose D. Ruiz), 12-1
Romeos Ransom (Esgar Ramirez), 10-1
J R Bordeaux (Juan Rivas), 8-1
Brookes Legacy (Daniel Amaya), 4-1
Fly On Down (Alfredo Sigala), 8-1
River Flash (Adrian Ramos), 3-1
No Mires A La Luna (Noe Garcia Jr.), 5-1
Cartel Drunk Playboy (Hector Aldrete), 8-1