Forest Mouse totes top weight in SunRay Park and Casino Handicap

The 9-year-old Forest Mouse will be spotting his rivals six to 11 pounds on Monday when he attempts to win his third stakes race of the year in the $30,000 SunRay Park and Casino Handicap.

Forest Mouse is the 125-pound highweight for the one-mile race for 3-year-olds and up. He is part of a six-horse field that includes the multiple stakes winner Ol Winedrinker Who, Pain and Misery, and Overland Park.

Forest Mouse won back-to-back stakes during the recent Sunland Park meet, taking the $65,000 Winsham Lad in January and the $75,000 Curribot Handicap in February.

SunRay Park and Casino Handicap (Race 8)

KEY CONTENDERS

Forest Mouse, by Teton Forest
Last 3 Beyers: 89-85-86

◗ He comes off a third-place finish in the $150,000 Sunland Park Handicap on April 16, his first start since February.

◗ Forest Mouse will be shortening up from 1 1/8 miles and was a two-time winner at this race’s distance at the Sunland meet. He won an optional $20,000 claiming race at a mile in December, then won at the same distance in the Winsham Lad.

◗ Forest Mouse is 4 for 6 at this track. The horse has a career record of 24 wins from 57 starts and has earned $915,687. He was bred in Kentucky by E.H. Beau Lane III.

◗ Alfredo Juarez Jr. has the mount for Solitaire Stable and trainer Henry Dominguez.

Ol Winedrinker Who, by Sligo Bay
Last 3 Beyers: 79-69-80

◗ He is another stalwart in the New Mexico handicap ranks, among his wins the Curribot, the Downs at Albuquerque Handicap, and the San Juan County Commissioners Handicap. Overall, the 8-year-old has won 13 of 46 starts and earned $779,194.

◗ Ol Winedrinker Who exits the Sunland Park Handicap, in which he finished ninth to American Dubai. Earlier in the meet, he was second to Forest Mouse in the Winsham Lad.

◗ Ol Winedrinker Who is weighted at 117 pounds. He will break from post 4, with Alfredo Sigala aboard for trainer Todd Fincher.