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Feature Mr Who is Morning-Line Favorite in Bank of America New Mexico Challenge
Heysol Howlet and Julieta N. Torres' Feature Mr Who has been set is the 5-2 morning-line favorite for Sunday's Bank of America New Mexico Challenge (G2) at Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino.

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Feature Mr Who is Morning-Line Favorite in Bank of America New Mexico Challenge

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

SUNLAND PARK, NM—APRIL 2,, 2014—Feature Mr Who is the 5-2 morning-line favorite for Sunday’s 440-yard, $100,000-added Bank of America New Mexico Challenge (G2) at Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino.

A 5-year-old gelded son of Feature Mr Jess racing for Heysol Howlet and Julieta N. Torres, Feature Mr Who scored a 1 1/4-length victory in this race last year. The gelding is coming off of a second-place finish as the 6-5 choice in the first of two trials on March 18.

As a 4-year-old, Feature Mr Who earned $149,594 from five starts, and his season record included a runner-up finish to champion Feature Mr Bojangles in the 400-yard, $350,000 Championship at Sunland Park (G1).

Feature Mr Who is trained by Jose Luis Muela. Alonso Rivera will ride the gelding from post 1 on Sunday.

Other Bank of America New Mexico Challenge contenders include Meagan Cavasos’ JJs Gone, a 4-year-old Mr Jess Perry gelding who ran second to Wicked Courage in last year’s 440-yard, $1,055,000 Rainbow Derby (G1) at Ruidoso Downs; and Rancho Los Dos Portrillos LLC’s Testing The Ice, the runner-up to TF Featured Effort in the 400-yard, $111,452 West Texas Maturity (G3) at Sunland on March 1.

The winner of this race will earn a berth in the 440-yard, $350,000 Bank of America Challenge Championship (G1) at Prairie Meadows in October. Past winners of the stakes include champions Royal Down Dash (1994), Winalota Cash (’97), First Moonflash (2009), and one-time 440-yard world-record holder Kendall Jackson (2002-03).

The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments and morning-line odds--

  1. Feature Mr Who (Alonso Rivera), 5-2
  2. I Am That Hero (Raul Gutierrez), 20-1
  3. CJs Rocksolid (Jacquelyn Bobroff), 10-1
  4. Motion of the Ocean (Sergio Becerra Jr.), 6-1
  5. JJs Gone (Efrain Vigi), 6-1
  6. WDC Wendys Wine (Salvador Martinez), 10-1
  7. Jesscuzican (Larry Gamez), 7-2
  8. Jump Down Azoom (Esgar Ramirez), 10-1
  9. Testing The Ice (Roberto Valero), 5-1
  10. Rockin Disco (Alejandro Medellin), 12-1

All Sunland Park races can be seen at Q-RacingVideo.com.