Indian Tiva eyes third straight stakes win in La Senora
The stakes winners Indian Tiva and Dust Alert meet the impressive maiden winner Bryn’s Fancy Pants in the $85,000 La Senora Stakes at Sunland Park on Saturday. The six-furlong sprint for 2-year-old fillies bred in New Mexico drew a field of seven.
The late-running Indian Tiva enters the race off consecutive stakes wins at Zia Park, having taken the $55,090 Permian Basin against open company in October and the $151,600 New Mexico Classic Cup Lassie for statebreds last month. She owns a pair of 72 Beyer Speed Figures that top this field.
Dust Alert is undefeated in three starts but hasn’t raced since July, when she took the $165,771 Rio Grande Senorita Thoroughbred Futurity for statebreds at Ruidoso Downs.
Bryn’s Fancy Pants has made just one start, scoring by 10 lengths under a hand ride in a $28,510 maiden special weight race for statebreds at Zia Park last month.
KEY CONTENDERS
Indian Tiva (Last 3 Beyers: 62-72-61)
◗ In her most recent breeze Dec. 6 at Zia Park, she fired a bullet for trainer Barbara Brown, working four furlongs in 47.20 seconds.
Dust Alert (Last 3 Beyers: 58-52-61)
◗ Trainer Weston Martin shows profitable returns on investment with juveniles, horses coming off a win, and horses returning from a layoff of 61-180 days.
Bryn’s Fancy Pants (Beyer: 67)
◗ Trainer Todd Fincher and jockey Alfredo Juarez Jr. have teamed up to win at a 33 percent clip at Sunland Park in 2014-15, with a profitable $2.23 ROI.