Jesscuzican will head a full field in Saturday's $100,000-added Bank of America New Mexico Championship Challenge Stakes (G2) at Sunland Park.

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SUNLAND PARK, NM—APRIL 6, 2015—A large field of 12 aged sprinters, headed by recent graded stakes winner Jesscuzican, has been entered in Saturday’s 440-yard, $100,000-added Bank of America New Mexico Championship Challenge Stakes (G2) at Sunland Park.

Jesscuzican is a homebred 6-year-old Feature Mr Jess stallion racing for Darian Burt from the barn of trainer Wes Giles. He will be making his first start since March 1, when he scored a nose victory in the 400-yard West Texas Maturity (G3) at Sunland.

Jesscuzican drew post 2 and will be ridden by J. Martin Bourdieu.

Other contenders in the quarter-mile stakes include Melissa Ann Miller’s Jess Featureme Quick, a 6-year-old son of Feature Mr Jess trained by Paul Jones. A finalist in last year’s $163,000 Vessels Maturity (G1) at Los Alamitos, the gelding is coming off of a second-place finish to Jesscuzican in the West Texas Maturity.

L. Salvador Martinez has been named to ride Jess Featureme Quick from the rail post.

Rocketair, a 4-year-old Jumpn gelding campaigned by Preston and Karen Cloud, ships in from Oklahoma, where he ran fourth, 1 1/2 lengths behind winner Pure D Spit, in the 350-yard, $50,000 Eastex Stakes (G2) at Remington Park. Trained by Clinton Crawford, Rocketair is coming off of a sophomore campaign in which he ran third in the $292,000 Texas Classic Derby (G1) at Lone Star Park.

Rocketair drew post 11 and will be ridden by Ivan Carnero.

The winner of this race will earn a berth in the Grade 1, $350,000 Bank of America Challenge Championship in October. The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments and morning-line odds--

1. Jess Featureme Quick (L. Salvador Martinez), 3-1
2. Jesscuzican (J. Martin Bourdieu), 4-1
3. Trip To The Jungle (Esgar Ramirez), 8-1
4. Splitting Snow (Alonso Rivera), 20-1
5. Mines Bigger (Sergio Dominguez), 20-1
6. Tecate N Lyme (Brayan Velazquez), 20-1
7. Wagon Full Of Gold (Adrian Ramos), 8-1
8. CC Will Run For U (Edgar S. Martinez), 30-1
9. Coyote James (Tanner Thedford), 8-1
10. Big Sky Lad (Jaime Leos), 6-1
11. Rocketair (Ivan Carnero), 5-1
12. Kerrys Wave Carver (Hector Aldrete), 12-1.